Monastiraki and the flea market
Guide
Photo: C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeMarketAllow 45–90 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A busy square with the Acropolis looming above, a small church and an old mosque, opening onto lanes of stalls selling everything from sandals to old records, with souvlaki grills on the corner.
A brief history
The square takes its name from the little monastery church at its centre. The domed building on one side is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque.
Tips
- Best time
- Sunday morning for the flea market; evening for rooftop views
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 45–90 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- The square is always open; flea-market stalls usually trade daily and are busiest on Sunday mornings (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Plaka, Monastiraki and Psyrri: Old lanes under the Acropolis, the ancient agoras and the flea market; Monastiraki and Psyrri have many hostels and late bars.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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