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Top Hotels in Piraeus
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Mistral Hotel Piraeus
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Savoy Hotel Piraeus
29 reviews -
Anita Hotel Piraeus
68 reviews -
Triton Hotel Piraeus
19 reviews -
Piraeus Dream
238 reviews
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Poseidonio Hotel Piraeus
4 reviews
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Hotel Noufara Piraeus
3 reviews
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The Park Hotel Piraeus
27 reviews
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Delfini Hotel Piraeus
22 reviews
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Faros II Hotel Piraeus
67 reviews
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Acropole Hotel Piraeus
19 reviews
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Phidias Piraeus
116 reviews -
Castella Hotel Piraeus
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Ionion Hotel Piraeus
6 reviews
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Hotel N. Zacharatos Piraeus
1 review
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Hotel Atlantis Piraeus
2 reviews
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Hotel Bella Vista Piraeus
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Travel Blogs from Piraeus, Greece
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Nicky, Nikos, Maria, and Nicholas
This is a top pick! Once we checked into our rooms, I toured the ferry boat with our program representative, Beautiful Basil. As we walked, she explained about Greek names. A couple's first baby would be named after the groom's father or mother. The second baby would ...
The Ferry to Crete
This is a top pick! The students were vibrating with excitement on the bus ride between our apartments in Athens and the port of Piraeus (peer-EH-us) as the sun went down Friday night. It's an eight or nine-hour ferry ride to Crete, so they booked us on an overnight ...
Ferry Transfer.
This is a top pick! Straight off the plane, onto the bus to the port, ferry to Santorini. See next ...
The Scholar Ship: Day 1
... the excitement of the students. I wanted to fly, to leap of the deck and soar above the open ocean. It wasn't long before Piraeus was out of sight and we watched as the islands of Greece gradually passed out of sight. I soon realized that I didn't need ...
Sin paseo en bote, NIEVA EN GRECIA
Bismil-lahi ar-Rahman ar-Rahim Cuando uno planifica que en Grecia va a hacer calor a mediados de marzo por el comienzo de la primavera, y nieva... tiene que replantearse sus poderes como psíquica. Resulta que nos levantamos y caminaaaaamos, ...
Ruins and shopping
... at these guys as they are built. Franchesca bought some seed to feed the pigeons and then we headed back to the metro. Got back to Piraeus and walked back to the ship, Franchesca went off and watched Harry Potter and I had a snooze. Just had dinner in the ...
Piraeus for the City of Athens
... ; Temp: Only 55 degrees F, we can't believe it! Piraeus is one of the largest cities in Greece and gateway to countless Greek Islands and historic sites, including the Acropolis in Athens our excursion ...
The journey continues...Patras to Piraeus
... shared a lot of local Greek information with us and things to be mindful of in Santorini. The bus dropped us off at the Piraeus Port and we got a taxi to our Hotel Lilia http://www.liliahotel.gr/en_reception.htm with tickets in hand for the next and ...
Two states and three countries in one day!
... hour. I remember just thinking how massive this city is, something around six million people. We actually stayed in a hotel in Piraeus but it's just on the outskirts of Athens. I made it in time to still explore the city a bit, and all ...
Piraeus, Greece (Athens) - Cruise 3
We docked in the port city of Piraeus, Greece today for a fun and amazing day. I finished up with work and headed into the city. I debated whether or not to head into the main attraction city -Athens - but the train fare was only 80 cents Euro ...
Piraeus
Piraeus was a short train and bus ride away from Athens. It was really interesting to see Athens ports because they are so busy with ferries, huge yachts and cargo vessels. Our boat was docked right next to a mega yacht which is owned by the owner of ...
A Piraeus Life For Me
... to Athens (or these days, pretty much melded right into it) that is the main port of Greece and one of the Mediterranean’s major ports. Piraeus is the hub of the Aegean ferry network, the center of Greece’s maritime import-export and ...
All the great food in Greece
We left Sifnos and took the ferry back to the port of Athens - called Piraeus. We embarked on a four day sail around the nearby islands and coastline. More details to come! Now, for a special entry on the wonderful foods of Greece... Here are ...
One night on main land
I landed in greece around 2 in the afternoon i think and found my dad sitting waiting for me!! first thing we did was hope on a train luckily he had someone write down were he needed to be since everything was in greek we could just compare words that we ...
Stopover 2: Peloponnes Island
Destination 397 [Ferry] Taking another ferry at Chios Island I was traveling a overnight journey to Piraeus just next to Athens. It was absolutley mindblowing to see, how things were proceeded straightforward, easy and thanks to an organization very ...
Greece
8-4-08 Home of Greek mythology After waking up pretty late in Piraeus, Greece, I realized that for the first time in quite a while I had no plan or goal for this country. Sure, we'll be seeing the Acropolis in Athens, Greece with Jono ...
Cruise Day 1
... bus at 7:15 and set off for our 4 day cruise. The bus ride was about an hour and a half to get to the Port of Piraeus where we left from. On the way we picked up Christain from Glyfada. He was our escort for the trip and did all the planning and dirty ...
Lilia Hotel -Where we stayed -Passalimani, Piraeus
... try. See what my comments on the hotel are. They are also posted on TripAdvisor and VTourist. "The little "Gem" of Piraeus, Budget, Courteous staff, Great location!" I wanted to visit Pasalimani and Mikrolimano for some pictures for my guides and I ...
BINGO!
... the weather you just had, but still). It was funny sitting with another Canadian at a Starbucks that was playing Nickelback...in Greece. Go figure. We went to the Supermarket to pick up a few toiletries and print pictures (yes exciting I know). Then ...
Dining at Zorbas restaurant at Mikrolimano
Dinning out at 'Zorbas' seafood restaurant. Mikrolimano is the second largest yacht marina and a very popular location in Piraeus famous for its seafood restaurants and tavernas. The restaurants in this area are not the cheapest though but the location is ...
Passalimani -Marina Zeas, Piraeus
... hungry. There are groups of friends here and there enjoying a cup of coffee or a drink – some students from the Piraeus Economic University which is very close, older people and young ladies with their kids. Everyone seems to be out enjoying this ...
Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Main port of Greece. Drove through the city of Athens passing famous sites such as the Temple of Zues, Parliament bldg or formerly the Royal Palace & the Panathinion stadium. Highlight of the tour is the Acropolis. We had to walk a winding pathway aprox ...
Our final day on the island
Ok so it is Saturday and we have to catch the Hydrafoil to Pireaus which is the main port of Athens. We had done the laundry, eaten the stuff in the refrigerator and straightened up the house. Packing was of course a challenge because we were pretty ...
Piraeus (Athens)
Piraeus (Athens) - 11th April 2008. Arrived in Piraeus Port at 6am to a cool and misty morning. Our trip to Athens started at 9:30, which was a journey to the city centre with a quick guided tour of the ancient sites. We had 6 hours of ...
Ancients
Piraeus, and Athens, Greece, Sunday, April 10, 2011 – Day 95 Here we are in Greece, the cradle of civilization, the home of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, of Gods and Goddesses, of Homer, of ...
Aussies - we're everywhere
Looking for seafood, we decided to take the hop on hop off bus to the port of Piraeus for lunch - after finding a barber & hairdresser. Blackie wanted a wet shave & haircut & I badly needed my roots done. Both were achieved with only minutes ...
Traveling to Piraeus to catch our ferry to Crete
... up at 12:30 and with a quick bus transfer we were on our way to Athens. On the ride we began to notice some things about Greece. For one they all have solar panels on their roofs but seeing as how sunny it is here you can see why. They were also a very ...
Athens
Piraeus is the port for Athens and after breakfast we caught the coach into the city passing quite a few of the recent Olympic stadiums on the way. We weren't doing a tour but we stopped at the Panathenaic Stadium, the original Olympic Stadium, to ...
Abordando ferry
Luego de un viaje por la línea 1 de Metro hasta su destino final del Pireo, descendí en una pintoresca estación de superficie y me encaminé hasta el puerto, en donde abordé el "Express Santorini" con destino Paris (5 horas de ferry aproximadamente) ...
Piraeus and Athens, Greece
Tuesday October 18 2011 Port of call: Piraeus and Athens, Greece Temperature 21c (69F) West winds and sunny Well, we got the A-OK from the Captain, we are clear to go. All is good in Athens today but city wide protests are scheduled for Wednesday ...
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