{"id":1303457,"date":"2026-09-30T18:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303457"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:33:32","slug":"athens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/greece\/athens\/","title":{"rendered":"Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","h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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Athens","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Three thousand years of history in the middle of a loud, graffitied, modern city that eats dinner at ten and goes out at midnight. Cheaper than any comparable capital, and better than its reputation.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304339","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"\u20ac30 | The Acropolis, timed entry\r\n\u20ac1.20 | A metro ride\r\n\u20ac4 | A souvlaki lunch","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"The Acropolis is the start, not the point","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Athens is where most Greece trips begin and where too many of them spend a single rushed day. The Acropolis rises out of the centre and you will see it from rooftops, street corners and the metro exit at Monastiraki, but the city around it is the reason to stay.\r\n\r\nThe old centre is compact. Plaka, Monastiraki, Psyrri and Koukaki sit within a twenty-minute walk of each other, all at the foot of the rock, and between them they hold most of the ancient sites, the markets and the best cheap food in the country.\r\n\r\nIt is not a pretty city in the postcard sense. It is concrete, sprawling and covered in street art, and it has been through a decade of crisis that you can still see. It is also warm, cheap, and full of people eating outside at midnight. Three days is the minimum, and most people who give it one wish they had given it three.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in from the airport | Metro line 3, about 40 minutes, \u20ac9. X95 bus to Syntagma \u20ac5.50\r\nGetting around | \u20ac1.20 for 90 minutes on everything, \u20ac4.10 a day, \u20ac8.20 for five days\r\nLanguage | Greek. English is widely spoken in the centre\r\nTipping | Round up, or 5\u201310% in restaurants\r\nTap water | Safe to drink\r\nHow long to stay | Three days, more if you use it as a base","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Everything worth seeing sits around the foot of the Acropolis. Stay within walking distance of it and you will barely need the metro.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"1","hw_hub_city_areas":"Plaka | First-timers | The old quarter under the Acropolis: pedestrian, pretty and priced for visitors. Everything is walkable. | 37.9722 | 23.7300 |  | \nMonastiraki | Being in the middle of it | The flea market square, the metro hub and the rooftop bars. Loud, central and convenient. | 37.9760 | 23.7256 |  | \nPsyrri | Going out | Workshops by day, bars and mezedopolia by night. A two-minute walk from Monastiraki. | 37.9785 | 23.7236 |  | \nKoukaki | A calmer stay | Residential, leafy and five minutes from the Acropolis Museum. Good caf\u00e9s and the best value near the sites. | 37.9660 | 23.7240 |  | \nExarchia | Students and a tighter budget | The anarchist and student quarter: street art, cheap bars and the National Archaeological Museum. Occasional protests. | 37.9870 | 23.7350 |  | \nPangrati | Living like a local | Past the Panathenaic Stadium, with neighbourhood tavernas and almost no tourists. | 37.9680 | 23.7470 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would take, in the order we would take them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Athens","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Start with the Acropolis and time it properly. It opens at eight, and the first two hours and the last two are the only comfortable ones from May to September \u2014 by midday in July the marble is over 40\u00b0C and there is no shade. Entry is \u20ac30 with a timed slot, and the slots do sell out in summer, so book online the day before.\r\n\r\nThe Acropolis Museum at the foot of the rock is the other half of the visit, and the top-floor gallery lines up the Parthenon frieze facing the real building through the glass. Do the site first and the museum after.\r\n\r\nThe Ancient Agora below is where the city actually lived, with the Temple of Hephaestus \u2014 the best-preserved temple in Greece \u2014 standing complete above it. The National Archaeological Museum in Exarchia is the finest collection of ancient Greek art anywhere, and far less crowded than it deserves.\r\n\r\nThe combined ticket that used to cover the Acropolis and six other sites was scrapped in April 2025, so every site now has its own ticket. Pick two or three rather than trying to see all of them.\r\n\r\nFor the view back at the rock, climb Lycabettus for sunset or Filopappou Hill in the early morning.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Acropolis | \u20ac30, timed entry. Go at 08:00 or in the last two hours\r\nAcropolis Museum | After the site, not before. The Parthenon gallery faces the real thing\r\nAncient Agora | The Temple of Hephaestus, the best-preserved in Greece\r\nCombined ticket | Scrapped in April 2025. Every site is now paid separately","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Athens","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Athens","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The best view of the Acropolis is free. Filopappou Hill, directly opposite, has paths through pine trees and the whole Parthenon in front of you, and the Areopagus \u2014 the bare marble outcrop below the entrance \u2014 is where locals sit at sunset.\r\n\r\nThe changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma happens on the hour, every hour, and the full ceremony with the band is on Sunday at eleven. The National Garden behind it is a shaded escape at midday.\r\n\r\nState sites are free on the first Sunday of the month from November to March, and on a handful of fixed dates: 6 March, 18 April, 18 May, European Heritage Days in late September and 28 October.\r\n\r\nThe Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, on the coast at Kallithea, has a free park, a canal, a lighthouse viewpoint on the roof and free events all summer. Varvakios, the central meat and fish market, costs nothing to walk through and is the loudest thing in the city before noon.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Filopappou Hill | The best view of the Acropolis, all day\r\nChanging of the guard | Every hour at Syntagma, the full ceremony Sunday at 11:00\r\nFree Sundays | State sites, first Sunday of the month, November to March\r\nSNFCC | Park, canal and rooftop viewpoint, free","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Athens","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Athens","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Athens is the best-value place to eat in Greece, and the rule is simple: the further you get from the Plaka restaurants with photo menus, the better and cheaper it gets.\r\n\r\nSouvlaki and gyros are the default lunch, \u20ac3.50 to \u20ac4.50 from a counter, and a proper meal. Psyrri and Koukaki have tavernas where a full dinner with house wine comes to \u20ac15 to \u20ac20, and the wine is ordered by the kilo \u2014 a half-kilo carafe is the normal order.\r\n\r\nBreakfast is a koulouri, the sesame bread ring sold from carts for under a euro, or a pie from a bakery: spanakopita with spinach, tiropita with cheese, or bougatsa with custard and icing sugar. Coffee is a freddo espresso, iced, even in winter.\r\n\r\nThe central market on Athinas Street is the place for cheap lunches, with tavernas inside the meat hall that have fed the market workers for generations. Loukoumades, fried dough with honey, are the dessert.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Souvlaki | \u20ac3.50\u20134.50 and a full lunch\r\nHouse wine | Ordered by the kilo. A half-kilo carafe is normal\r\nKoulouri | Sesame bread ring from a cart, under \u20ac1\r\nPlaka | The photo menus are the worst value in the city","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Athens","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Athens","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Athens goes out late and outside. Dinner is at ten, bars fill after midnight and clubs do not start until two. On a summer night the whole city seems to be sitting at a pavement table.\r\n\r\nPsyrri is the easy starting point, a few streets of bars and mezedopolia a minute from Monastiraki. Exarchia is the student and anarchist quarter, cheaper and grittier, with bars that spill onto the square. Gazi, around the old gasworks, is the bigger club and LGBTQ+ district. Koukaki is quieter and local.\r\n\r\nThe rooftop bars around Monastiraki charge \u20ac10 to \u20ac14 for a cocktail with the Parthenon lit up behind it, which is worth doing once. A normal beer is \u20ac5 to \u20ac7.\r\n\r\nIn summer, look for the open-air cinemas. Cine Thisio and Cine Paris show films under the sky with the Acropolis in view, and a ticket costs about the same as a cocktail.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Timing | Dinner at 22:00, bars after midnight, clubs from 02:00\r\nPsyrri | The easy first night, next to Monastiraki\r\nRooftops | \u20ac10\u201314 a cocktail for the Parthenon view\r\nOpen-air cinema | Cine Thisio and Cine Paris, May to October","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Athens","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Athens","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The metro is clean, cheap and the fastest way to cross the city. A 90-minute ticket costs \u20ac1.20 and covers the metro, buses, trams and trolleys with transfers. A 24-hour ticket is \u20ac4.10 and a five-day ticket is \u20ac8.20. You can also tap a contactless card or phone at the gates, and it caps at the day-ticket price.\r\n\r\nThe airport is the exception. The metro from the airport is \u20ac9 and takes about forty minutes to Syntagma; the X95 express bus is \u20ac5.50 and slower. The three-day tourist ticket, \u20ac20, includes one return airport trip and is the best deal if you are staying three days.\r\n\r\nFor the ferries, Piraeus is on metro line 1 (green) and now line 3 (blue). Leave at least an hour: the port is huge and the gates for different islands are far apart.\r\n\r\nIn the centre, walk. Plaka to Monastiraki to Psyrri is ten minutes, and most of the ancient sites are connected by a pedestrian promenade around the foot of the Acropolis.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"90-minute ticket | \u20ac1.20 on metro, bus, tram and trolley\r\nDay and five-day | \u20ac4.10 and \u20ac8.20\r\nAirport | \u20ac9 by metro, \u20ac5.50 by X95 bus\r\nTourist ticket | \u20ac20 for three days including a return airport trip","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Athens","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Athens costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Athens is the cheapest major capital in western Europe. Dorms start around \u20ac18, a souvlaki lunch is \u20ac4, a taverna dinner \u20ac15 to \u20ac20, and the transport day ticket is \u20ac4.10. A careful day comes in at \u20ac45 to \u20ac60.\r\n\r\nThe ancient sites are where the money goes. The Acropolis is \u20ac30, and since the combined ticket was scrapped every other site is charged separately, so decide which ones matter before you arrive.\r\n\r\nThe savings are easy: eat where Athenians eat rather than in Plaka, use the free hills for the views instead of paying for rooftops every night, and visit in the shoulder months, when dorm prices drop and the sites are half as crowded.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | From about \u20ac18\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac45\u201360\r\nSite tickets | \u20ac30 for the Acropolis, others charged separately\r\nEat away from Plaka | Same food, half the price, two streets away","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Athens","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Athens","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Athens is a safe city for its size, with low violent crime. The main problem is pickpocketing, and it is concentrated in a few places: metro line 1 between Piraeus and Monastiraki, the airport metro, and the crowds at Monastiraki and Syntagma. Keep your bag closed and in front of you on the metro.\r\n\r\nOmonia and the streets around it are rough after dark and best walked through rather than lingered in. Exarchia is fine by day and for bars at night, but it is also where protests and occasional clashes with the police happen \u2014 if you see riot police, go somewhere else.\r\n\r\nThe bar scam still runs around Syntagma and Plaka: a friendly stranger suggests a drink, the bar is full of hostesses, and the bill is hundreds of euros. Say no.\r\n\r\nThe heat is the real hazard in summer. Carry water, do the sites early, and take the 112 SMS alerts about heat and wildfires seriously. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Pickpockets | Metro line 1, the airport line, Monastiraki\r\nBar scam | Friendly stranger, hostess bar, huge bill. Say no\r\nHeat | Over 40\u00b0C in heatwaves. Sites early, water always\r\nEmergency | 112, free from any phone","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Athens","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Athens","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Athens is the hub for half of mainland Greece. Two of these are better as an overnight than a rushed day.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Cape Sounion | 1.5\u20132 hours | KTEL bus from Pedion tou Areos, along the coast | The Temple of Poseidon on a cliff at the tip of Attica. Go for sunset and take the coastal bus, not the inland one. |  | 1304419\nAegina | 40 minutes to 1.5 hours | Ferry or fast boat from Piraeus | The nearest proper island: pistachio farms, the Temple of Aphaea and a harbour town full of Athenians at weekends. |  | 1304420\nHydra | 1.5\u20132 hours | Fast ferry from Piraeus | No cars, no scooters, just donkeys, stone mansions and swimming off the rocks. Expensive, and worth it for a day. |  | 1304421\nDelphi | 2.5\u20133 hours | KTEL bus from the Liosion terminal | The sanctuary of the oracle on the side of Mount Parnassus. A long day trip and a far better overnight. |  | 1304422\nNafplio and Mycenae | 2\u20132.5 hours | KTEL bus from Kifissos terminal | The first capital of modern Greece, with Mycenae half an hour beyond it. Better as two days than one. |  | 1304423","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Athens","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"Spring and autumn are ideal. July and August are very hot, and a lot of Athenians leave for the islands.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. July and August regularly pass 38\u00b0C during heatwaves, and the Acropolis has closed at midday when they do.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 13 | 1 | Mild and quiet, the cheapest time for the city\r\nFebruary | 14 | 1 | Carnival season begins. Few visitors\r\nMarch | 16 | 2 | Spring on the way. Independence Day on the 25th\r\nApril | 20 | 3 | Orthodox Easter usually falls here or in May\r\nMay | 25 | 3 | The best month. Warm, green and uncrowded\r\nJune | 30 | 4 | Hot. Festival season opens\r\nJuly | 33 | 5 | Peak heat. Sites early or late only\r\nAugust | 33 | 5 | Very hot, and many Athenians leave for the islands\r\nSeptember | 29 | 4 | Excellent. Heat eases, sea still warm\r\nOctober | 24 | 2 | Warm, quieter and good value\r\nNovember | 19 | 1 | Marathon month. Pleasant and empty\r\nDecember | 15 | 2 | Christmas lights on Syntagma, mild days","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Easter is the one that changes the city. Everything else is worth planning around.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Athens","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/greece\/athens\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Orthodox Easter | April or May | Citywide | Candlelit processions on Good Friday, midnight fireworks on Saturday and lamb on spits on Sunday. Much of the city shuts for the weekend. |  | \nIndependence Day | 25 March | Syntagma and Panepistimiou | The national holiday, with the big military parade through the centre. |  | \nAthens Epidaurus Festival | June to August | Odeon of Herodes Atticus | Theatre, music and dance in a Roman theatre at the foot of the Acropolis. |  | \nAthens Marathon | November | Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium | The original route, finishing in a marble stadium. Roads close and beds fill. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Transport assumes the \u20ac4.10 day ticket. The airport metro is \u20ac9 each way on top, or covered by the \u20ac20 three-day tourist ticket.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6\r\nMiddle of the road | 28 | 26 | 4 | 15\r\nComfortable | 45 | 42 | 10 | 28","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Athens","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"Athens has some of the best-value hostels in Europe, and several have rooftop bars facing the Acropolis. These are the top-rated right now, live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Athens","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/greece\/athens\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Athens travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"How many days do you need in Athens? | Three. One for the Acropolis, its museum and the Agora, one for the National Archaeological Museum and the neighbourhoods, and one to slow down or take a day trip to Sounion or Aegina. One day is not enough and most people who try it regret it.\r\nHow much is the Acropolis? | \u20ac30, with a timed entry slot. Book online the day before in summer, when slots sell out. The combined ticket that covered six other sites was discontinued in April 2025, so each of them now has its own ticket.\r\nWhen should I visit the Acropolis? | At opening, 08:00, or in the last two hours before closing. From June to September the middle of the day is extremely hot, there is no shade, and the site has closed at midday during heatwaves.\r\nHow do I get from the airport to the centre? | Metro line 3 to Syntagma takes about forty minutes and costs \u20ac9. The X95 express bus costs \u20ac5.50 and takes longer. If you are staying three days, the \u20ac20 tourist ticket includes a return airport trip and unlimited travel.\r\nWhere should I stay in Athens? | Plaka or Monastiraki for a first visit, Koukaki for a quieter base near the Acropolis Museum, and Psyrri if going out matters. Everything in the historic centre is walkable.\r\nIs Athens safe? | Yes, with ordinary city caution. Watch for pickpockets on metro line 1 and around Monastiraki, avoid lingering around Omonia late at night, and decline invitations from friendly strangers to a bar.\r\nHow do I get to the ferries? | Piraeus is on metro line 1 and line 3. Allow at least an hour, because the port is huge and gates for different islands are a long walk apart. Rafina, for some northern Cyclades routes, is reached by KTEL bus.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Athens hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Athens | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/greece\/athens\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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