Freatida Athens

Ancient walls next to the sea

Marilena from Athens

""Freatida" in Piraeus, the port of Athens, is an often-overlooked but beautiful and strange part of the city. Just look at those walls!"

Freatida is a part of the Piraeus coastline between Peiraiki and Pasalimani. Although I have passed it by many times, I rediscovered it during the Covid lockdown. Ever since, I consider it one of the most beautiful and strangest areas of Piraeus!

Why strange? Because you can find pieces of the ancient wall of Piraeus located at the entrances of apartment buildings; you can drink a coffee overlooking the beach at its fancy bars (one of the most popular bars is called Pisina) or even swim (which people do, but I wouldn't recommend!) in the sea of Freatida.

Also, if you like visiting museums, you can take a look at the Archaelogical Museum of Piraeus and/or the Navy Museum of Greece.

If not, just enjoy a walk next to Piraeus's marina which is absolutely fancy!

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Athens Spotter Marilena

I was born and raised in the area of Piraeus, the port next to Athens. It’s one of the main reasons I am in love with the sea and industrial places. Since I finished my studies of “Business Administration” (still do not know why I studied something that I dislike!) , I started working at my family run travel agency. Unfortunately , because of Covid we have to close that agency . But the last year my husband and cospotter Dimitris we run a channel at YouTube called “Easy Greek” where we help people learning Greek from our videos . I love music and I like any kind of e...

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