Travel
Athens Metro Map
Deutsche Schule Athen is 15 minutes walking distance from Neratziotissa Station (Line 1- green line: „Kifisia – Piraeus“).
The airport is accessible via Metro Line 3 (blue line): Airport – Douk. Plakentias – Aghia Marina.
Athens Metro connects Athens Airport with Athens City including Athens City Centre (Syntagma) and Monastiraki. The trip from the Airport to Athens City Centre (metro station Syntagma) takes approximately 40 minutes. The metro departs from the airport every 30' min.
https://www.athenstransport.com/english/
https://www.athenstransport.com/english/tickets/
Buses and trolleys
City buses and electrical trolley-buses serve Athens and its suburbs. Operating hours vary according to line/day/season, but generally they run between 5:00 a.m. – midnight. There are also five 24-hour lines, 4 airport lines, and 8 Express lines.
You can find routes, maps and real time bus movement information for every line on this website: Athens Buses routes and timetables. You can also get additional information by calling 11185 from a Greek phone. For ticket info see Athens Transport tickets and cards.
In order to arrive at the Deutsche Schule Athen, you may use Bus Line 550 (“Palaio Faliro-Kifissia”). The closest bus stop to the school would be “Agora”, in case you are coming from the Athens City Centre or “Ekthesiako Kentro”, in case you are coming from Kifissia. Deutsche Schule Athen is 5 minutes walking distance from these two bus stops.
http://telematics.oasa.gr/#main
Insurance
Make sure that you and your students are adequately covered for travel, medical and liability costs and that you have the necessary papers with you.
Taxis
Taxis (yellow colored in Athens, while other colors are preferred elsewhere in Greece) can be a more convenient -although pricier- mean of transportation. While many taxi drivers are excellent professionals, it is believed that some of them try to gain more by opting for the longest route when their passenger (Greek or non Greek) is not familiar with their destination.
Taxi drivers in Athens are required by law to always use a taximeter and issue a receipt at the end of the journey. You can remind your driver to do so in case they don’t turn on their taximeter. There is also an official list of fares and surcharges they must follow. On the islands and elsewhere around Greece, fares are usually subject to agreement at the beginning of the journey.
