Self-guided walking tour
Athens Walking Tour: Markets, Monastiraki and Gazi (3 hours, 8 stops)
8 stops in walking order through Athens, from Church of Panagia Kapnikarea to Kypseli Municipal Market: 6.7 km on foot, about 1 h 20 min of walking, 3 h in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Markets, Monastiraki and Gazi”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 3 h
- Distance
- 6.7 km
- Walking
- 1 h 20 min
- Stops
- 8
The stops, in walking order
Church of Panagia Kapnikarea
Kapnikarea is a Greek Orthodox Byzantine church in Athens, with origins reaching back to the 11th century.
4 min walk · 310 m
Tzistarakis Mosque
A former mosque in Monastiraki Square that now functions as a traditional art museum.
1 min walk · 40 m
Monastiraki
A flea-market neighbourhood in Athens’ old town and a major shopping destination.
17 min walk · 1.4 km
Technopolis (Gazi)
An industrial museum and cultural venue housed in Athens’s former gasworks.
20 min walk · 1.6 km
Varvakios Central Market
A municipal food market beneath a glass-and-metal roof, designed by architect Ioannis Koumelis.
15 min walk · 1.3 km
National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum gathers antiquities from across Greece, covering prehistory through late antiquity.
11 min walk · 950 m
Pedion tou Areos
A public park in Athens created to honour the heroes of the Greek Revolution.
13 min walk · 1.1 km
Kypseli Municipal Market
A protected public building completed in 1935 to designs by Alexandros Metaxas.
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