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Athens walking routes — 30 editor-picked walks with maps and what’s on

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30 routes — editor-walked, or clearly flagged until they are.

Athens rewards walking more than most capitals — Plaka's marble lanes, Monastiraki's flea-market sprawl, and the political murals of Exarcheia.

Most people come for the Acropolis and leave having seen a rock. The city underneath is the point. Climb Filopappou Hill for the view the postcards steal, then lose an afternoon in Plaka's tangle of marble lanes, the workshops of Psyrri, or Koukaki's quiet streets. Athens is layered, steep, and best read on foot — one worn step at a time.

No leaderboards, no algorithm — just the walks the editor thought were worth your time, with notes on what to actually look at along the way.

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