General info
Greece is a Member-State of the European Union and uses its uniform currency – the Euro.
Tap water is safe to drink.
Summer in Greece is usually hot and dry.
Electric power voltage in Greece is 230 V / 50 Hz and the plugs are F type. To avoid the danger of short circuit, make sure to have in your suitcase the necessary adaptors for your electronic devices or make sure that this will be provided by the relevant socket.
For touristic information on Greece: https://www.visitgreece.gr/
For touristic information on Athens: https://www.visitgreece.gr/mainland/attica/athens/
Arriving in Athens
Athens is an easily accessible destination, connected with direct flights from 112 cities around the globe. For most of them, the best way to arrive to Athens is by air, but there are, of course, alternative routes by train, car or ferry boats which leave from various ports of Italy as well as train journeys through the Balkan Peninsula.
For further information please https://www.thisisathens.org/getting-around/getting-there
Visitors to Athens and Greece from the European Union countries and Schengen countries do not need a visa and can travel with their IDs.
For the full list of countries whose citizens need or do not need a visa to enter Greece please click here
By air
The Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos is connected daily with over 70 cities around the world with the average flying time from European destinations being 2,5 hours (1,5 hour from the Middle East). Located 33 km (20 miles) southeast of Athens, it is easily accessible via Attiki Odos, a major highway constituting the Athens City Ring Road. Public transport to Athens and the port of Piraeus is provided by the metro, express airport bus connections, taxi and high-speed rail.
For further information about your connection to/from Athens airport please click here
By road
Athens can be reached by road via the Western Balkan countries, Bulgaria, Albania and Turkey.
By sea
There are daily ferryboat connections from Italy (Ancona, Bari and Brindisi, Venice and Trieste) to Patras, the second largest port of entry to Greece, approximately 220 km (135 miles) from Athens.
By train
The main railway network of Greece currently provides links between Athens and Northern and Southern Greece and the rest of Europe through the Western Balkan countries and Bulgaria.
Moving around in Athens
In brief, several means of public transportation are available in Athens. The metro is the most-used option for moving around as it serves several neighborhoods of both central Athens and the suburbs.
Traffic congestion is a common phenomenon in the city center throughout the year but visitors who want to explore the wider region of Attica are recommended to rent a car.
For more information about the public means of transportation in Athens:
Getting to Marasleion Teaching Center
The 2nd European Regional History Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference – IHPST2025 will take place at the Marasleion Teaching Center of the Department of Primary Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in the Kolonaki area.
Address: Marasli 4, Athens, 106 76.
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By metro
The easiest way to reach Marasleion Teaching Center by public transport is via metro line 3 (blue line). Evangelismos metro station is a 5-minute walk away (280m). Please use the exit Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, Marasli (Evangelismos Hospital).
By Bus
Maraslio bus stop: bus line 060
Evangelismos bus stop: bus lines 031,220, 221, 224, 235, 400, 608, 622, 815, A5, E14, X14
By Trolleybus
Evangelismos trolleybus stop: trolleybus line 3
For more information on routes, timetables and stops for urban transport buses in Athens you may use OASA Telematics app or OASA Telematics online