Athens/Piraeus

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The Piraeus (more simply, Piraeus) is the ancient port of Athens and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea for destinations amongst the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Merranean.

Warning: Recently, official spelling changed to Peiraias -- and all road signs in Athens and around updated accordingly.

	pireaus Travel Guide : 1 Understand 2 Get in 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Buy 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 10 External links

Understand

Piraues occupies is really huge territory. Check your gate number in advance so you know where to go (it may take 15min of driving / 30min of walking if you were wrong with the gate). It used to be divided by archipelagoes served, by not any more for some reason.

The area is dirty and not civilized too much -- looks like rich in pocketpicking etc. Most cafes are really bad, and it's hard to find money exchange in the entire port -- do both before coming to Pireaus.

Get in

Get around

See

• Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, 31 Ch. Trikoupi Street, 1 (http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21102m/e211bm02.html). Established in 1935 and exapanded in 1966, the Piraeus Museum is small in size, yet holds a number of significant pieces in its collection. These included bronze statues of Apollo and Athena from the Archaic and Classical periods of Greek art, as well as a fine collection of funerary stelae. Currently closed for renovations.

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Good cafes are very scarce in the port.

• Coffee Right: next to the metro station, around Pireaus gate E8. Recommended by employees of the port. Cozy place, great pastries and coffee -- but awful service. Only few speak English, coffee and pastries served (and paid for) from three(!) different counters, sometimes you select at one counter, pay in another and take from third one. When visiting with group, combine all into a single order to avoid a mess.

Sleep

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