ANATIOTIKA – A TASTE OF THE GREEK ISLANDS IN THE MIDST OF ATHENS
Sometimes a meandering city walk takes you to “other places,” like the tiny whitewashed homes built into the rock on the northeast slope of Acropolis Hill in Athens that are reminiscent of the nearby islands.
Anatiotika is a neighborhood of about 45 delightful tiny homes that were originally built in the early 1800s by migrants from the Greek island of Anafi. The workers were recruited by King Otto of Greece to build his palace. In the evenings they built small residences for their families that resembled the homes they left behind in Anafi, a small island east of Santorini in the south Aegean Sea.
Today the homes in Anatiotika are mostly owned and inhabited by the original descendants of the settlers from Anafi and the law states they cannot be sold but must be passed down to family members or sold to the Greek State.
The walk along these steep and narrow passages to view the tiny homes also offers a spectacular view of the city and Mt. Lycabettus in the distance.
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