Plaka

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Plaka the historical and tourist capital of Athens.  Continuously inhabited since the 15 century when it was the cities Turkish Quarter,   For us it was the only place we considered staying.
We chose the Adams Hotel.  A very clean family run budget hotel.  Kosta and Dimitrio aka the Adams Family are friendly and well intentioned if not too knowledgeable about the city  The location is fantastic, right on the edge of all you want to see in Plaka and surrounding areas.  They have a small bar-ouzerie on the ground floor but as you can see every street has outdoor restaurants operating day and night.
A self portrait, I am the one with the camera in case you are wondering.

 In the absence of any local knowledge we choose restaurants solely on the charm of the waiters stationed out front to draw us to their tables.  Hey it worked for us. 
A great area to wander, shop and dine at any time of the day. Every evening an accordionist and his nine year old daughter would wander from table to table.  The diminutive  child had the voice of a budding  Kiri Te Kanawa and her renditions of Ave Maria and O Sole Mio could reduce us to tears.  Of course the wine might have had something to do with it too!
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