Street of Hermes

Street Hermes is located in the center of the Greek capital, is one of the most popular shopping places. There are many shops of shoes, bags, jewelry. There's no traffic on it. Along it there are cafes and restaurants where you can taste local cuisine. One of the first designed streets in Athens. The authors of the project are Stamatios Kleantis and Gustav Schober. Initially, there was a market for ordinary citizens, but gradually wealthy people began to come here. The name of the street is associated with its main function: Hermes is the god of commerce. Along the street you can also see interesting buildings and architectural monuments - churches, mosques, libraries, museums. Often there are performances in the open air. It's about a mile and a half long. You can get by metro to the station "Syntagma" and "Tisio". You can also use city buses No. 025, 026, 027.