Athens - Getting There By Air
Tel: 210 353 0000.
Website: www.aia.gr
Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos) is located 27km (17 miles) northeast of the city.
Approximate flight times to Athens: From London is 3 hours 15 minutes; from New York is 10 hours; from Los Angeles is 18 hours 30 minutes; from Toronto is 12 hours and from Sydney is 22 hours.
Airport facilities: These include banks, bureaux de change, duty-free shops, bars, restaurants, a post office, a GNTO tourist information office (tel: 210 353 0448) and car hire companies Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National Car Rental/Alamo and Sixt.
Transport to the city: The Athens Urban Transport Organisation (tel: 185) runs 24-hour express bus services linking the airport to the city (journey time - approximately 40 minutes, depending on traffic). Bus E94 runs to Ethniki Amyna metro station, bus E95 runs to Syntagma Square in the city centre and bus E96 runs to Pireaus Port. Tickets, which must be validated in the orange machines on the busses, allow for 24 hours of unlimited travel on all forms of public transport (bus, tram and metro). These are available for purchase from the bus driver.
In addition, metro Line 3 has been extended so that some, but not all, trains now run between Monastiraki in the city centre and the airport. Taxi services are also available - the cost is approximately €25 to the city centre or €28 to Pireaus Port.
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