Getting into Athens from Venizelos Airport
Flying into Athens is easier than ever and now so is getting into the city. The Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport is state-of-the-art and very user-friendly. This page will give you information on getting into the city. These are the suggested methods for getting into the city.
Taxi
The regular taxi queue will start from Door 4 of the Arrivals Level and extend up to Door 1. A taxi should cost you about 25 Euro to the centre.
Metro
The metro has reached the airport and costs about 8 euro and goes to Monastiraki, hitting all the metro stops in between which include Syntagma (where you will have to change if you are going to Omonia Square or Makriani-Acropolis). The first train from the Airport to Monastiraki is at 06:30, the frequency of routes is every 30 minutes and the last one from the Airport to Monastiraki is at 23:30. The first train from Monastiraki to the Airport is at 05:30am and the last one from Monastiraki to the Airport is at 22:58. All information about the timetable and metro routinary can be found in the following link www.amel.gr .
Buses
There are several bus lines to and from the airport. All buses depart from the designated area on the inner curbside of the arrivals level of the Main Terminal Building exactly outside the Exit (doors 4-5)
Line X94 connects the Ethniki Amina (Pentagon) Metro Station with the Airport. Passengers can transfer from the Metro line to the Airport Bus at this departure point. First bus is 06.30 and the last bus at 20.55. They run every 10-20 minutes.
Line X95 Syntagma Square- Airport Express has its departure point at the center of Athens (Syntagma Square) and via Vas. Sofias Avenue, Mesogion Avenue and Attiki Odos terminates at the airport. Every 10-30 minutes, 24 hours a day.
For Express Lines X94-X95, the ticket costs 3.20 Euros and is valid for 24 hours on all public transport (buses, trolley-buses and metro).
Detailed information on all public transportations can be found in the following web address www.oasa.gr .

Athens Metro Map

Site Seeing
The Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis is the one historical site you can't miss. You can take a tour or wander up there yourself. Getting to the Acropolis is easy and more pleasant than ever because all the large avenues which border the south and west of the site (Apostolou Pavlou in Thission and Dionissiou Areopagitou in Makrianni) are pedestrian streets with cafes and restaurants and the walk is quite pleasant. Starting from Plaka or Monastiraki all you have to do is walk uphill from wherever you are and when you get to the top and there are woods instead of buildings, and steps, take a right. Below the Acropolis is the theater of Herod Atticus. Further on is the Theater of Dionysious the first stone theater and home to Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides and Aristophanes.


Ancient Agora
In ancient times the Agora was the city's main marketplace, as well as its political, administrative and cultural heart. It was here that democracy was born, and where Socrates and St Paul made their public speeches; today, it is a romantic wilderness of coarse grazing land and olive trees, strewn with fallen columns. Near the entrance, the 2nd century BC Stoa of Attalos houses the Agora Museum, displaying ancient finds from the site.
National Archaeological Museum
Displaying the world's finest collection of ancient Greek art, this vast, light and airy exhibition space is packed with awe-inspiring bronze and marble statues, such as the Poseidon of Cape Artemision, and intricately crafted gold jewellery and weaponry, including Agamemnon's golden death mask.
All information about museums, monuments and archaeological sites can be found in the webpage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture odysseus.culture.gr .
The Plaka
Plaka is a neighborhood in Athens, in the shadow of the Acropolis. Plaka is the oldest section of Athens. It is an area of restaurants, Jewellery stores, tourist shops, and cafes.

Psiri
Walking through Psiri in the daytime is deceiving. The streets are filled with people and you can find a variety of shops cafes and restaurants.

Athens City Map