Athens airport to downtown

From the airport you can reach the city – distance 30km

by metro to the city centre for euro8 -group tickets (2 or 3 persons) are also available and they provide some discount. That is an extension of Line 3 (blue line) that takes you to the downtown Syntagma and Monastiraki stations.

by suburban railway to Larissis Railway Station for euro8. Change from there to Line 2 of the subway that takes you to
the downtown Omonia and Syntagma stations northern Greece and the Peloponnese, by train

The journey time from athens international airport to syntagma is 27 minutes and to pireaus 60 minutes.

The metro stations from international airport to the downtown of Athens (Syntagma square)

– Athens international airport
-Doukissis plakentias (connection with suburban Rail)
-Chalandri
-Ethniki Amina
-Katechaki
-Panormou
-Ampelokipi
-Megaro Mousikis
-Euaggelismos
-Syntagma

by bus: X92 to Kifissia, X93 to Kifissos Coach Station, X94 to Ethniki Amyna metro station (subway Line 3), X95 to Syntagma Square (subway Lines 2 and 3), X96 to Piraeus (subway Line 1) and X97 to Dafni metro station (subway Line 2) for euro5. It takes 45 min to 1.5 hrs depending on traffic.

by taxi for euro15-20:Taxis are available at the designated Taxi waiting area located at Exit 3 of Arrivals Level, If you take a taxi be careful. Make sure that the meter is switched on and shows tariff 1 (tariff 2 applies after midnight and is twice as expensive)

If you stay in Athens for a short time, consider leaving most luggage in a baggage storage. It is run by Pacific Travel, is located in the end of left-hand wing, arrivals level. Storage time differentiates between 6 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 36 hours, then x24hr; sizes vary to Small, Medium and Large. The only inconvenience is that same queue is for collecting and for leaving – allow extra time before your flight. No automatic lockers found in the airport.