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Athens Intl. Airport

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Approximate Flight Duration

1 hour 50 min

Approximate Travel Distance

1480 Km

Transportation to Airport from Sochi City Center

Sochi Intl. Airport

If you want to travel by car to the airport from Sochi, you can make a comfortable journey by renting a car easily from many car rental companies in the city center. In addition, means of public transportation and taxis are also available at every hour of the day for transportation to the airport.

Taxi

If you want to travel by taxi, you can easily get a taxi in front of the hotel you are staying or anywhere in the city and get to the airport in about half an hour.

Bus

Transportation is mainly provided by buses in Sochi and bus services to the airport are arranged via two lines. Bus 105 departing every 15 minutes and Bus 105C departing every 30 minutes take you to the airport in about 40 minutes.

Train

It takes about one hour to travel to the airport by the trains you can take from the railway station, which draws attention with its historical building. It would be useful for you to be at the station earlier considering that there are only 10 departures a day. The train services start at 7 am and go on until 9:30 pm in the central station.

Minibus

Considering the dense tourist population in Sochi, the minibuses called Marshrutka also contribute a lot for transportation needs especially when bus and train services are not enough. You can reach the airport in half an hour by taking the minibus number 124 from the city center.

Rent a car

You can also prefer to rent a car by contacting Sochi and Car Booking companies to enjoy traveling freely in Sochi, which has an admirable historical and touristic texture.

Airport Information

Sochi Airport, which serves in a single two-storey terminal building, offers numerous services for passengers. VIP services are offered exclusively at Sochi Airport, which also has mother and child care room, animal house, health care room, pharmacy, bank, and many other services. Passengers can enjoy their time surfing the internet which is offered free of charge throughout the airport, as well as they can benefit from many shopping stores and restaurants.

The Srore Sochi, Bosco Sport, Alexander Konasov, Duty-Free Shops, Euroset Retail, Arvika, Astrakhan Delights, Picture and Photo Gallery, Rospechat, Amber Box Store, Kaza Store, Sochi Autodrome, Vladimir Mikhaylov Jewelery Store, Morozko Store, Matryoskha Gift Store, Expedition Store, Artemiy Lebedev Studio Store, Baboushka Outlets, Mila Rose and Imaginarium are among the shopping stores you can do shopping at the airport.

Shokoladnitsa, Air Cafe, Buratinos, Grenki-Pub, South Pancake Fast Food Cafe, Willey Good And Bread Grils Fast Food Cafe, Baboushka Homemade Food Cafe, Leto Cafe and Baboushka Canteen are among the eating and drinking places in the terminal building.

Transportation to Athens City Center from Airport

Athens Intl. Airport

The capital of Greece, Athens, is one of the cities that informs much of today with its history and culture, and for this reason attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. Over 15 million visitors pass through the only airport of Athens, Elefterios Venizelos International Airport. It’s possible to reach Athens centre, located 20 km away from the airport by metro, train, taxi, rental car, and bus. 

Bus

Elefterios Venizelos International Airport is one of the airports with the most convenient methods of reaching the city centre. You can reach the central locations of Sintagma Square, Athena Academy, and Agios Fanourious by taking the X95 from the bus stops located in front of the airport administration building. The journey to the city centre should take around an hour. Once you are at the 16th stop, Evangelismos Hospital, you can take either walk, or take the 732 bus for three stops, to reach Sintagma Square.

You can also reach various areas in Athens from the airport by taking buses 54, 608, 622, 732, and 815.

Train – Metro

There’s been a recent switch in Athens from Greek to Latin alphabet for station names, however the Latin alphabet is not yet used everywhere. This is why it’s probably a good idea to keep an idea of how many stops you need to go when using public transport. You should pay attention to this detail is you take the train from Venizelos Airport to the centre.

The M3 line goes all the way to Sintagma from the airport. Sintagma is the 15th stop. Once you’ve reached Sintagma Square, the home of the Greek Parliament, then you can reach Omonia, another important centre, in just 3 stops by taking the metro. There is also a train line going directly to Port Pire from the airport.

Taxi

It’s possible to reach everywhere in the city by taking a taxi from the airport, however the fixed fare is only applied to Sintagma, Monastiraki, and Omonia. The good conversation of Athenian taxi drivers can be an additional bonus.

Car Rental

You can explore the various areas of Athens and Greece by renting a car at Venizelos Airport. The airport does offer its own car rental service alongside the many car rental agencies. Once you’ve rented your car you should travel 9km along the A64 and then join up with the Attiki highway. This will take you directly to centre of Athens.  

Weather in Athens

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SaturdayMin 8ºC - Max 16ºC
SundayMin 7ºC - Max 16ºC
MondayMin 8ºC - Max 16ºC
TuesdayMin 9ºC - Max 16ºC
WednesdayMin 10ºC - Max 17ºC

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