Athens transportation

Athens is simply marvelous, with fascinating places where one can go for a walk, like Acropolis, Apostolou Pavlou Street, Syntagma Square and Kolonaki. However when it comes to cycling, Athens is certainly not the city for it as it has no cycling paths whatsoever and driver tend to be quite aggressive on the road. In general, it is not recommended for tourists do go biking, except for some small rides around the Historical center!

When it comes to public transport in Athens, one could describe it as efficient, cheap and different. For only €1 you can purchase and integrated ticket that allows you travel on any means of transport with unlimited transfers anywhere within the city (the only exception is the airport line!)for 90 minutes! If you plane on staying bit longer, you can buy a Day Ticket for €3 or a Week Pass for only €10. The public transport network has improved significantly over the years in Athens and the Greeks are very proud of their Metro system.

Going from station to station, one gets the feeling as if walking from one museum to another, due to the exposed artifacts found during the excavations! Note that you are not allowed to eat and drink on the Athens subway! There are three lines connecting several points of the city, making it easy to get around. Remember always to validate your ticket upon entering the station! The standard metro ticket is €0.80 for trips between all stations and €6 for a one way ticket to the Airport.

Besides the metro, you can make use of the Athens Suburban Railway which is a new addition to Athens's public system network, and the Trams( T1,T2,T3), which have connections with the metro lines and connect the city center with the southern suburbs. A single ticket will cost you €0.60! Furthermore the city has a complex network of diesel buses, natural gas buses and electric trolley for which a standard ticket costs €0.50 and €3.20 to travel to or from the Airport.

Very common sights in Athens are the canary yellow cabs reasonably priced, with €1starting fee, after which the meter ticks up at €0.34/km Rate 1 within the city limits or €0.64/km Rate 2 which goes for outside the city and after midnight! There are some legal surcharges for trips to or from the airport (€3.20), for heavy bags (€0.32).It is not common that you get tricked, however insist to start the meter and make sure the rate is appropriate.

Athens get around