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Honest guides for Athens transfers, day trips and itineraries — written by people who have driven these roads for 25 years.
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The Acropolis is the one thing almost every visitor to Athens wants to see, and the one place where a little planning makes an enormous difference. Get the timing wrong and you queue in the sun behind...
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Ancient Olympia is where the Olympic Games began in 776 BCE, and where they ran every four years for more than a thousand years. It is also a long way from Athens. Here is an honest look at the drive...
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Almost everyone who visits Athens ends up asking the same question: how do I get to the islands? It sounds simple, then you discover there are three ports, two kinds of ferry, and flights that are...
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There is no single perfect month to visit Athens, but there are clearly better and worse ones depending on what you want. Cool weather for the ruins? Empty streets and low prices? A beach day...
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Where you stay in Athens matters more than in most cities, because the good stuff is concentrated. Base yourself well and you walk to the Acropolis, the markets and the best tavernas. Base yourself...
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A cruise stop in Athens is a strange gift: one day, no more, to see one of the great cities of the ancient world. The clock is real, because the ship leaves on schedule whether you are on it or not...
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Athens is one of Europe's great base camps. The city has enough to keep you busy for days, but the surrounding region puts some of the most extraordinary sites in the ancient world within reach of a s...
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Two days in Athens is enough to see the main monuments and understand the city. It is not enough to feel like you have fully absorbed it, because Athens does not work that way. But two focused days, p...
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You land at Athens International Airport (ATH, also called Eleftherios Venizelos). You need to get to your hotel in the city. You have four real options: private transfer, official taxi, the metro, or...
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Most people making this transfer are doing so for one reason: they need to catch a ferry or board a cruise ship, and they cannot miss it. That context matters. The airport-to-Piraeus transfer is not a...
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Of all the day trips from Athens, Cape Sounion is the one we recommend most often to travellers who have only an afternoon free. One hour along the Athenian Riviera coast, a clifftop temple above the ...
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Delphi was, for centuries, the most important place in the ancient Greek world. City-states sent delegations here before declaring war. Rulers came to ask about the future. Ordinary people made the jo...
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One of the most common questions visitors ask before arriving in Athens: should I use Uber, a taxi, the metro, or book a private transfer? The internet gives you partial answers, often contradictory o...
Read moreAthens International Airport is one of the better airports in Europe to be stuck in for a few hours. It has good food, good coffee, and a surprisingly decent shopping offer for an airport. But if your...
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A Meteora day trip from Athens means roughly four to four and a half hours in a vehicle each way. Add three to four hours at the monasteries and you are looking at a 13 to 14 hour day, end to end, doo...
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If someone asked us to recommend a single full-day trip from Athens that gives the most variety, the deepest history, and the most rewarding drive, the answer without hesitation is the Argolis circuit...
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