Transportation
Athens and its outskirts are linked by a web of bus and trolley lines.
Greek
National Tourism Organization
can provide specific verbal info on major
routes as to which "number" bus or trolley to take for your
destination.
Bus and trolley tickets are
150 GDR (0,60 Euro) each and can be
purchased at special booths and kiosks near the bus stops. Once you are on the
bus or trolley, validate your ticket by asserting it into one of the orange-coloured
meters for that purpose; the ticket will be punched and dated. Keep the ticket
until you step off the bus, since it's not uncommon to have a ticket-control.
Metro trains run every four minutes during rush hours and no less frequently
than every ten minutes at all other times (expect between midnight and 5:30am,
when the metro is closed). Metro tickets are purchased at the stations and will
cost 250 GDR (1,36) Euro.
Taxis in Athens are cheap and easy to catch. You can normally
pick them on the road at any time of the day but you can also call a radio taxi
(numbers for radio
taxis are available). Sometimes, taxis may be the only or, at least, the
best transportation choice (when bus connections are inconvenient, in the small
hours etc). You may find yourself sharing a taxi with strangers... While this is
illegitimate in principle, it is, however, an everyday Athenian little habit.
Also, have in mind that you would not normally
expect to pay anything more than 1500 GRD (around 4 Euro) for moving in
the centre of the town and nothing more than 3500 GRD (around 10 Euro) for
moving from and to the suburbs, the Ellinikon airport included.
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