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The island is Kea.
"“Now that Athens has moved its airport away from the city and Piraeus, all the more reason to take the back door route to the islands". - See more at: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/03/05/telegraph-greek-island-among-europes-10-hidden-seaside-resorts/#sthash.T2ASdn5V.dpuf"
True, the "new" Athens airport (which opened in 2001) is much further away from Athens and Piraeus than the old airport. But the public transport from the new airport is much, much, better than from the old airport. From the new airport there are regular buses round the clock to various places, including Piraeus and Syntagma Square. There is also a railway station at the airport, taking you to the centre of Athens and the Athens metro system.
The old airport had three terminals, with no obvious and easy means of walking from one to another. I travelled to and from the old airport on many occasions, and never saw a bus timetable (at the new airport there are bus timetables immediately outside of the arrivals door). So many a holiday was spent waiting for ages for a bus to or from the old airport. The journey from the new airport to Piraeus takes about an hour and the fare is 5 euro. Much less than the taxi fare the author of this article suggests from the airport to Lavrio. Go to Kea by all means but not merely because of the location of the new Athens airport!
Or you could take a different "back door" route to the islands - by catching a bus to the port of Rafina - closer to the new airport than Piraeus but when I last checked the buses were less frequent.
The island is Kea.
"“Now that Athens has moved its airport away from the city and Piraeus, all the more reason to take the back door route to the islands". - See more at: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/03/05/telegraph-greek-island-among-europes-10-hidden-seaside-resorts/#sthash.T2ASdn5V.dpuf"
True, the "new" Athens airport (which opened in 2001) is much further away from Athens and Piraeus than the old airport. But the public transport from the new airport is much, much, better than from the old airport. From the new airport there are regular buses round the clock to various places, including Piraeus and Syntagma Square. There is also a railway station at the airport, taking you to the centre of Athens and the Athens metro system.
The old airport had three terminals, with no obvious and easy means of walking from one to another. I travelled to and from the old airport on many occasions, and never saw a bus timetable (at the new airport there are bus timetables immediately outside of the arrivals door). So many a holiday was spent waiting for ages for a bus to or from the old airport. The journey from the new airport to Piraeus takes about an hour and the fare is 5 euro. Much less than the taxi fare the author of this article suggests from the airport to Lavrio. Go to Kea by all means but not merely because of the location of the new Athens airport!
Or you could take a different "back door" route to the islands - by catching a bus to the port of Rafina - closer to the new airport than Piraeus but when I last checked the buses were less frequent.
