Flying directly to Athens

The Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport is 27 km (17 miles) east of the city center, near the suburb of Spáta. A large number of European and International carriers fly direct into Athens.The airport has excellent public transit connections to the city and the usual array of food stands, duty-free shops, and other airport services.

From the airport you can reach the city center:

1) By Metro to the city center for €10. There is also a Tourist Ticket valid for 3 days for all public transport including your transfer from and to the airport by metro for €24. Group tickets (2 or 3 persons) are also available and they provide some discount (see By Metro section below in Get Around). The airport Metro line is an extension of Line 3 (blue line) which takes you to the downtown Syntagma and Monastiráki stations and to Egaleo city where the conference’s venue take place. From the Airport, the metro train takes 40 minutes to reach Syntagma, and takes 43 minutes to reach Monastiráki.

Detailed timetable information for metro can be found here.

2) By bus: There are four express bus routes from and to Athens airport (Route X95: Syntagma - Athens Airport, Route X96: Piraeus - Athens Airport, Route X93: Kifisou avenue - Athens Airport, Route X97: Elliniko - Athens Airport) . All bus routes are available 24 hours a day - 7 days a week. Departure point: You can catch the bus from the designated area at the arrivals level (between Exit 4 and Exit 5, picture below). Departure time: The buses leave every 30 to 60 minutes depending on the route. For the exact departure times of each route check here.

3) By taxi : Taxis are available at the designated Taxi waiting area located at Exit 3 of Arrivals Level. A taxi from the airport to the city center (inner ring) costs a flat rate of €35* from 5:00 a.m. to midnight, and €50* from midnight to 5:00 a.m. Be sure to ask if the price includes toll costs.

The Aigaleo city (Location of the Conference Venue) is a subusrb of Athens located to the borders with the city of Piraeus.

The M3 line (Blue Line) of Metro leads directly form the Airport to Aigaleo city via Systnagma and Monastiraki stations.

Getting to Athens by train

Greek domestic trains are an excellent and a very charming way to travel between Athens, Larissa, Kalambaka (Meteora) and Thessaloniki. With 10 daily round-trip routes, modern trains and upgraded services, TRAINOSE connects most of the country’s Prefectures and provides connections to destinations in Central Greece with connecting routes in central network hubs, thus serving thousands of passengers every day.Therefore, TRAINOSE company plays a crucial role to the country’s regional development, offering safe, affordable and environmentally friendly passenger transportation. TRAINOSE operates, in cooperation with the Railways Undertakings of neighboring countries, international train services between Thessaloniki – Sofia, Thessaloniki – Skopje – Beograd and Thessaloniki – Sofia – Bucharest.

More information about train transportation can be found in the TRAINOSE website (www.trainose.gr) in Greek and English. Also, you may find all relevant information regarding tickets and offers here.

Getting to Athens by bus

There are many buses each day from and to other large Greek cities (like Thessaloniki orPatra). The buses that travel within cities in Greece are called KTEL. There are two main KTELstations in the city, KTEL Bus station terminal A (Kifissos Station) and KTEL Bus station terminal B (Liosia Station). In order to get to these stations, you may take a bus, trolley or a taxi from/to the centre.

To find all available information regarding destinations, tickets and timetables, you may visit the website.