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Official taxi, flat fareorMetro M3 and Saronic Ferries to Aegina?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Official taxi, flat fare reaches Syntagma and the historic center; the Metro M3 and Saronic Ferries to Aegina does not. This goes on by ferry to Aegina, landing at the harbour of Aegina town.

The Official taxi, flat fare is quicker: 40 min against 2 h 43. The Metro M3 and Saronic Ferries to Aegina varies between 163 and 178 minutes.

Official taxi, flat fare: Runs all night. Metro M3 and Saronic Ferries to Aegina: 06:00–18:40, Daily.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersOfficial taxi, flat fareMetro M3 and Saronic Ferries to AeginaDifference
1€40€21€19
2€40€42€2
3€40€63€23
4€40€84€44
5€80€105€25
6€80€126€46
7€80€147€67
8€80€168€88

The cheaper option changes at 2 travelers, from the Metro M3 and Saronic Ferries to Aegina to the Official taxi, flat fare. That is the whole reason this comparison is not a single number.

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
taxi · Attica taxi drivers, regulated at the airportOfficial taxi, flat fare
From
Taxi rank at Exit 3 of the arrivals level, staffed 24 hours
To
Any address inside the Athens city center inner ring
Luggage
Included in the flat fare.
Runs
All night
Journey
35–70 min

The flat fare applies to the city center inner ring. The airport does not publish where that boundary runs, so for an address outside the middle of Athens, agree the basis of the fare before setting off.

Greek law requires the driver to issue a receipt for the amount paid.

Journey time is the least predictable here: Mesogeion Avenue at rush hour is slower than the metro that runs beside it.

Official taxi, flat fare: price for every party size

M3Saronic Ferries · STASY and Saronic FerriesMetro M3 and Saronic Ferries to Aegina
From
The metro station at the airport
To
Aegina town, the harbour
Runs
06:00–18:40
Journey
163–178 min

Two separate tickets: the metro at EUR 9.00 and the ferry at EUR 12.00 do not cover each other.

The metro ends at Piraeus, not at the quay. Saronic Ferries leave from Gate E8, which it puts five minutes' walk from the Piraeus station.

The crossing takes 1 h 10 min, or 1 h 25 min on the Antigone. Saronic advises being at the port 45 minutes before, and its port office hands out paper tickets until 45 minutes before sailing.

If the metro is closed, the X96 express bus runs from the airport to Piraeus all night, about 90 minutes at EUR 5.50.

Metro M3 and Saronic Ferries to Aegina: price for every party size

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