Monastiraki Flea Market: What to Buy in Athens (Markets)

At the Monastiraki flea market, you'll typically find:

• Greek souvenirs • leather sandals and bags • handmade jewelry • antiques and vintage collectibles • local gifts and artwork

The market's core has moved once in its history: the original used-goods bazaar operated out of Dimopratiriou Square until 1910, when it relocated to what's now called Avissinias Square. Athenians still call it "Yusurum Square" — after Noah Yusurum, part of a family of Jewish refugees from Smyrna who settled here in 1863 as second-hand dealers. A member of that family later became the first president of the Antique Dealers' Association when it was founded in 1922, and the nickname stuck for a century.

Sunday is when the market shows its oldest self: dozens of peddlers still spread out across Avissinias Square selling old furniture, books, vinyl records, Ottoman-era glassware, and Aegean pottery alongside the newer souvenir stalls — the same mix of trade goods and inherited junk that's been changing hands here for over a hundred years.

This is what TravelHubCam is here to show you: not a curated souvenir strip, but a market that's been the same kind of place for over 160 years — a little chaotic, genuinely old, and still carrying the name of the family that started it.