Pilot scheme to convert rundown Athens hotel into student residence
I've mixed feelings about this. It's good to see plans to see a closed hotel put to good use. But a time will come when tourism starts to increase, and hotel beds will be needed.
Omonia strikes me as being in need of a good PR agent. When I read about Omonia Square, it always seems to be in a negative context. I haven't intentionally mean to Omonia for years. I usually do nothing more than change tube trains at Omonia on my way from Piraeus to Synagma. When I first went to Athens in 1981 I stayed in a hotel part way between Monastiraki and Omonia. I hadn't then fully discovered the charm of Plaka, and did venture down to Omonia. There was nothing squalid or sleazy about it then that I recall, and I often went to the roof top cafe in one of the big shops.
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