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Palaio Faliro or Paleo Faliro, older forms Palaion Faliron or Paleon Faliron, is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The area is famous for its beaches , forming Athens' nearest beach and Piraeus' only beach. The city is linked by Poseidonos Avenue (GR-89 to the west and the southwest along with a main unused road to the east central, and Poseidonos Avenue has an interchange with Syngrou Avenue linking to Athens and, outside the suburban city, Kifissou Avenue. It is located SW of the Athens Hymettus Ring, which opened in 2004 with the Katechaki interchange, and also SE of Athens, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, NE of Vouliagmeni, NW of Cape Sounio, SE of Piraeus and SE of Kifissou (GR-1/E75 and westbound GR-8/E94). Its main streets include the two one-way streets of Naiadon and Afroditis and Agiou Alexandrou (southbound) and Proteos (northbound) and, to the east, Amfitheas Avenue and Agias Varvaras Avenue , while the streets in the northwestern part are grid-patterned to the ENE; Neo Faliro ("New Faliro" in English), is a part of Faliro (ancient form: Phaleron or Phalerum) and lies to the northwest and is a quarter of Piraeus. Streets named after various mythological figures can be found in the western part of Palaio Faliro. |
