Athens?

nelly_2

Anyone been and how far is the airport from the city centre please?

rallymad

I was there in 2003, went with easyjet. Not sure how far away the airport is, but I believe that the matro/underground opened a new link after I visited. Shouldn't be too much trouble to get into the centre of the city.

davidlizard

Do this regularly. The new airport is approximately 20 miles from the city centre.

There are several options in getting there:

1. Taxi (expensive but convenient) - will cost about 25 euros. I only ever take one if work is paying !

2. The new metro. Costs about double the bus, but takes half the time. Not 24 hours.

3. Bus (our preferred option). Costs E3, departs every 20 minutes and takes around an hour depending on the traffic. The X95 goes to Syntagma Square in the middle of Athens, the X94 goes to a metro station and the X96 goes to Pireaus port via the sea front. Catch them outside departures (out of the door turn right), buy the ticket from a ticket booth. Validate the ticket when you get on the bus. Runs 24 hours.

(edited: heres a useful link for the airport: http://www.aia.gr/EN/default.asp)

Jay-Jay_4

What you going to Athens for Nelly?

Nosily yours

xxx

ManAtHome

Probably one of the "overheard in the pub" conversations.

How much a Grecian earn - around half a million... (either that of he hasn't realised the ones in the mini-skirts are soldiers..... and male).

Jay-Jay_4

Groan!

etc... damn 10 character malarkey!

ManAtHome

What? you've heard it..? Impossible, I did a search before posting - maybe you could point me at the thread...

nelly_2

davidlizard wrote:

Do this regularly. The new airport is approximately 20 miles from the city centre.

There are several options in getting there:

1. Taxi (expensive but convenient) - will cost about 25 euros. I only ever take one if work is paying !

2. The new metro. Costs about double the bus, but takes half the time. Not 24 hours.

3. Bus (our preferred option). Costs E3, departs every 20 minutes and takes around an hour depending on the traffic. The X95 goes to Syntagma Square in the middle of Athens, the X94 goes to a metro station and the X96 goes to Pireaus port via the sea front. Catch them outside departures (out of the door turn right), buy the ticket from a ticket booth. Validate the ticket when you get on the bus. Runs 24 hours.

(edited: heres a useful link for the airport: http://www.aia.gr/EN/default.asp)

Thanks for that excellent answer.

nelly_2

Jay-Jay wrote:

What you going to Athens for Nelly?

Nosily yours

xxx

It just came up in a conversation the other day. I cant stand beach holidays and it looks quite a funky place to go see.