The New Acropolis Museum holds many original archeological treasures, and has stunning architecture as well. You’ll want to set aside plenty of time for visiting the Parthenon and the other attractions near the Acropolis. German and French are also used in tourist areas. Taxis are everywhere, but tend to be slow and expensive.Įnglish is widely spoken here, especially in the gay scene, and tourist areas, and signs, menus and websites are often in both languages. Automatic ticket machines at the airport metro station sell them. There are also one, three, or seven-day passes at a discount. One "integrated" ticket allows travel for 90 minutes on any metro or suburban train, tram, trolley or bus - except the airport lines. Metro subway trains are the quickest, easiest way to get around the city and also to the port at Piraeus for ferries to the islands. See GoFerry for information and bookings. The slower boats have larger decks, and restaurants. From the port several ferry or hydrofoil services travel non-stop to the island of Mykonos, in 3-5 hours, with great views and pretty sunsets en route across the Aegean. Piraeus, the Port of Athens, is just over an hour on the Airport-Piraeus Express bus (X96), and there is Metro rail transport from Monastiraki station in central Athens.
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From there find connections to Istanbul, or other European cities to the northwest. Trainose, the national rail service, connects Athens with Pelopponese from the south, and from the north with Thessaloniki and other northern Greek cities. For other domestic detinations, Aegean Airlines makes the short hops to Heraklion, Thessaloniki, and many of the Aegean Islands.
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The subway, Metro Line 3, is the best way to get into the city, and 24-hour buses and taxis are also available. Athens Pride takes place in mid-June each year.Īthens International Airport has great connections to everywhere in the world. See bar and clubs on our maps & listings pages, along with a sampling of restaurants, hotels and the main museums - all with locations and website links. Places open, close, or change names quite frequently in Athens, so most international guides are quickly out of date -but in this neighborhood just follow your gaydar and the local flyers, and one place will lead to the next. It's a good place to start out, with gay-friendly cafes and restaurants along with bars and nightclubs all around, and all within walking distance of one another. Makrigianni and Kolonaki have been the traditional gay neighborhoods, but Gazi (or Gkazi) has become very trendy lately. The gay scene here is growing every year.
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Work on new subway lines has often had to be stopped, as ruins and artifacts of ancient civilizations are discovered along the way. This is a city where nearly every time someone digs in the ground, another antiquity is unearthed. The recorded history of this city spans around 3,400 years, but the area has been continuously inhabited for at least 7,000 years, and there's much more than just the Parthenon, the temple to Athena high above the city, to enchant you here. The cradle of modern Western civilization, Athens is a fascinating place. Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19:įor current Greek entry restrictions see Reopen-Europa/Greece, govGR Protocols for Arrivals, Travel Bans/Greece, and World Nomads/Greece websites for details and updates in English.