Greece travel guides

Step-by-step guides for the trips most visitors actually make. Every figure comes from an official source cited at the end of each guide; where no official figure exists, we say so.

• Athens airport to the city centre: a step-by-step guide

  From Athens airport (ATH) to Syntagma or Piraeus by Metro Line 3 or the 24-hour X95 bus, step by step. OASA journey times and the €5.50 fare, with sources.

• Piraeus ferry port: how to get there and find your gate

  How to use Piraeus, Greece's main ferry port: which islands sail from it, how to get there from Athens airport or the centre, finding your gate, and operators.

• KTEL buses in Greece, explained

  How KTEL intercity buses in Greece work: regional companies, where to book, Athens's Kifissos and Liosion terminals, the X93 airport bus, and island KTEL.

• Athens to Delphi by bus: a day trip guide

  Athens to Delphi day trip by public bus: the KTEL Fokidas service, about 2.5 hours each way per Visit Greece, getting to the bus, and what Delphi is.

• Cyclades island hopping: the basics

  Cyclades island hopping basics: Piraeus and Rafina ports, JTR and JMK airports, conventional vs high-speed ferries, the meltemi wind, and how to plan buffers.