ISCO 2012

How to reach your hotel from the airport

There are various options to reach the downtown hotels depending on whether you want to use public transportation or taxi.
By public transport: The blue metro line goes all the way from the airport to downtown and passes through the Syndagma metro station (where you can connect with the red line) and the Monastiraki metro station (where you can connect with the green line that goes towards AUEB). Please do not confuse the metro line with the suburban railway system, which departs from the adjacent platform and is not convenient for going downtown. The metro line takes about 35-40 minutes to Syndagma and the ticket from the airport costs 8 euros (note that a regular metro ticket costs only 1.40 as long as you use it within the city, it is only for the airport that costs 8 euros). The metro operates from 5:30 am till around midnight. Within the city it runs pretty frequently but the departures to/from the airport are only every 30 minutes (normally at 5 and 35 past every hour).
Apart from the metro, and especially if you arrive late, you can also take the bus X95 which also goes to Syndagma square. The bus departs every 15 minutes and the ticket costs 5 euros.
By taxi: During the day there is now a standard rate of 35 euros to the city center from the airport. If you arrive past midnight, the tariff is 50 euros.

How to come to the conference venue

The conference will take place in the main building of AUEB (the Athens University of Economics and Business). AUEB is located in the city center, and the main building is on 76 Patission st. If your hotel is not within walking distance, the best way to come to AUEB is by using the green line and getting off at Victoria station. It is then a 5 minute walk till the main building. There are also several buses and trolleys that stop just outside AUEB such as the buses 608, 622, A8, B8, Γ8 and the trolleys 3, 5, 11, 13, 14. In the map below you can have a better view of where the main building of AUEB is located.

How to reach the Acropolis Museum for the social event

To come to the social event on Friday evening, one option is to take the metro from Victoria station near AUEB and switch in Omonoia to the red line. Then you get off at the Akropolis station and the museum is just a few minutes walk from there. Alternatively you can take the trolley 5 (just across from the main building) and get off at the Makrygianni stop.