Getting Around Athens

You can buy the bus Tickets (esitirio in Greek) from Kiosk cost 0, 40 cent (kiosk=periptero in Greek) not from the bus Driver, and regarding the metro ticket you can purchase it from the reception down in the metro or from the machine , and that will cost you 0,80 cent.

I used taxi a couple of times, only when, out of a metro station could not understand where to go to reach the place I was looking for.
Actually for short distances like mine, taxi were really cheap, let's say about 3 € for a 10 minuts ride. All the ones I tried used taxi meters and speack fluent english.

Actually this is the way I moved most around Athens. You can get the underground from airport to the centre and the ticket is 8 € (bus is more convenient and less crowded). I used to buy the daily ticket (4€) and easily go around the city.

From Airport to the city centre you can get bus number 95X which is just outside the exit of airport. Ticket office is in front of bus stop and the ticket costs 5 €.
It is supposed to take you to the central Syntagma square, but be prepared that the square may be closed for protests or strikes and it will leave you next to a metro station not far from the square.

To get to Dubrovnik from Athens, you have two options. One is to take a bus or train from Athens to Thessaloniki. From there, take the 8:21 a.m. train to Ljublijana. Get off the train at Zagreb. In Zagreb, you can either take a bus or a train to Split. From Split, you can either take a bus or a ferry to Dubrovnik. It will take about two days to make this trip.

The other option is take a bus from Athens to Patras. From Patras, take a ferry to Bari in Italy. Then, from Bari, take a ferry to Dubrovnik. This option will also take about two days.

It started to operate in the summer of 2004 and more extensions follow in the future. The trains are clean and fast, you need about 35' to arrive to the centre from the airport. Prices are according to the distance of the destinations.

Most travellers arrive in Greece by air, the cheapest and quickest was to get there. Greece has got 16 Internationak airports but only Athens receive all the major airline carriers from all over the World. So, If you r planning to come to Greece, you will most probably will arrive in Athens and it is the best place to start your trip to Greece.

Olympic airways is the Greek National Airline. It has got the best air route network in Greece. The service of the airline is okay. Its not too bad and not too good. They have got large Boeings for International flights and small twin trotters or Fokker planes for going to Greek Islands.