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Capital and largest city of Greece
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Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína) is the capital city of Greece. It was the major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization. But don't come expecting a philosopher's theme park; contemporary Athens is the gritty, graffiti-coated, fast-beating urban heart of the country, where modern Greek culture, business and social life flourish amidst ancient monuments.
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It was the ancient fortified town of Athens, dating back to the Late Bronze Age. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its historic role and the many iconic buildings of the Greek Classical age, among them the Parthenon, the Erectheion, and the Temple of Athena Nike. The key landmark of Athens, visible from afar, the Acropolis dominates the Athenian sky and symbolizes the foundation of modern culture and civilization. The Acropolis is considered to be an enduring symbol of Western civilisation.
The monumental gate at the western end of the Acropolis with Doric columns of Pentelic marble. In a prominent position on a steep bastion to the right of the entrance is the Temple of Athena Nike
This massive temple was built in the 5th century BC in thanksgiving for the Greek victory over Persian invaders. It was later converted into a Christian church, then an Ottoman mosque. It was mostly intact until 1687, when a Venetian bomb landed on the Parthenon, which the Ottomans had used as a munitions dump. From 1800 to 1803, the 7th Earl of Elgin removed many of the surviving sculptures and shipped them to England. Since 1975, numerous large-scale restoration projects have been undertaken to preserve remaining artefacts and ensure its structural integrity.
This elegant temple was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena. The uneven ground led to a complex plan, with an east-facing entrance lined with six Ionic columns. Unusually, the temple has two porches, one borne by Ionic columns, the other supported by huge female caryatids.
Classical Athens' main theatre, the first theatre ever built. Many of the great Greek plays were performed here for the first time. According to Plato's Symposium, it could hold an audience of 19,000 spectators. Aristophanes' The Clouds, mocking Socrates, was first performed here, and Plato considered this play to be a contributing factor in Socrates' trial and execution.
This theatre, built in 161 CE, is still used for concerts and plays. The stone backdrop is still preserved to a remarkable height of 3 stories, because it was incorporated into a later fortification on the site.
You will need to purchase a timed-entry ticket for this museum, separate from the Acropolis. Buying online in advance from the official website is strongly recommended. This museum replaces an older museum on the Acropolis, which was far too small to hold and display all the artifacts recovered by archaeologists. Its design looks very "modern" from the outside, but on the inside it's very intuitive. The main floor is filled with a seemingly-endless collection of classical sculptures excavated from each stage of pre-Roman Athens. The top floor has an excellent view of the Acropolis and lavish placeholder exhibits for the Parthenon Marbles, to refute the United Kingdom's arrogant excuse that Greece did not have an appropriate place to display them. Most people will need at least one hour; anyone who loves classical art will need two hours or more. Exhibits have detailed descriptions, and the museum offers a free app-based audioguide. Archaeologists uncovered Roman ruins at the site before construction began; the final compromise was to elevate the museum above them. After you visit the museum, go down the path to the left of the main entrance plaza and use your museum ticket to access the Roman ruins.
Ancient Greek: Πνύξ; Greek: Πνύκα, Pnyka
If Athens is the birthplace of democracy, then Pnyx is its cradle. Around 507 BCE this rocky hill, overlooking the Akropolis, became the meeting place for the ekklesia, Athens' early democratic assembly. This site thus witnessed addresses by Pericles, Aristides and Alcibiades during the "Golden Age" of Athens, and had a capacity for 6000 to 13,000 hearers. The site was redesigned several times, creating three distinct phases in its history, until the ekklesia moved to the Theatre of Dionysos some time during the first century BCE. During the Roman era Pnyx was instead used as a sanctuary of Zeus.
The site of the ancient city centre is a green space with a beautiful view of the Acropolis. It was built as a multipurpose area, then evolved into a religious area over time. The Ancient Agora was eventually abandoned and then large parts of it were later built over for a thousand years. The open space you see today was excavated starting in the 1850s.
The best preserved ancient Greek temple, 5th century BCE.
Museum of the Ancient Agora
This building was reconstructed in the 1950s from its original foundations, incorporating as much of the original structure and materials as possible, with limestone quarried from Piraeus and roof tiles made of clay from Attica. It is used as a museum to house relics found in the Agora.
Agias Apostoli
From the 11th century, one of the oldest churches in Athens.
Roman Forum
This area became the main marketplace of the city after the Ancient Agora to the west became primarily a religious facility under Roman rule. It houses the Tower of the Winds, an eight-sided tower with a different wind deity on each side, the remains of ancient shops, and a fountain. Although the official entrance faces the end of Pikilis, you cannot buy tickets at the entrance. The ticket office is just around the corner and across the street to the north, on Epaminonda.
The site of the ancient cemetery of Athens. It also houses the Dipylon Gate, where the Panathenaic procession would begin. Its museum showcasing many of the grave stele and other archaeological items found on the grounds. The site has more than 20 tortoises, so be sure to watch your step and not trample on them.
Only the ruins remain today. The column that has fallen and can still be seen in pieces was brought down during a thunderstorm about a century ago.
Hadrian's Gate
A monumental gateway resembling a Roman triumphal arch. It was built around 131 AD to honor the Roman emperor Hadrian, an admirer of Greek culture, for his many benefactions to the city.
Λύκειο, Lýkeio
An ancient temple here hosted lectures by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and early meetings of the Athenian Assembly. Aristotle made the temple the home of his school, the Lyceum. It hosted the world's first zoo and botanical garden, as well as a library which preserved classical Greek works for centuries afterwards. Rediscovered in 1996, the site can now be viewed outdoors. Entrance is from the north, from the same entrance as for the Byzantine and Christian museum.
This house of study was founded by the famous philosopher Plato. His equally famous follower Aristotle studied here for 20 years before leaving to found a school of his own. The site is an outdoor free park where you can see the excavated ruins. The ruins are not well explained or particularly impressive, but they do form a very nice park in a charming family oriented neighborhood. The exact coordinates given here are for a sign which best explains the various ruins in the park. The site is a long walk from all other historic sites, or a single bus route which runs slower than walking on the busy streets.
Now the base of a summertime outdoor cinema, you can view the remains of the reservoir that was the terminus of an aqueduct that transported water for Roman-era Athenians from Parnitha to the base of Mount Lycabettus. You can only peer through windows and are not able to descend into the reservoir.
The stadium that housed the first modern day Olympic Games of 1896. Earlier versions of the stadium date as far back as 330 BCE. It's an enormous, white, marble stadium, with a horseshoe configuration.
A 200m hill bordering the Kolonaki district. You can reach the top by walking (the path starts 15 minutes from Evangelismos metro stop, and will take 30 minutes to walk up the winding, but paved and not steep, path) or by a funicular railway (€10 single/€13 return trip). From halfway up looking towards the sea there are astonishing views of the Parthenon with the blue of the sea glimpsed between its columns. And from the top you can see the whole city, the port of Piraeus and, on a clear day, the island of Aegina and the Peloponnese. Have a drink at the cafe there, and visit the chapel of St George.
A low but imposing building erected between 1882 and 1890 by architect Ernst Ziller in the eclectic style of that age, commissioned by King George I.
Check out the Parliament building and the newly restored Grande Bretagne Hotel.
This building is on the eastern side of the square. It was the former royal palace before Greece became a republic. At its base, facing the square, is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Catch the changing of the guards in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of Parliament every hour on the hour. The guards are a fascinating sight; they wear distinctive uniforms with pleated kilts and leather clogs with pom-poms. The uniforms and the guards' unusual marching style are a tribute to the light infantry insurgents (evzones) who bravely fought the Greek War of Independence. Make sure you don't get too close or stand on the wrong side of them if you want to take a picture. If that occurs, they will knock their gun and, as they are not allowed to speak, another guard in regular military uniform will kindly ask you to change position. A more elaborate version of the ceremony takes place at 11:00 every Sunday, when it is accompanied by a marching military band.
An 11th-century Byzantine monastery and UNESCO World Heritage site. Damaged by an earthquake in 1999, but has now been fully restored.
A nice escape from the city in the foothills of Mount Hymettus. Walking trails. There's a functional monastery one can walk in, and several ruined chapels or basilicas up on the walks.
This is the largest and most popular of Athens' many museums, and is usually very crowded. Its vast collection includes treasures unearthed from Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann; a staggering array of sculpture including the earliest known Greek figurines dating from around 2,000 BCE; frescoes from the volcanic island of Santorini; and remains of Antikythera mechanism, the oldest known mechanical computer. Plan to make several visits to absorb it all.
A small but excellent museum displays artifacts from Mycenean Greece on, and includes some wonderful Persian artifacts.
Visit the beautiful Neoclassical main building which houses collections of Greek art, from ancient times through the Byzantine period and the modern state. Open late and for free on Thursday evenings. The museum shop is a good place to buy souvenirs. There is a small selection at high prices but the quality is excellent.
Holds the second largest collection of Cypriot antiquities in the world outside Cyprus, after the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Some of the most popular exhibits include the Cycladic figurines, the idols from Early Bronze Age Cyclades, whose style greatly influenced modernist work in the 20th century, and Cypriot pottery and Ancient Greek artifacts, especially the ‘Scenes of Daily Life in Ancient Greece’ display, which is popular with families. They also sell great souvenirs, and lunch is available at the elegant Aethrion Café. If you are lucky, there may be a quirky temporary exhibition too (with no extra entry fee), as they hold archaeological, modern and contemporary art exhibitions.
It's one of Greece's main art institutions and features paintings and works of art from some of Greece's and Europe's best from the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is given to popular Greek contemporary artists including Giannis Tsarouchis, Domenikos Theotokopoulos (a.k.a. El Greco), Theodors Vrizakis, Nikolaos Kounelakis, Nikiforos Litras, Konstantinos Parthenis, Maleas, Giannis Moralis and others.
An excellent collection which anyone interested in Islamic art will want to see. The museum was opened in 2004 as a branch of the Benaki, but is in a different part of town in two connected buildings.
An excellent museum of its type. Too often neglected by visitors to Athens, even though it is in the heavily touristed Plaka neighbourhood. Displays include artefacts, tools, primitive painting, folk pottery and interior decor. It is particularly strong on costume and embroidery.
Pinakothiki
Paintings of Greek painters of the first half of the 20th century are displayed.
A museum of folk and contemporary art. Its grounds cover 320,000 m2 (80 acres) including several buildings, gardens and courtyards. Its collection includes over 6,000 pieces covering 4,000 years of Greek history and art. The museum was donated by the Vorres family to the Greek state.
A very interesting museum that should not be missed. Excellent demonstration of some fantastic inventions of the ancient Greeks. Most models are functional and can be interacted with. Some can only be interacted with when a docent is leading a tour, so join one as soon as you can. Upstairs is a display of ancient Greek musical instruments—some of them playable, and downstairs is a display of reproductions of ancient Greek armor. It's a relatively small museum, but if you take the time to read everything, it will take several hours.
Old Parliament
In the old parliament building, this museum contains a large collection of historic documents such as the first constitution of Greece, furniture, equipment from the revolution. If you are lucky you may see the old session room.
The building of the museum is one of the most beautiful in Athens, and was built by Ernst Ziller and was used as the residence in Athens of Schliemann. The collection contains thousands of ancient coins and ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval figurines.
Includes exhibits of traditional Greek musical instruments, with recordings of most of them.
The National War Museum is the only significant surviving public project of the military dictatorship which ruled Greece 1967 - 1974. The museum's displays are old fashioned and biased towards the more successful periods of Greek military history. The tanks, artillery guns and aircraft on display outside the museum form the most interesting part of its collection, and can be visited for free. Perhaps the only internationally famous object in the collection is the portrait of Lord Byron in hellenic dress.
Including the historical warships Georgios Averof, Velos and a replica of an ancient trireme.
A number of old planes from as far back as the 1930s can be seen here.
An industrial museum of incomparable architecture. The centre has assisted in the upgrading of a historic Athens district.
Karagiozis Museum
The first and unique museum of shadow theatre in the world, dedicated to the famous Greek shadow theatre character "Karagiozis".
A Peaceful and beautiful park in the centre of Athens, easily the coolest place to hide from the summer sun. Wander around, check out the quirky art that seems to sprout up every now and again, look on in disbelief at the "zoo", sit on one of the benches, enjoy the luxuriant flowers and vegetation, marvel at the turtle and duck ponds, have a frappe in the cafe, and spot one of the resident tortoises exploring... it's a fun place to hang out.
Field of Mars
Covers 27.7 hectares, near the National Archaeological Museum.
This landmark street starts from the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Vasilissis Olgas Avenue, continues under the southern slopes of the Acropolis near Plaka, and finishes just beyond the Temple of Hephaestus in Thiseio. The street has been pedestrianised, forming a scenic route. The entire route provides visitors with views of the Parthenon and the Agora (the meeting point of ancient Athenians), away from the busy city centre.
Well-marked paths, gorges, springs, torrents and caves do the protected area. Hiking and mountain-biking in all four mountains remain popular outdoor activities for many residents of the city.
Athens-Epidaurus Festival
Runs from May to October each year. Offers a wide spectrum of events covering almost every taste. Outside Athens, try to attend a performance at the ancient theater of Epidaurus – a truly unforgettable experience.
Megaro Mousikis
This venue attracts world-famous artists all year round.
Politismou Idrima Stavros Niarchos
This complex in the seaside suburb of Kallithea has stunning views from its terrace all the way to the Acropolis on one side and of the coast on the other. Evening concerts and other cultural events take place here. The building, gardens and complex alone are worth a visit, and a free shuttle bus is provided from Syntagma Square. Check the web site for the free (optional) tours in English. The collection of the National Library of Greece is being transferred here, and one wing of the building contains an opera house (this part can only be visited as part of a free tour, if you are not attending an event in the auditorium).
It's authentic, friendly and fast.
Τα δύο αδέλφια
The best souvlaki in this part of Athens.
Vegan street food restaurant. Tasty food and nice people that work there. A good place for all vegans and even non-vegans. The true Parthenon of the vegan scene of Athens. Excellent vegan souvlaki.
Traditional Greek food. If you want to eat in a quality village tavern in the center of Athens, you will come here. Great roasted food, salads and appetizers! The food is handmade.
Among the best traditional Greek restaurants in Athens downtown. The owner is smiling, polite and very keen to assist. A wonderful casual lunch or dinner spot. Fresh ingredients and substantial portions.
An excellent little Greek restaurant well worth finding. Everything is fresh and delicious and the service is great. The owner is a helpful and generous guy. Attentive and familiar treatment.
Nice little place with great seafood selection. The meals look simple and are delicious. The portions are quite large and the quality price ratio is very well balanced. One should go in time and expect quite some waiting time to get a table on a small alley. Best local fish tavern with crunchy anchovies and perfect frying without being oily.
Very authentic Greek tavern, frequented by locals. Great value for money. Warm welcome, nice terrace and fast service.
A long-established traditional taverna with spacious outdoor seating. Closed Sundays.
A long-established taverna serving some of the best and most authentic food in Athens. Seating is indoors and outdoors, though it's hard to find a seat in the latter during pleasant weather.
A very remarkable, slightly upscale restaurant specializing in dishes native to the Karamanli people. Owing to their history, the food served here is a (very well-executed) mix between Greek and Turkish cuisine. A hidden gem (that is rather crowded, though)! Expect to pay 11€ per person for main courses and water.
a severely traditional taverna where the speciality is stamnaki, or beef, potatoes and cheese cooked in tomato sauce in an individual clay pot. The fried zucchini here are also always good. Mostly patronized by Greeks, but there is an English-language menu.
Known among some expatriates as "the hole in the ground," this is a basement taverna serving authentic, inexpensive traditional Greek fare.
One of the oldest tavernas in Plaka with a pleasant outdoor terrace under a huge plane tree, though some old Athens hands have complained that the food has become lacklustre.
pronounced and sometimes spelled Zefs in modern Greek
literally in the shadow of the Acropolis, offers quieter and less expensive dining than the many touristy tavernas lining Mnesikleous whose touts will try to snare you as you walk up the hill. The view isn't as spectacular as you might expect, but the outdoor seating is very pleasant and the traditional Greek dishes include some unusual ones, like grilled peppers in yogurt sauce. The price includes a bottle of water, an appetizer plate and garlic bread.
Πάμε Ψυρρή
On Agii Anargiri square -- Psiri. A "mezedopolio" where local singers sing rempetika music.
Ταβέρνα Ο ΜΩΡΙΑΣ
Greek restaurant
Greek restaurant taverna.
A tavern that serves simple, traditional Greek meals.
A tavern with a garden serving organic dishes.
Another "mezedopolio" with live music in an old restored building.
A remarkable restaurant, serving refined and creative innovations on traditional Greek dishes in a chic setting. It is on the square of the same name which is the venue of the main Athens flea market. This is an interesting place to come for lunch, where you can sit enjoying the upscale food and ambiance while looking out on the gritty bazaar of the Flea Market. Moderately expensive, and unfortunately no open wine, though they do have a short but well-chosen list of Greek bottled wines. Open for lunch and dinner. Those considering walking there for dinner from Plaka or the Monastiraki Metro should be aware that the intervening area, while fine by day and not known to be particularly dangerous even at night, it does take on an uncomfortable "Bladerunner" atmosphere after dark.
One of the best bars in Athens for the specific style, to call it a bar is an understatement. Balux is large complex set right on the water in Glyfada, one of the trendiest areas of the city. It is open during the summer for swimming in the ocean or pool all day and turns into a lounge and full club at night. Where Athens' wealthy go to party.
One of the best rebetica clubs, often open in summer when most others are closed.
Nice cafe/restaurant.
This sprawling cafe-restaurant that takes up a large part of Platía Paliás Agorás along Adhrianoú St. at the western end of Plaka, is a good place for daytime coffee or a before or after dinner drink. They also serve food, though if you're there for a meal you'll be directed to a different seating area, so tell the waiter when you arrive if you just want a drink. This is the most pleasant cafe in a square packed with them; despite the Plaka location it's relatively quiet, with snatches of views of antiquity from the mostly outdoor seating. Particularly popular with younger Greeks, though all ages and nationalities will feel comfortable. Prices average or slightly below for Plaka, which still means not cheap, though the ouzo comes in hefty shots, and if you order the giant "ouzo platter" (€25) of appetizers with them, it will easily suffice for three people.
Standard stuff, but has a nice air conditioned and quiet upstairs seating area overlooking the square.
Taf
Independent space organising and hosting cultural events related to all forms of artistic production, and a point of social gathering. Great cocktails and a variety of jazz/soul music.
A really nice cafe where you can play board games whilst drinking your coffee. Very popular.
Start the day with a double shot of dark espresso at this cafe in the Kolonaki neighbourhood, just north of Syntagma Square.
It has a hall for breakfast, a minimarket, a swimming pool and a playground for the children. 115 places for tents.
Standard backpacking hostel offering clean and comfortable beds, 24 hr reception access, and discounted wifi access. Great spot to meet other travellers.
Fully renovated in 2020. All rooms include private bathrooms, free wifi, air conditioning and heating.
formerly Athenstyle
Studios and hostel beds within walking distance of the metro. Each dorm has lockers. Artists have painted murals in the reception and some of the rooms, and there's a basement lounge with art exhibitions, pool table, home cimena and internet corner. The small rooftop bar is ideal for evening drinks. It produces a weekly art and culture guide. Yellow and green building.
Offers simple clean accommodation in a central location.
Aphrodite
Low-budget backpackers' hangout not too far from Larissa train station and Victoria Square, a bit north of the Omonia district.
This small hotel is next to Strefi hill, offers nice view from its terrace and is in a calm area. Freshly renovated rooms and breakfast in communal kitchen. Internet included and sister hotel offers nice breakfast at the terrace, too.
10 minutes walk from Monastiraki; simple, decorated rooms with air conditioning and TV. There is also a bar and coffee shop on the ground floor.
Attention to detail is catered for in this hotel, with most rooms having a fresh lick of paint on them every year. Rooms have central heating and A/C, private baths and mini fridges, and some have balconies. Price from €88 for a single room in high season.
The staff are very friendly and the hotel will hold your luggage if you are departing later in the day. Some of the older, more expensive rooms are very atmospheric; others are rather drab.
Patrou 3. Nice hotel in Plaka with roof-garden with a view of the Acropolis.
Designed by architect Stelios Demos, this hotel fuses modern art design with a classical Greek touch. Restaurant, daily buffet breakfast. Priced from €128 for a standard room in the high season.
A small boutique hotel in the center of Athens, close to sightseeing, shopping, and entertainment.
Each of the 40 rooms features air conditioning, a television and a mini fridge.
A superb designer hotel within easy walking distance of the Acropolis in the centre of Athens. The rooftop bar and swimming pool has breathtaking views of the Acropolis - the perfect way to end the day's sightseeing or business.
An upscale (with prices to match) hip boutique hotel in Kolonaki with glossy, minimalist decor. This hotel used to be the Athenian Inn, and that name may still be found in some Athens hotel listings in guidebooks, but the former hotel has been so completely refurbished that it is now a totally different establishment.
5 star hotel offering high speed internet access and express mail, late check out and foreign currency exchange.
Located in Kolonaki. This boutique hotel offers great views of the Acropolis.
Hilton Athens
Just south of the Kolonaki district, this is the biggest hotel with the biggest pool in Athens. Fifteen floors and wonderful views everywhere you look. Also the "Milos Restaurant" is on site.
A 4-star hotel renovated in 2004 with a lovely terrace bar and pool, 3 restaurants with view of the Lycabetus hill, and very accommodating personnel. The hotel is in an ideal location for catching the bus or the metro for the north suburbs of Athens (Kifisia, Marousi, Chalandri etc). Acropolis, Lycabetus hill, Syntagma square are all within 5 to 15 min taxi drive.
In front of the Temple of Zeus. Outdoor swimming pool, rooftop garden restaurant. Free wi fi and conference room available.
A 4-star property in the heart of Athens. Within walking distance from all major historical sites and the business and commercial districts.
Traditionally the "best hotel in town," this historic luxury hotel with gilded woods, fine fabrics and chandeliers in the public areas has long been the accommodation of choice for visiting diplomats and power players.
Some rooms have a view of the Acropolis, and the Royal Presidential Suite has a private outdoor pool. The Tudor restaurant on the 7th floor has views of the Acropolis.
Hellenic Vibes Smart Hotel is a brand new 5-star hotel right in the heart of rebranded Athens, with a capacity of 35 rooms and exclusive suites, is located behind the doors of an impressive neoclassical facade of the 19th century.
People's market
A fruit, vegetable and fish market. Good fun.
The biggest shopping mall in Athens with a large variety of shops, cafés and restaurants and one of the most "hi tech" cinemas in the city.
A shopping mall at Kifissias avenue in Maroussi. It has shops with luxury brands, luxury cafés, bars, and restaurants.
A shopping mall in Vouliagmenis avenue close to Agios Dimitrios station (Metro Line 2). The food court on the top level offers a nice view of the city and the sea.
By bus
KTEL regional coaches connect Athens to other cities in Greece. The fleet of buses has been upgraded, which makes the journey pleasant and safe.
By road
The main approaches to Athens by road are by the A1 motorway (European route E75) from the north and the A8 motorway (European route E94) from the west.
By train
Hellenic Train, the national rail service, connects Athens to other cities in Greece.
By boat
Piraeus is the chief sea port of Athens. It is served by many ferries. Cruise ships also regularly visit, especially during warm months.
Fares
20. This covers all OASA routes except for Airport Express lines (Line and Route X80). There are also Daily, 3-Day + Airport, 5-Day and bulk ticket packs. See details on the OASA fare table.
By metro
Syntagma (constitution; Σύνταγμα), Larissa (Σταθμός Λαρίσης) station and Acropolis (Akropoli; Ακρόπολη) station are the three major stations in this system.
By suburban railway
The Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos/Προαστιακός) is operated by Hellenic Train. There are 3 Proastiakos lines:
By tram
The Athens Tram connects the city centre with the southern suburbs and has connections with the metro lines. There are three tram lines:
By bus
The Athens Urban Transport Organisation runs a network of diesel buses, natural gas buses and electric trolleybuses.
By taxi
Canary yellow taxis are a common sight in Athens and are a reasonably priced way of getting around (if you can avoid the traffic jams).20.
By car
You can rent a car at the airport, where most major international car rental companies have a presence. There are also several large local companies which will deliver the car outside of the airport.
By bicycle
Athens is not a friendly city for cyclists, as it does not have many bicycle lanes, and the car drivers tend to drive quite aggressively.
On foot
Several central streets have been pedestrianized.
Airport transfers
At the airport both metro trains and suburban trains pass from the same platform.
Choose an airport to see hotels, stations, taxi ranks and car rental desks around it.
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