Cheap flights to Athens
Cheap flights to Athens land at Eleftherios Venizelos, the airport that serves the Greek capital. People fly in for the ancient sites, the long seafront and the food, and many treat the city as a first stop before the islands. Aegean Airlines, Ryanair, Wizz Air, EasyJet and Volotea are among the carriers on these routes. Summer is the busiest stretch, when arrivals from Warsaw, Budapest, Vienna, Bucharest, Madrid, Chisinau and Krakow fill the terminal, while spring and autumn stay calmer.
Flights to Athens — where from
Airports — Athens
Eleftherios Venizelos is the only airport for Athens, and it sits outside the city with good links into the centre. The metro runs from the terminal to Syntagma and Monastiraki, the suburban rail continues to Piraeus for the ferries, and express buses cover the main squares. Taxis wait outside arrivals. In summer, allow extra time for passport checks and baggage.
When to go
Athens is busiest from late spring into early autumn, when the days turn hot and dry and the beaches and islands pull in visitors. Midsummer is the peak, so seats on flights from Warsaw, Vienna and Bucharest go early. Spring and autumn are milder and quieter, which suits walking the archaeological sites. Winter is cool and wet, with steady business travel and fewer tourists. Public holidays in spring and the school summer break are when planes fill fastest.