Athens Airport to Athens City Center

Taxis from the Exit 3 rank charge a flat €50 to the city center inner ring from 05:00 to midnight and €65 from midnight to 05:00, set by the Ministry's decision in the Government Gazette of 18 September 2026. The fare includes all surcharges and extras, and the rate is set by the time you arrive, so a taxi leaving the airport at 23:40 reaches Syntagma after midnight and pays €65. Drivers must give you a receipt.

The airport lets pre-booked cars use a pick-up area next to Short Term 1 parking or the pick-up and drop-off zone on the Arrivals level, with a waiting area in the Retail Park. Taxis wait at Exit 3, around the clock. Uber picks up opposite Exit 4 in a controlled zone, works with licensed taxi drivers, and charges the same flat fare to the center.

Airport trains run every 36 minutes from 06:10 to 23:34 and reach Syntagma in 40 minutes. While rail works close five stations from 21:40, Sunday to Thursday, the last airport train through to the center leaves at 21:10; the 21:46, 22:22, 22:58 and 23:34 run only to Doukissis Plakentias, and the replacement bus X25 continues to Katehaki, where line 3 trains continue to Syntagma. There is no all-night Saturday service to or from the airport.

The metro airport ticket is €9 one way and €16 two-way, valid 30 days; the €1.20 city ticket is not valid to the airport. The X95 to Syntagma costs €5.50, runs 24 hours and takes about 60 minutes. A contactless bank card works for both full fares, and a €20 three-day tourist ticket includes one return airport trip.

Carriers provide child seats on request, but you need to book them. Put each child's age in the booking notes, because a booster and a rear-facing infant seat are different equipment, and confirm the seat is in the offer before you pay.

Taxi fares and pickup rules are from the airport's own pages and the Government Gazette of 18 September 2026, metro times from STASY, fares and bus times from OASA, and the toll from the motorway operator, all read on 9 November 2026. Check before you travel.

About 34 to 35 km by road, and about 35 to 40 minutes in free-flowing traffic: 33.7 km to Syntagma, 34.3 km to Monastiraki and 34.6 km to Plaka, on the Attiki Odos motorway and then the Hymettus Ring, Mesogeion or Kifisias into the center. At the morning rush, as a planning ceiling, the drive can take up to about 70 minutes. A private transfer drives the whole way to your hotel.

A flat €50 from 05:00 to midnight and €65 from midnight to 05:00, per taxi, to the city center inner ring, since the Government Gazette of 18 September 2026. Many guides still quote the old €40 and €55. The fare includes surcharges and extras, the rate is set by the time you arrive, and the rank is at Exit 3 of Arrivals. A private transfer from around €50 per vehicle is booked before you fly and meets you at Arrivals.

It depends on your bags, your group and the hour. Metro line 3 reaches Syntagma in 40 minutes and Monastiraki in 42 for €9 a person, every 36 minutes; the X95 bus takes about 60 minutes to Syntagma for €5.50; the taxi is a flat €50 by day. For heavy luggage or a hotel inside the lanes of Plaka, a private transfer from around €50 per vehicle for up to three, or €90 for a minivan, drives to the nearest point to the door.

Every 36 minutes, every day, from 06:10, and it takes 40 minutes to Syntagma. The last train through to the center leaves at 23:34 on Friday and Saturday, but at 21:10 from Sunday to Thursday while line 3 works last. The airport ticket is €9 one way or €16 two-way, valid 30 days, and the €1.20 city ticket is not valid to the airport. Three people pay €27 between them; a private transfer sedan for three starts from around €50 and goes to the door.

On Friday and Saturday the last airport train leaves at 23:34 and runs through to the center. From Sunday to Thursday, while rail works close five line 3 stations from 21:40, the last train through leaves at 21:10, and the later ones stop at Doukissis Plakentias, where the replacement bus X25 continues to Katehaki, where line 3 trains continue to Syntagma. STASY has not published an end date. A pre-booked private transfer comes with flight monitoring, so a late landing does not lose you the car.

About 60 minutes, by OASA's own measurement, and longer in heavy traffic. It runs 24 hours a day from the airport to Syntagma Square and costs €5.50, or €2.70 reduced, with contactless cards accepted. With cases, a private transfer sedan for up to three from around €50 per vehicle, or a minivan from around €90, takes about 35 minutes in free flow.

The airport lets pre-booked cars collect passengers at a pick-up area next to Short Term 1 parking or in the pick-up and drop-off zone on the Arrivals level. Uber picks up opposite Exit 4, in a controlled zone, and taxis wait at Exit 3. A carrier booked through TransferBnB confirms which of those points it uses before the day.

From around €50 per vehicle for a sedan carrying up to three people, and from around €90 for a minivan for a larger group, one way. Prices are per vehicle, not per person, so three people sharing a sedan pay about €17 each. On TransferBnB verified carriers send offers for your trip and you choose one before you pay.

For one or two people with light bags at midday, the taxi at €50 does the same drive. A private transfer from around €50 per vehicle is worth it when you want the car waiting rather than a queue at Exit 3, a child seat booked in advance, a van for five to seven people, an agreed drop point for a hotel in Plaka, or a price confirmed before you fly.