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Information only here for a possibility. We booked a transfer from Katakolon to Olympia with Viator, haven't used them yet. Price is US$24/pp, 5 hours, cancellable up to 24 hours before the departure time. 

Thanks for the additional info and helpful tips about getting from cruise terminal to the metro station, greatly appreciated! Knowing that it is safe to walk makes me feel better; and in the "worst" case, we will just walk all the way from terminal to the station, that seems to take under 1 hour (even from the furthest terminal) if we are not lost. I found the locations of both Piraeus station and the new Dimotiko Theatro station (near municipal theatre of Piraeus) on Google Map. I have downloaded the offline Google Map for Piraeus / Athens and hopefully it will guide us to get to the station. 

12 hours ago, Hlitner said:

If you plan on taking the Metro (Green Line) from the Pireaus station to Athens, you can use the local buses (#843 or #859) to get from the port area (you need to walk out to the main street in front of either port area) to the station.  The problem for a first-timer is knowing when to get off the bus (i.e, in front of the station).  The Green Line (the only metro line running from Pireaus) leaves every few minutes and is a fast way into Pireaus.  You can look at metro maps, online, to research the various stops.

 

We were in Pireaus a few weeks ago, and the X80 bus was not yet running (we heard it would start in May...but who knows?).

 

Hank

Thank you for the info. If we take a local bus from port area to metro station, I imagine we get off the bus at the stop where most people are getting off, as the bus is from the port and bus passengers are mostly cruisers wanting to take metro. Is this true? Look like we cannot depend on X80 as our ship arrives Piraeus June 1st; according to the link provided by rsachek, it starts running from June 3 last year. 

Thanks very much for the clarification, it is very helpful. Metro seems to be the most reliable transport to the city. I think it will be easier to just walk to Acropolis from Syntagma without having to transfer to line 2, as we are going to see the city anyway. I hope we'll be able to make our way to Acropolis before our reserved time slot, and hopefully at an earliest possible time so that we will have a little more time to see Athens. 

Thank you very much for the info! It is great to have the link to check on the operation of X80, much appreciated! Just checked metro line map, it looks Dimotiko Theatro station is on blue line and Piraeus station has both green line and blue line; both lines go to city center. If we take blue line from Dimotiko Theatro, I guess we can get off from Syntagma (or Monastiraki?) metro station then walk to Acropolis. Thanks again for the info. 

Our cruise ship will arrive Piraeus early June and we will do an independent city tour of Athens. The ship arrives at 7am and departs at 6pm. We have booked Acropolis tickets for 9-10am entry time. Now the question is how to get to Acropolis from cruise port? We consider taking public transportation and would like to know the current situation for that. Is the bus X80 already started running? Someone posted a couple of years ago that X80 did not operate in May (although the website says it runs from May to October); has anyone used this bus this year so far? I cannot find a firm info about its current operation status and nowhere can I find the announcement for its operation this year. If X80 runs, how easy it is to be able to get on the bus from the port of Piraeus (considering the large number of cruise passengers)? What are alternative bus routes that go to Acropolis? I learned that there are HOHO buses going from Piraeus port to the city, but it can be difficult to find the stops in the city to get back to the port (is this true?). Metro can be an option, but it looks like the distance from cruise terminal to metro station can be quite far. Bus X80 seems to be the best public transportation option. 

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks for the replies about entrance tickets for the Ancient Olympic. I guess we will just show up to buy tickets at the gate as it does not sound like a very crowed place, and the tickets are non-refundable in case of bad weather etc.

Appreciate your input.

Our cruise will dock at Katakolon early next month. We have booked a transfer from Katakolon port to Ancient Olympia (5 hours total) to see the site and museum. I wonder if we can just show up and buy tickets at the ticket office on site? The cruise schedule shows that there are two ships arrival at Katakolon port on the day we are there with total (maximum number of) passengers of 5500.

Your input will be appreciated.

I have been reading this forum and found these beaches were mentioned by many. A google search only show Governor's beach, but not Sea Grape beach. Also, is "Public Beach" a specific beach, or all these beaches are "Public" - the name is sort of confusing to me.

We will be on the island in 2 weeks with a cruise ship for about 7 hours and would like to spend some time on Seven Mile Beach. The plan is to take a bus or taxi to get to a beach at the northern part of the SMB and walk back toward the port and may get into the water at some points and enjoy the views.

I am wondering which beach we should get to, is the Sea Grape beach further north of the Governor's beach or opposite? Or any other suggested point of beach we should be dropped off?

Would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks.

Our ship will dock from 1-7pm in Kristiansand (July), we would like to see Dyreparken, but are not sure if we can do it within 6 hours (more likely 5 hours considering getting off and back on the ship) from the Cruise port by taking public transportation. Any advise/info would be appreciated.

You have to purchase the package for the whole duration of your cruise. You can´t just buy it for selected days.

 

The price (it´s 23.50 Euro now) is per person per day.

 

Everyone in a cabin has to purchase the package. So it´s 47 Euro/day for two adults in one cabin.

 

steamboats

Thanks for the clarification. I also just checked with the Costa Cruise website, they say the package for our 7-night cruise is €329 for 2 adults in the same cabin.

Wish they have some package that can be more flexible...

We cruised a few times before, but never bought the drink package, and would like to find out some details about it. I read threads/posts related to the topic in this forum, but could find the answers to my questions. Would apreciate any info here to help me in clarifying on this.

Does the All-inclusive drink package has to be purchased for the entire number of days of the cruise? We will be on a 7-night cruise with Costa Luminosa this summer, can we purchase only on selected days, for example, on the sea day or from day 1 to day 4, or day 4 to day 7, etc? As the price given is based on per day (e.g. €19.50/day). Also, is this price for a couple in one cabin, or each one of the two people in the cabin has to purchase the package at this price? What if one is a non-drinker?

Thanks.