passed by this area too quickly during our last Oct trip. Nice to see your video on this area. We had a wonderful experience in Athens, hopefully, will visit Athens soon
Great suggestions. I go to Athens often and have been to the area of Monastiraki Square many times, but had no idea of the Taft Foundation. It’s on my list for April!
Woo hoo to a new video! my goodness I was likely there at the same time as you if this was filmed Sunday. I stayed at Residence Aiolou over the last 4 days. I’m currently in Zakinthos but will be returning to Athens Saturday. Thanks for recommending Flaneur 🙌🏾
@@agirlandherpassport I have walked through it when taking a deliberate shortcut to see the national museum when leaving the soccer stadium store a few years back. Definitely interesting. The graffiti will definitely freak out some visitors.
When I was there in 1998, that wonderful pedestrian walkway that connects virtually all of Ancient Athens, from the theaters to the graveyard in Kerameikos, didn't exist. The part that starts at the Acropolis was a major artery for cars. The next time I was there (2007), the connective walkway was in place, but aside from the Acropolis and Kerameikos, everything else along the way and adjacent was free. Please do not construe this as a complaint. If I owned either the Greek or Roman Agora, I would charge an entry fee, too.
There is a lady that sells bootleg hip-hop clothing at the Monastiraki Flea Market. The last two times I've been there I bought something from her shop.
LOVE LOVE your videos. Have just stumbled upon then and will share with my family and friends!❤ We have an apartment in Dimitrakopoulou street in Koukaki which is rented and it is the same size as yours-a diari- (2 rooms apart from bathroom kitchen and entry) Because of work and family commitments its been toi many years since ive been back and i miss Athens terribly 😢. Im Australian born to Greek parents and im so impressed with your spot-on analysis ... your thoughts are so much as mine were everytime i was there. Before i married, id go with my family and then stay for a couple of years at a time.. its the best place to be... As for that 'feeling' you said in one of your older videos, that you felt when you first got there that made you want to stay, yes...i get that too. Im so lucky that i have so much family there and i hope that you have made good friendships as you seem so lovely. You really understand everything about Athens and what makes it tick. My family is from a wonderfully beautiful but less known Cycladic island called Amorgos!! Its rugged and simplistically beautiful. Its the next stop after Naxos. You should see it. When I was living in Athens, i was hairdressing at that time in a large salon Kiffisia -what an experience! When i was living there, they had the 'laiki' flee markets in Veikou street and everything was fresh..fish..veges...fruit. Man i so miss it and you bring it all back. If ever you have time, i so want to see some places- how Dimitrakoupoulou street has changed and would love it if youd walk it from Makrigianni to 66 Dimitrakopoulou St in Koukaki. Thats where the apartment is. Also Philopappos Hill & Dionysos Zonars restaurant there with a full view of the Parthenon opposite. So looking forward to your next video.
Thank you so much! I hope you can come back soon. Amorgos is definitely on my list of places to go here. Oh I wish the Laiki was on Veikou still but its not far though. I walk past your apartment all the time! It has changed a little. There is a used book store on the other side of the street I like to visit.
Hello Tiffany. Thanks for your reply. I look forward to you going to Amorgos My mum was from Hora and my Dad was from Arkesini. Anyway enjoy SPRING and Easter as this week is Orthodox Holy Week. Hope you enjoy some Greek lamb!
Followed you for ages as I love Greece. Only visited islands but my husband has surprised me with a trip to Athens. I've been trying to learn the neighbourhoods, we are staying at acropolis Hill Hotel which I think Makrygianni. Really looking forward to it. Please recommend any restaurants/tavernas 🇬🇷 ❤
@@agirlandherpassport Wow, mid 60s sounds great! It is snowing, again, in Maine right now!! We really enjoy your videos. Have you thought about selling walking tours of Athens? 😄
Thanks for your videos. Truly enjoying all the info. My cousin and I are going to Greece in late September. We are staying in Athens for a few days. Wanted to know if there are some areas in Monastiraki that we should stay away from.
@@agirlandherpassport Ok thanks I have a slash proof bag. I love Europe it’s just sad the big cities are known for their pickpockets. I have a question about the athens attraction combo tickets. We are spending time in Athens in the beginning and the end. Can we use the tickets for both the beginning and the end? Or must be used all in the beginning?
I don’t carry one and never had anything happen to me. You just to be aware. They also target tourists. You have five days to use the tickets so it has to be done all in those days.
Tiffany, θα ήθελα να μου οργανώσεις μία εκδρομή για Αθήνα. Ποιες περιοχές της πόλης και ποιους αρχαιολογικούς χώρους αξίζει να επισκεφτώ, πού να απολαύσω καλό και φτηνό φαγητό, κέντρα διασκέδασης για αξέχαστες εμπειρίες, κτλ. Αστειεύομαι! Λοιπόν, τα βίντεό σου είναι τα καλύτερα απ'όσα έχω δει με ανάλογο περιεχόμενο. Να είσαι καλά και να περνάς καλά!
@@agirlandherpassport Actually, το είπα μεταξύ σοβαρού και αστείου, αλλά τώρα που το ξανασκέφτομαι νομίζω πως θα ήταν καλή ιδέα. Λοιπόν, έχω κατέβει αρκετές φορές στην Αθήνα για επαγγελματικούς λόγους, αλλά όπου πήγαινα για φαγητό ή για ψυχαγωγία πήγαινα στην τύχη όπου έβρισκα. By the way, πιστεύω πως θα είχε πολύ ενδιαφέρον να κάνεις μερικά videos για βόρειο Ελλάδα, Θεσσαλονίκη για παράδειγμα. Πραγματικά, η φύση εδώ επάνω είναι υπέροχη, οι άνθρωποι είναι διαφορετικοί δηλ πιο φιλόξενοι με τελείως διαφορετική κουλτούρα και,τέλος, η πόλη της Θεσσσλονίκης είναι ένα πραγματικό στολίδι. Σκέψου το.
Thanks for the great videos! I'm currently enjoying a month in Koukaki, which I'd never even heard of before watching your walking tour of the neighborhood -- your recommendation of Tuk Tuk Thai is especially appreciated 🙂 Any tips re a good place to get a hair cut?
Thank you for the videos. I will be soon there exploring everything but I will like to go to see a play, music or Greek drama, do you have any recommendations?
I do! The video covers the neighborhoods but you can also go directly to my website for hotel recommendations. The video is here, ua-cam.com/video/ca8QQl_uAls/v-deo.htmlsi=4-BN_7q8uzy8MRA2 and the hotel page is here, agirlandherpassport.com/where-to-stay-in-athens/
Hi Tiffany, I hope you are doing well. I need some advice. We arrive Athens Sept 7 and are planning to take the Metro to the city centre to spend a few hours before getting back on the Metro to Piraeus for our 9:00pm ferry to Crete. Can we purchase a ticket from ATH to Piraeus with a stop at the city centre for a few hours and get back on the Metro without purchasing another ticket? Dani
How did I miss this video?! It showed me as unsubscribed! 😡I actually just booked 10 days in Monastiraki for August. I want to spend a lot of time in Athens after being on the islands for so long. I’m usually in Athens just for a day or two before I leave.
How strange! I definitely didn't do it. Sometimes YT does strange things. Glad you found it!! I think you are going to love being in Athens in August. Many locals are away so it isn't crowded.
@@agirlandherpassport yeah that was my plan. Even though it will be scorching hot then. Then I want to come back and experience winter time there. Maybe to Monemvasia for a month. Still deciding. Hope my dual citizenship goes through 😂
@@agirlandherpassport Enjoying the videos..., because I am moving to Athens at the end of the year.I am bending my many friends ears who live there on what to expect.I've over the past eight years , have been there nine times.I call it ,"home and heart".
@Shannon, I booked a reservation for A for Athens in Sept. Looking forward to visiting Greece
Same with me🥰🥰
What a beautiful walk on a Sunday day!
Thanks!
passed by this area too quickly during our last Oct trip. Nice to see your video on this area. We had a wonderful experience in Athens, hopefully, will visit Athens soon
It’s small but has lots to see. Next time!
Love this area! Great video. We like staying at the A for Athens Hotel when we are there. We will be there in early July. Maybe we will run into you.
That’s good to hear. I have only had drinks there so I have no idea what the rooms are like. Is it noisy?
Thank you so much for your videos. 🤗 Most detailed channel I've found so far on Greece
You're welcome!! Happy to hear that!
Great suggestions. I go to Athens often and have been to the area of Monastiraki Square many times, but had no idea of the Taft Foundation. It’s on my list for April!
Thanks! Enjoy it.
I’m super excited I will be visiting Athens in August . Tho it’s my first time planning on visiting. I can’t wait to explore 🥰
Have a great trip!
I am enjoying these neighborhood videos 👏🏽
Thank you!
Another very helpful video passport girl…can’t wait to get here
Thanks!
Woo hoo to a new video! my goodness I was likely there at the same time as you if this was filmed Sunday. I stayed at Residence Aiolou over the last 4 days. I’m currently in Zakinthos but will be returning to Athens Saturday. Thanks for recommending Flaneur 🙌🏾
It was filmed on Sunday. You’re welcome!
@@agirlandherpassport Awesome!!
I need to see a few of these this year.
I have done a few already. I’m sure I will do more.
@@agirlandherpassport I understand if you skip Omonia and Exarcheia... LOL
Omonia will definitely not get a video. Escarchéis probably will get one though.
@@agirlandherpassport I have walked through it when taking a deliberate shortcut to see the national museum when leaving the soccer stadium store a few years back. Definitely interesting. The graffiti will definitely freak out some visitors.
1:08 - Oooh, chef's kiss on that Kerameikos pronunciation!
Wow ... why, back in my day ... the Agora was free.
Thanks!
Almost all the sites have a few now.
When I was there in 1998, that wonderful pedestrian walkway that connects virtually all of Ancient Athens, from the theaters to the graveyard in Kerameikos, didn't exist. The part that starts at the Acropolis was a major artery for cars. The next time I was there (2007), the connective walkway was in place, but aside from the Acropolis and Kerameikos, everything else along the way and adjacent was free.
Please do not construe this as a complaint. If I owned either the Greek or Roman Agora, I would charge an entry fee, too.
I knew you weren’t complaining. 😊 I am so glad it’s a pedestrian walkway now.
So nice. I wish I could be there .Here in the Nederlands, the weather is bad .I need some sunshine in my life .
Hoping you get some soon!
“Let’s go eat lunch now!” That made me giggle.
Haha. I’m sure I was hungry.
4am & me hooked on your videos. Beautifully done. Looking forward to my 🇬🇷trip in November. Thanks for these.
Thank you!! Have a great trip.
Lovely video tiffs. Thank you x
Thank you!!
Can’t wait and thanks 🙏 for your nostalgic videos being on June ❤
You’re welcome!
Excellent job 👍 👍👍👍👍
Thanks!!
Well done and very informative. The open roof bar looks fun and your lunch looked amazing.
So nice! Thanks for showing☺️
Thanks for watching
Love you videos . Was there end of January and fell in love with Athens
Thank you!! I love it too
What a great area just love it. ❤ great video too.
There is a lady that sells bootleg hip-hop clothing at the Monastiraki Flea Market. The last two times I've been there I bought something from her shop.
Like I said, you can find anything there.
Bingeing all your content 😅 Love it thank you!
Thanks!!
LOVE LOVE your videos.
Have just stumbled upon then and will share with my family and friends!❤
We have an apartment in Dimitrakopoulou street in Koukaki which is rented and it is the same size as yours-a diari- (2 rooms apart from bathroom kitchen and entry) Because of work and family commitments its been toi many years since ive been back and i miss Athens terribly 😢. Im Australian born to Greek parents and im so impressed with your spot-on analysis ... your thoughts are so much as mine were everytime i was there. Before i married, id go with my family and then stay for a couple of years at a time.. its the best place to be...
As for that 'feeling' you said in one of your older videos, that you felt when you first got there that made you want to stay, yes...i get that too. Im so lucky that i have so much family there and i hope that you have made good friendships as you seem so lovely. You really understand everything about Athens and what makes it tick.
My family is from a wonderfully beautiful but less known Cycladic island called Amorgos!! Its rugged and simplistically beautiful. Its the next stop after Naxos. You should see it. When I was living in Athens, i was hairdressing at that time in a large salon Kiffisia -what an experience! When i was living there, they had the 'laiki' flee markets in Veikou street and everything was fresh..fish..veges...fruit. Man i so miss it and you bring it all back.
If ever you have time, i so want to see some places- how Dimitrakoupoulou street has changed and would love it if youd walk it from Makrigianni to 66 Dimitrakopoulou St in Koukaki.
Thats where the apartment is.
Also Philopappos Hill & Dionysos Zonars restaurant there with a full view of the Parthenon opposite.
So looking forward to your next video.
Thank you so much! I hope you can come back soon. Amorgos is definitely on my list of places to go here. Oh I wish the Laiki was on Veikou still but its not far though. I walk past your apartment all the time! It has changed a little. There is a used book store on the other side of the street I like to visit.
Hello Tiffany.
Thanks for your reply.
I look forward to you going to Amorgos
My mum was from Hora and my Dad was from Arkesini.
Anyway enjoy SPRING and Easter as this week is Orthodox Holy Week.
Hope you enjoy some Greek lamb!
Thanks for this. Would love some recommendations for roof-top bars in the area. Perhaps an idea for a future video?! 😁 🤔 💡
You're welcome! I gave one in the video, Couleur Locale and another great one is A is for Athens!
Love your tours of Athens. Thank you❤
Thank you!
Great video thank you for sharing this amazing Athens city......
Thanks!
Followed you for ages as I love Greece. Only visited islands but my husband has surprised me with a trip to Athens. I've been trying to learn the neighbourhoods, we are staying at acropolis Hill Hotel which I think Makrygianni. Really looking forward to it. Please recommend any restaurants/tavernas
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Tzitzigas kai Mermigas in Syntagma is great. Have a great trip.
Hi great video. How to get to Monastiraki from the airport.
Nice walk in a sunny day 😊
It was such a nice day!
@@agirlandherpassport What was the temperature today? We will be there in 21 days!!
It was around the mid 60s. It feels cool once the sun goes down though.
@@agirlandherpassport Wow, mid 60s sounds great! It is snowing, again, in Maine right now!!
We really enjoy your videos. Have you thought about selling walking tours of Athens? 😄
@@NurseRatchet-uy7tz So much snow in the US now! It isn't allowed as tour guides are licensed here.
Very beautiful, was wondering, are you aloud to fly a drone in those places. I have a mini 3 not the big ones.
No, never over archaeological sites or people here.
Great video. Thanks. Will help with my September trip.
Is it as crowded during the week?
Thanks! It usually isn’t as crowded but that can still be a busy time for tourists so I can’t say no definitely.
Thanks for your videos. Truly enjoying all the info. My cousin and I are going to Greece in late September. We are staying in Athens for a few days. Wanted to know if there are some areas in Monastiraki that we should stay away from.
You’re welcome. Not really. The main square can get crowded at night so watch your bags for pickpockets but it safe otherwise.
@@agirlandherpassport
Ok thanks
I have a slash proof bag. I love Europe it’s just sad the big cities are known for their pickpockets.
I have a question about the athens attraction combo tickets. We are spending time in Athens in the beginning and the end. Can we use the tickets for both the beginning and the end? Or must be used all in the beginning?
I don’t carry one and never had anything happen to me. You just to be aware. They also target tourists. You have five days to use the tickets so it has to be done all in those days.
@@agirlandherpassport
Thanks so much for your help. Looking forward to my trip. Greece is on my bucket list. I love Europe. Wish I could live there.
@@johannarodriguez3155 You're welcome! Have a great time!!
Tiffany, θα ήθελα να μου οργανώσεις μία εκδρομή για Αθήνα. Ποιες περιοχές της πόλης και ποιους αρχαιολογικούς χώρους αξίζει να επισκεφτώ, πού να απολαύσω καλό και φτηνό φαγητό, κέντρα διασκέδασης για αξέχαστες εμπειρίες, κτλ. Αστειεύομαι!
Λοιπόν, τα βίντεό σου είναι τα καλύτερα απ'όσα έχω δει με ανάλογο περιεχόμενο.
Να είσαι καλά και να περνάς καλά!
Haha! I thought you were serious for a second. Thank you so much! You too.
@@agirlandherpassport Actually, το είπα μεταξύ σοβαρού και αστείου, αλλά τώρα που το ξανασκέφτομαι νομίζω πως θα ήταν καλή ιδέα. Λοιπόν, έχω κατέβει αρκετές φορές στην Αθήνα για επαγγελματικούς λόγους, αλλά όπου πήγαινα για φαγητό ή για ψυχαγωγία πήγαινα στην τύχη όπου έβρισκα.
By the way, πιστεύω πως θα είχε πολύ ενδιαφέρον να κάνεις μερικά videos για βόρειο Ελλάδα, Θεσσαλονίκη για παράδειγμα. Πραγματικά, η φύση εδώ επάνω είναι υπέροχη, οι άνθρωποι είναι διαφορετικοί δηλ πιο φιλόξενοι με τελείως διαφορετική κουλτούρα και,τέλος, η πόλη της Θεσσσλονίκης είναι ένα πραγματικό στολίδι.
Σκέψου το.
Thessaloniki is definitely on the list!
Thanks for the great videos! I'm currently enjoying a month in Koukaki, which I'd never even heard of before watching your walking tour of the neighborhood -- your recommendation of Tuk Tuk Thai is especially appreciated 🙂 Any tips re a good place to get a hair cut?
You're welcome! Glad you are enjoy it. My hairdress is in Kolonaki, Michalis Alexandrakis. That is the name of the salon as well.
Thank you!
@@agirlandherpassport
Thank you for the videos. I will be soon there exploring everything but I will like to go to see a play, music or Greek drama, do you have any recommendations?
You’re welcome. I would check the Odeon of Herodes schedule. They have outdoor things there and it’s also a archaeological site.
Do you have a video with hotel recommendations? Thank you!!
I do! The video covers the neighborhoods but you can also go directly to my website for hotel recommendations. The video is here, ua-cam.com/video/ca8QQl_uAls/v-deo.htmlsi=4-BN_7q8uzy8MRA2 and the hotel page is here, agirlandherpassport.com/where-to-stay-in-athens/
Hi Tiffany,
I hope you are doing well. I need some advice. We arrive Athens Sept 7 and are planning to take the Metro to the city centre to spend a few hours before getting back on the Metro to Piraeus for our 9:00pm ferry to Crete.
Can we purchase a ticket from ATH to Piraeus with a stop at the city centre for a few hours and get back on the Metro without purchasing another ticket?
Dani
❤
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How did I miss this video?! It showed me as unsubscribed! 😡I actually just booked 10 days in Monastiraki for August. I want to spend a lot of time in Athens after being on the islands for so long. I’m usually in Athens just for a day or two before I leave.
How strange! I definitely didn't do it. Sometimes YT does strange things. Glad you found it!! I think you are going to love being in Athens in August. Many locals are away so it isn't crowded.
@@agirlandherpassport yeah that was my plan. Even though it will be scorching hot then. Then I want to come back and experience winter time there. Maybe to Monemvasia for a month. Still deciding. Hope my dual citizenship goes through 😂
@@cynthiakritika5047 Fingers crossed for you!
The Hub of Athens!!! THE place to eat...and feed kitties.
Yes! Always have to find a cat or two there.
@@agirlandherpassport Enjoying the videos..., because I am moving to Athens at the end of the year.I am bending my many friends ears who live there on what to expect.I've over the past eight years , have been there nine times.I call it ,"home and heart".
Congrats on the move to Greece!
🙏🙏😊
😊😊
You’re stunning
What is the name of that restaurant at the End? Mythos?
The restaurant is called O Thanasis