British Airways offers regular flights to Athens, which land at Athens International
Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, 17 miles north-east of Athens city centre.
British Airways offers flights to London from Athens. After your flight lands, head to
central Athens by train, bus or taxi. Then, go back in time at Plaka, one of
Athens' old districts before painting the town red in Gazi.
Travel to/from central Athens
After your flight to Athens Airport, the efficient public transport system will take
you to Central Athens in around 40 minutes. When your Athens flight has landed, hop
on a train to Larissis Station and the Port of Pireaus, which connects
to the rest of Athens by Metro. Or take the less frequent Athens Metro from
the airport to the city centre. Choose the 24-hour express bus services for
slightly cheaper services to Syntagma Square in Athens city centre,
Athens' Port of Piraeus, or Kifissia, Athens' smart northern
suburb. For a fast and direct trip to your hotel after your flight, take a yellow
Athens taxi from the rank outside Flight Arrivals.
Best of Athens
After your flight lands in Athens, you'll enter one of Europe's
hottest and most vibrant cities. Considered the birthplace of Western civilisation,
Athens' most visited site is the world-renowned hilltop Acropolis.
See Athens antiques market in Monastiraki and the fruit and vegetable stalls
of Athens Central Market near Omonia. Party in the refurbished
warehouses of Athens' hippest nightlife district, Gazi, or sip
cocktails on the beach in Vouliagmeni on the Athens coast. Before leaving
Athens for your flight home, buy handmade leather sandals, beachwear and potent
aniseed-flavoured ouzo spirit and pack them carefully in your flight bag.
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