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Exarchia and Strefi Hill
Books, markets and a hilltop
Bookish Exarchia, the Saturday market on Kallidromiou and the rocky paths of Strefi Hill.
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About Exarchia and Strefi Hill
Start at the National Archaeological Museum on the edge of Exarchia, the quarter of publishers, bookbinders and rembetiko tavernas, and wander up to Kallidromiou, the neighbourhood’s heart, whose mulberry-shaded pavements rise and dip along the western slope of Lycabettus. On Saturday mornings it becomes one of the best farmers’ markets in Athens. From here the paths of Strefi Hill, thought to have once formed one ridge with Lycabettus, climb to a rocky top with a wide view across the city; further uphill, Agios Nikolaos Pefkakia, a late 19th-century church wrapped in pines, hides a templon that looks dipped in gold. Our advice: go on a Saturday morning, market first, hill second.
Our take
- The Kallidromiou market
- City views from Strefi
- A church among the pines
- Address
- Exarchia, Athens
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