Athens travel tips

How to Travel Athens Cheaply: Tips for Every Type of Visitor

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The Acropolis hill with the Parthenon on its top and the long stone walls of the citadel below, surrounded by pine and cypress trees and low houses in the foreground under a pale blue sky

Learning how to travel Athens cheaply starts with age: children up to 6 ride the city network free, and EU citizens up to 25 enter state museums and sites free with an ID card or passport. A layover works too: the airport train takes about 40 minutes to Syntagma, and the metro from the Piraeus … Read more

Save Money in Athens: Meals, Tickets, Rooms, Shopping and Cash

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Olives in rows of metal trays at a market stall, several colours of olives with handwritten price cards in euros

To save money in Athens, a visitor buys entry on the official e-ticket site, fills a bottle from the tap and takes a room beside a metro stop. Koukaki is a single Line 2 stop from Syntagma, and Chalandri sits about 17 minutes away. Meals follow the same logic: a bakery breakfast, a baked lunch … Read more

Budget Travel Tips Athens Greece: Plan, Move, Eat and Save

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The Acropolis rock with its ancient walls and a Greek flag on top, rising above the red-tiled rooftops and yellow houses of Plaka under a cloudy blue sky

Budget travel tips Athens Greece begin with two numbers: the 90-minute ticket that carries you across the metro, tram and bus network, and the 5-minute walk from Syntagma Square to Plaka. The Acropolis admits its first visitors at 08:00, and the airport buses run around the clock. Nine districts work as a base, and day … Read more