The district of Plaka dates to neolithic times but a new wave of development is luring more tourists – and local people are fighting back In a neoclassical building in Athens on the oldest street of ...
When the pre-neoclassical home of George Finlay, the great Scottish historian, came up for sale in Athens' historic Plaka district, Anna Pataki and her painter husband rushed to buy it. Seduced by the ...
Surrounded by a hubbub of blaring music, restaurant terraces and rumbling suitcase wheels slaloming between overflowing litter bins, Giorgos Zafeiriou believes surging tourism has made his historic ...
Architect Giorgos Zafeiriou has been living in Plaka, Athens’ historic neighborhood under the Acropolis hill, almost half of his life. The building he bought and renovated 35 years ago is a ...
Athens (AFP) – Surrounded by a hubbub of blaring music, restaurant terraces and rumbling suitcase wheels slaloming between overflowing litter bins, Giorgos Zafeiriou believes surging tourism has made ...
The Greek capital's Plaka district "is threatened by overtourism", said Zafeiriou, who has lived there for more than three decades and leads its residents' association. This year, 10 million people ...
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