If shopping is your favorite, then why don't you visit Monastiraki flea market. You have to get here early because after about 11am the crowd becomes impossible and if you want to take a break there are few tables available at the many cafes and restaurants in the area.
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You can wander around aimlessly or you can find someone who knows the flea market who can show you around if you are intent on buying something in particular. Much of the flea market is not really a flea market.
It is a collection of small shops of which most of them are tourist shops with the same stuff you will find on Adrianou street in the Plaka.
The last is fun but Psiri is the place to be - good food and nightlife there is no area as authentically Greek as Psiri, or as international. On the other hand, walking through Psiri in the daytime is deceiving.
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The streets are filled with working class people and the former leather craftsman district still contains a variety of shops and businesses that might be described as practical or business oriented, from type-setters, to fixtures, and material goods for making clothing.
The only clues that the area is a hotbed of nightlife are the cafes and restaurants storefronts that look like they have been closed for years and the new shops and boutiques.
