Psyri
District of Athens
in Nomarchía Athínas of Attica, Greece

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
37.979 and 23.716 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 37° 58' 46" and E 23° 42' 58"
Currency and Currency Code:
Euro - EUR
Spoken languages:
Modern Greek, English, French
Local electricity:
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
Local Time: 03:58 PM (Thursday)
Timezone: Europe/Athens
UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:14 am and 5:45 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-22.661 and -152.805 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Motu Ura
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for Greece in Southern Europe

Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Greece.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Greece. Last Update: 2024-03-28 08:18:27

Explore Psyri

The district Psyri of Athens in Nomarchía Athínas (Attica) is located in Greece and is a district of the nations capital.

If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

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Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 70 °F

Morning Temperature 15°C / 59 °F
Evening Temperature 22°C / 71 °F
Night Temperature 16°C / 62 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 52%
Air Pressure 1012 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from East
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Friday, 29th of March 2024

23°C (73 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Saturday, 30th of March 2024

22°C (71 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Sunday, 31st of March 2024

21°C (70 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Grecotel Pallas Athena

Address
0,6 mi
65, Athenas Street
10551 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Athens Lodge

Address
0,5 mi
Karaiskaki Yeoryiu 19
105 54 Athina
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Fresh Hotel

Address
0,6 mi
Centre - Sophocleus Str. 26
10552 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 14:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Athens Status Suites

Address
0,8 mi
Petraki 28
105 63 Athens
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 13:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Plaka

Address
0,7 mi
Kapnikarea 7
105 56 Athina
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Adrian Hotel

Address
0,7 mi
74, Adrianou Street
105 56 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


PHIDIAS

Address
0,4 mi
Apostolu Pailu 39
118 51 Athina
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 13:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Best Western My Athens

Address
0,5 mi
3 Keramikou
10437 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Marina

Address
0,5 mi
13 Voulgari
10437 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 10:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Arion Athens

Address
0,5 mi
18 Ag Dimitriou Str. Psirri Area
10554 Athens
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Eleusinion

An Athenian temple to Demeter, the Eleusinion was the place where all sacred objects associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries were kept between ceremonies. It was located at the base of the Acropolis. The Eleusinion played an important role in the Panathenaic festival.

Located at 37.9737, 23.7246 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Eleusinian Mysteries, Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Demeter

Temple of Hephaestus

The Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. From the 7th century until 1834, it served as the Greek Orthodox church of St. George Akamates.

Located at 37.9756, 23.7214 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, 5th-century BC architecture, Temples in ancient Athens, Hephaestus, Archaeological sites in Attica, Landmarks in Athens, Conversion of non-Christian places of worship into churches

Ancient Agora of Athens

The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens (aka Forum of Athens in older texts) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Kolonus Agoraios, also called Market Hill.

Located at 37.975, 23.7225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
6th-century BC architecture, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Stoa of Attalos

The Stoa of Attalos (also spelled Attalus) is recognised as one of the most impressive stoae in the Athenian Agora. It was built by and named after King Attalos II of Pergamon who ruled between 159 BC and 138 BC.

Located at 37.975, 23.7242 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
2nd-century BC architecture, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Hellenistic architecture, Landmarks in Athens, Stoas in Greece, Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Archaeological sites in Attica, Colonnades, Hellenistic Athens, Museums in Athens, Archaeological museums in Greece, Museums of Ancient Greece

Monastiraki

Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the principal shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops, and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping. The area is named after Monastiraki Square, which in turn is named for the Pantanassa church monastery that is located within the square.

Located at 37.9764, 23.7236 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Retail markets in Greece, Visitor attractions in Athens, Shopping districts and streets, Neighbourhoods in Athens

Monastiraki metro station

This page addresses a train station in Greece; for the ancient Cretan city, see Monastiraki, Crete. Monastiraki or Monastirion (English: Monastery) station is an interchange station on the Athens Metro, between Lines 1 and 3. The original surface station of Line 1 opened in May 17, 1895. It became an interchange point of the network when the underground station of Line 3 opened in April 22, 2003. It is located in the historic center of Athens, near the neighborhood of Plaka.

Located at 37.9761, 23.7256 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
ISAP stations, Athens Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1895

Stoa of Zeus

The Stoa of Zeus at Athens, was a two-aisled stoa located in the northwest corner of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was built c. 425 BC–410 BC for religious purposes in dedication to Zeus by the Eleutherios (Freedom): a cult founded after the Persian War. It is different from others in that it was a stoa rather than a temple (the common building used for religious purposes). Scholars believe the building also served other civic purposes due to its central location.

Located at 37.9757, 23.7221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Stoas in Greece, Archaeological sites in Attica

Athinas Street

Athinas Street is a street in downtown Athens in Greece. It is named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom. The street runs from Ermou Street north to Omonoia Square through the Psiri neighborhood. Its total length is nearly 1 km of which 80 m is a walkway since 1999. Until 1999, it used to access with Omonoia Square, now motorists can now access it via Lykourgos Street east to Aiolou and 28 Oktovriou (Patissi) Street and other streets. North of Lykourgos is a pedestrian walkway.

Located at 37.9802, 23.7271 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Streets in Athens

Psyri

Psyri or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bars, live music tavernas, and small number of hotels. Until the early 1990s, Psyri had a dangerous reputation, but it has now become one of the most fashionable and trendy choices in the centre of Athens for accommodation, entertainment and food hospitality.

Located at 37.9778, 23.725 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Visitor attractions in Athens, Neighbourhoods in Athens

Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea

The Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea (Greek: Εκκλησία της Παναγίας Καπνικαρέας) or just Kapnikarea is a Greek Orthodox church and one of the oldest churches in Athens.

Located at 37.9763, 23.7286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Byzantine churches in Athens, 11th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece

Thiseio metro station

Thiseio is an Athens Metro station, located in Thiseio at 8.603 km from Piraeus. It is located in Athens and took its name from the nearby Temple of Hephaestus which is famous as Thiseio. The station was first opened on February 27, 1869 and was renovated in 2004. It has two platforms. Thiseio station is the first railway station in the city of Athens, other than the Thiseio–Piraeus of today's line 1 of ISAP and the first railway line other than the range of the Greek government.

Located at 37.9768, 23.7204 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
ISAP stations, Railway stations opened in 1869

Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery

The Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery, also known as Psaropoulos Museum of Traditional Pottery and as Study Centre for Contemporary Ceramics is a museum in Athens, Greece. The study centre was established in 1987 to research, preserve and promote the production of traditional Greek ceramics. Since 1999 it has been located in a neo-classical building at 8 Hepitou Street in Plaka and was officially inaugurated on May 18, 2000, International Museum Day.

Located at 37.9784, 23.7204 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Museums in Athens, Art museums and galleries in Greece, 1987 establishments in Greece, Museums established in 1987, Ceramics museums

Tsisdarakis Mosque

Tsisdarakis Mosque is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque, now functioning as a museum, in central Athens, Greece. The mosque is standing in front of the Monastiraki station.

Located at 37.9759, 23.726 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in Athens, Folk art museums in Greece, Mosques in Greece, 18th-century mosques, Former mosques, Museums in Athens

Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece and adjacently situated near the Metroon, was a marble podium that bore the bronze statues of the ten heroes representing the tribes of Athens. Being an important information center for the ancient Athenians, it was used as a monument where proposed legislation, decrees and announcements were posted.

Located at 37.9752, 23.7223 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens

Temple of Aphrodite Urania

The Temple of Aphrodite Urania is a temple located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens and dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphrodite under her epithet Urania. According to Pausanias, the sanctuary had a marble statue of the deity sculpted by the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias. Today, there are a few number of saved stones on the slope of the hill beside the train tracks and near the temple of her husband Hephaestus.

Located at 37.976, 23.7217 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Temples of Aphrodite, Temples in ancient Athens, Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens

Altar of Zeus Agoraios

The Altar of Zeus Agoraios is a 4th century BC altar located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens, constructed from white marble, 9 m deep and 5.5 m wide. It was one of the first objects to be discovered inside the Agora during the excavations of 1931. Evidence of marks done by masons from the Augustan period show that it was moved from an initial source later identified as the Pnyx located outside the ancient Agora.

Located at 37.9752, 23.7225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Zeus

Temple of Apollo Patroos

The Temple of Apollo Patroos (meaning "from the fathers") is a small ruined temple of Ionic order built in 340-320 BCE. It is 10 m wide and 16.5 m long and located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens near the Stoa of Zeus. Considered to be the founder of the Ionian race and protector of families, the temple's interior had a cult statue dedicated to the god and made by the famous Greek sculptor Euphranor.

Located at 37.9755, 23.7221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Apollo, Ionian mythology

Gate of Athena Archegetis

The Gate of Athena Archegetis is situated west of the Roman Agora, Athens and considered to be the second most prominent remain in the site after the Tower of the Winds. Constructed in 11 BCE by donations from Julius Caesar and Augustus, the gate was made of 4 Doric columns and a base of Pentelic marble. It was a monument dedicated by the Athenians to their patroness Athena Archegetis.

Located at 37.9746, 23.7255 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Landmarks in Athens, Roman Athens

East Propylon

The East Propylon is the eastern entrance of the Roman Agora in Athens. Built in 19-11 BCE, it constituted of 4 Ionic columns made of gray Hymettian marble.

Located at 37.9742, 23.7267 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Landmarks in Athens, Roman Athens

Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens

The Church of the Holy Apostles, also known as Holy Apostles of Solaki (Greek: Άγιοι Απόστολοι Σολάκη) or Agii Apostoli (Greek: Αγιοι Αποστολοι Αθηνα), is located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece, and can be dated to around the late 10th century.

Located at 37.974, 23.7239 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Byzantine churches in Athens, Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece

Hadrian's Library

Hadrian's Library was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens. The building followed a typical Roman Forum architectural style, having only one entrance with a propylon of Corinthian order, a high surrounding wall with protruding niches at its long sides, an inner courtyard surrounded by columns and a decorative oblong pool in the middle. The library was on the eastern side where rolls of papyrus "books" were kept.

Located at 37.9756, 23.7261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek sites in Greece, 2nd-century architecture, Roman Athens, Hadrian

Kotzia Square

Kotzia Square is a square in central Athens, Greece. The square retains several charactertics of 19th century local neoclassical architecture, such as the City Hall of the Municipality of Athens and the National Bank of Greece Cultural Center.

Located at 37.9817, 23.7278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
2004 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic cycling venues, Squares in Athens

Fethiye Mosque (Athens)

The Fethiye Mosque (Greek: Φετιχιέ τζαμί; Turkish: Fethiye Camii, "Mosque of the Conquest") is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in central Athens, Greece. It was built in 1456/1458, soon after the Ottoman conquest of the Duchy of Athens. It is located on the northern side of the ancient Roman forum, near the Tower of the Winds, and was built on the ruins of a middle Byzantine basilica. During Ottoman times, it was commonly known as the "Wheatmarket Mosque".

Located at 37.9745, 23.727 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures in Athens, Mosques in Greece, 15th-century mosques, Former mosques

Ermou Street (Athens)

Ermou Street, is a one and a half kilometer-long road in central Athens, Greece, connecting Kerameikos archaeological site with the Syntagma Square through Monastiraki, Psiri and Thiseio. It consists of three sections: The east (from Filellinon Street to Aiolou Street, app. 700m long) which is a pedestrian zone and the city's best-known and busiest shopping street, the middle (from Aiolou Street to Agion Asomaton str.

Located at 37.9766, 23.7257 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Streets in Athens, Shopping districts and streets

Pantanassa

The Church of Saint Mary Pantanassa is a 10th century monastery in Monastiraki Square, between Athinas and Mitropoleos streets, facing the Monastiraki station, in central Athens, Greece. The church was known as the Great (or Big) Monastery, and then later as monastiraki ("little monastery"), which eventually became the name of the whole area.

Located at 37.9765, 23.7261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Christian monasteries in Greece, Churches in Athens

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Psirí, Ψυρή, Ψυρρή, Ψειρή, Ψυρής, Ψύρα, Ψυρίη, Psyri, Psiri, Псири, Псирі