For many years the main tourist information office in Athens was on Syntagma Square, considered the city's centre, through which most tourists had to pass, particularly to use services such as banks, currency exchange, the main post office and public telephone office for international calls. Improvements in the city's infrastructure and public transport, as well as the widespread use of ATMs and mobile phones, mean that Syntagma is no longer the most important urban hub. The office was moved to Amalias Street, but then closed, leaving central Athens with no tourist information office for a number of years. It seems to make sense to place the new office near the Acropolis, by far Greece's most popular tourist attraction.
Greece's once excellent national network of tourist information offices has been decimated since the start of the country's economic crisis, and even recently built bureaus in cities like Thessaloniki have closed. In many towns and tourist resorts there is now no tourist info service at all. Many of the useful free maps are no longer available, but some regions still produce expensive glossy brochures telling you how wonderful everything is but with little practical information. |
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Tourist Information Offices in Athens
Akropolis
18-20 Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, Athens
Tel: +30 210 33 10 529, +30 210 33 10 392,
+30 210 33 10 716, +30 210 33 10 347
Fax: +30 210 33 10 640
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 20:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos"
Tel: +30 210 35 30 989
Fax: +30 210 35 32 307
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Tourist information offices in Greece are operated
by the Greek National Tourist Organization (GNTO).
Website: www.visitgreece.gr (in Greek and English)
E-mail (general information): info@gnto.gr
Local governments in some regions and cities around
Greece also run their own tourist information offices. |
