Decentralized Administration of Attica · Greece
Where to stay in Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in Decentralized Administration of Attica, Greece, home to about 168,000 people. This guide covers 2 aparthotels in Piraeus, with about 46 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- April, May and September to November
- Nearest airport
- ATH26 km · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Athens
- Language
- Greek
About
About Piraeus
Piraeus is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located eight kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Athens Riviera.
Piraeus occupies a huge territory. Check your gate number in advance, so you know where to go. It may take 15 minutes of driving or 30 minutes of walking to reach one end of the port from the other. Since privatisation of the Port of Piraeus Authority, passenger facilities have improved greatly. Air conditioned tents have been set up at departure locations around the port, and free wi-fi internet access is now available. Ship arrivals and departures are posted outside the Coast Guard Building at Karaiskaki Square, the main bus terminal of Piraeus.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Piraeus
See
- Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
- Municipal Theater of Piraeus
- Athens Metro Line 1 Terminal Station
- Zea Marina
Do
- Votsalakia Beach
- Freatida Beach
- Karaiskakis Stadium
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Piraeus
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Hotel Olive By Limehome aparthotel | 21 |
| Piraeus Port aparthotel | 25 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Piraeus
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Piraeus are April, May and September to November. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; December is the wettest, with about 73 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Piraeus: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Skiathos Island National Airport (JSI, 138 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Most travellers arriving in Piraeus from central Athens make use of the very convenient Metro. Piraeus metro station is an interchange station between Athens metro Lines 1 and 3, near E6 gate of the port, from there it's a short walk to the Saronic Gulf ferries, hydrofoils and catamarans, or a free shuttle-bus ride to the ships sailing to Crete and the Dodecanses. Central Cyclades ferries sail from just across the metro station. Metro ticket costs €1.20 and allows unlimited connections on all modes of transport within 90 minutes.
Getting around
The centre of Piraeus municipality and the Port can be negotiated easily on foot if you are not carrying luggage. Trolleybuses (no 20) are useful for the run from the Port to Passalimani and then follow the very scenic route around the hill of Castella, terminating at the Line 1 Metro station of Faliro, near the Peace & Friendship and Karaiskaki Stadiums. Free shuttle buses inside the Port run from across the Metro station (Lines 1,3), around the north side of the port to the ships sailing for Crete, the Eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese.
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ATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport
JSI · Skiathos Island National Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Piraeus
Eat
Piraeus offers numerous fish bistros (Greek: psarotaverna) spread along the coastline, especially along Pasalimani and Mikrolimano Bays.
Stay safe
Piraeus is a rather chaotic place with traffic that's horrendous even for Greece. Particular caution should be used when crossing the street, or when walking along the pavement by the ferry quays where cars, taxis, and trucks often drive randomly among the crowds of travelers walking to and from the boats. Piraeus is huge and heavily populated, with many industrialized areas. It is a predominantly working class city with many sailors and port workers; parts of it are about as tough as you'd expect such a place to be.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Piraeus
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Piraeus: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Piraeus?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Piraeus are April, May and September to November. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; December is the wettest, with about 73 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Piraeus?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Skiathos Island National Airport (JSI, 138 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Piraeus?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Piraeus
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.