Pireaus to Athens from port

[hallsuk2]

Hello,

Recall seeing a post sometime ago detailing how to get to the metro staion from the port into the centre of Athens.At the time I knew I should have printed a copy for future reference but didn't bother.

Well now I need to find this post but have had little success so far.

Is anybody kind enough to point me in the right direction.

Thank You in advance,

Iain

[nvbabe]

There's a very detailed description if you go to portreviews.com

Renee

[Eliger]

This is what one lady posted on one review:

 

Athens (Piraeus)

The train from the port into Athens runs about every 3 minutes and once again is amazingly easy to take. When you get off the ship go left and just follow the sidewalk along the port. When you reach the “Plateia Karaiskaki” plaza there is a big fork in the road. At this point turn to the right (you’ll be walking away from the port). Now keep your eyes open and about 1 city block up on the right is the Metro station. Most big cities have the Metro marked with large letters or just a big red “M”, but unfortunately that is not the case here. So keep your eyes open or you could walk right past it. The walk is about 1.5 miles (30 minutes).

 

Take the Line 1 Metro. Go to the ticket counter and ask for a round trip ticket. You will get two tickets (one for each direction) at a cost of Euro 0.70 cents a piece. Stamp one of your tickets in the yellow time stamp machine before getting on the train. (Do not stamp the second ticket until you are ready to come back. Once stamped the ticket is only good for about 90 minutes.) When the Metro leaves Pireaus there will be 5 stops before it comes to the “Theseum” stop. Exit here for the Acropolis. If you just want to go into Athens itself for shopping stay on for the next exit, which is the “Monastiraki” stop.

 

If you exit at Theseum just go up the stairs of the train station and at the top you will see a large boulevard to your right. Just follow it up and soon on your left you will see the Acropolis! Just continue right up the boulevard and after about 10 minutes you will see signs pointing the way to the Acropolis ticket counter.

 

Hope this helps:) .

[hallsuk2]

Hello,

Thank You for your replies.

Iain

[jhinjhin]

If you decide to do a taxi instead be warned. All the drivers at the port want to be your tour guide and not just give you a ride. We finally found someone who would and made sure he had a meter. But who knows what route he took. It cost 40 Euros to get there (to the Acropolis). On the way back we were able to grab a taxi at the Acropolis and get back to the port for 20 Euros. Oh well - sure we were ripped off at other times but just didn't see it as clearly.

 

Make sure if you do a taxi they understand it should not cost more than 20 Euros.

[texrose]

We originally thought we just wanted a ride to Plaka to spend some time shopping, but don't regret that we made a "deal" with a taxi driver for a 4 hour tour. He was very knowledgeable and drove us to several places, let us get out to take pictures, timed our drive so that we saw the changing of the presidential guard and then took us to Plaka for an hour of shopping. We decided we needed more time in Plaka and when we asked him how much to add an hour to our day, he said "no problem, let the ladies shop another hour at no charge". His total charge was 30 Euros each (there was 3 of us). It was a great day and we gave him a big tip!

[drwong]

If you decide to do a taxi instead be warned. All the drivers at the port want to be your tour guide and not just give you a ride. We finally found someone who would and made sure he had a meter. But who knows what route he took. It cost 40 Euros to get there (to the Acropolis). On the way back we were able to grab a taxi at the Acropolis and get back to the port for 20 Euros. Oh well - sure we were ripped off at other times but just didn't see it as clearly.

 

Make sure if you do a taxi they understand it should not cost more than 20 Euros.

 

Ideally, that's the way it SHOULD work, but at the port, it's all about supply and demand. There is an insufficient number of cabs for all the passengers who don't want to use public transit to get to Athens. Consequently, if you decline to pay the extortionary rate, the driver will simply move onto the next passenger until he finds a mark willing to pay his price.