ATHENS METRO
The easiest and quickest way
The Athens metro runs twice an hour with the first train departing from the Airport at 6:33 am and the last one at 23:33 pm.
The cost is 8 Euro per person one way. Seniors over the age of 65 as well as students up the age of 25 are entitled a reduced ticket upon showing their ID card or passport or their student card. Children under the age of 6 do not have to hold a ticket as they are entitled to travel for free.
Buy your ticket either at the Automatic Ticket machines located at every station where you can use Bank notes or change or at the cashier booths.
Validate your ticket at the ticket validating machines, before you reach the platforms to board your train and keep it to the end of your trip; Ticket inspections take place quite often and non holders of a valid ticket are obliged to pay 50 times the value of the ticket as a penalty.
The duration of your trip to Syntagma Metro station, which is the central station located in front of the House of Parliament is 40 minutes.
ATHENS AIRPORT BUSES
The cheapest way to come to Athens
They run every 15 minutes and between midnight and dawn every half an hour
Bus stop is directly in front of the arrivals by gates 3 and 4
The ticket is 5 Euro and if used within 90 minutes after its validation you may use it for more transfers with other public transportation means.You purchase your ticket at the ticket booth by the bus stop and do not forget to validate it by boarding the bus.The ticket kiosk may open a few minutes before bus departure if it remains closed you may buy it from your driver.
Tickets: The cost is 5 Euro per person one way.Seniors over the age of 65 as well as students up the age of 25 are entitled a reduced ticket upon showing their ID card or passport or their student card.Children under the age of 6 do not have to hold a ticket as they are entitled to travel for free.
BUS X96 TO PIRAEUS
The X96 Bus goes to Piraeus thus you may connect with your ferry if you are traveling to some of the Greek islands.
Duration of the trip is about an hour and a half
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