The Plaka is a district in the centre of Athens below the Acropolis. It borders the southern district of Makrygianni, with the area east of the temple of Zeus and Zappeion, north of the commercial centre of Athens and west of Monastiraki.
 
 After the second world war , the buildings of Plaka were preserved in their entirety as a Greek heritage, making Plaka as the only district of Athens in such an extent that one can see the city as it was 100 years ago. In Plaka use to be the main area of Athens nightlife , today there are museums, taverns, restaurants, cafes and tourist shops with goods, and buildings of famous citizens of the old Athens. 
 
In the Plaka section under the Acropolis there are the small districts of Anafiotika. This is a district built in Cycladic architecture and it was constructed by builders from the island of Anafi, who, in the second half of the 19 th century, seeking a quarter to build their homes, because the rental costs or purchase of land was expensive for them find this place.

Similar areas where internal migrants relocated and kept the architecture of their place of origin, are also in other areas of Athens.
 Near Plaka are the Acropolis and Syntagma metro and tram stops Syntagma and the Zappeion, while many lines of buses and trolley bus passing through the centre of Athens are near by.