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Syntagma Square (Plateia Syntagmatos) is dominated by the old Royal Palace ; Syntagma Square is the business district of Athens, complete with major hotels, banks, restaurants and airline offices. The Plaka is the district at the foot of the Acropolis ideal for shopping and wandering through cobblestone streets.

The Acropolis is the ancient "high city" of Athens . Monastiraki is bohemian district with many tourist stores. Omonia is a seedy district with pickpockets and prostitutes. Piraeus is the port of Athens with ferries to Crete and the Aegean Islands .