Questions and answers
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9 KEY QUESTIONS - ANSWERS TO GET BY from Nestorion Hotel
1. QUESTION: How do I get to the Sygrou Fix Metro station? (closest Metro station to the hotel)
ANSWER: As you come out of the hotel, turn right on Pentelis str. then turn left onto Ellinidon str. And you will find the Planetarium bus stop in front of the Rhea Maternity hospital at 383 Sygrou Str. Buy a bus ticket for 1,20€, which is good for 70 minutes on all means of transport, at the kiosk on the corner. Then get on either a B2 or 550 bus one of which usually passes every 10 minutes, and get off at Sygrou-Fix (4 km - 15 min)
2. QUESTION: What about the Acropolis bus stop, one stop before Syntagma?
ANSWER: It is closer to the Acropolis Museum at the Hadrian s Gate stop. Ask the B2 bus driver
3. QUESTION: What do I do at the Sygrou Fix Metro Station?
ANSWER: Get on the Metro (going towards Syntagma Square) and get off at the next stop (Akropoli), on Metro line 2. As you come out of the station, you are right beside The Acropolis Museum, which is open from 8:00h to 20:00h. As you walk up Areopagitou Street from the Metro station towards the Acropolis, you will have a chance to see the ancient Theatre of Dionysus, and the Roman Odeon of Herodes Atticus, which is still being used to house the Athens Festival in the summer. Then you will turn right onto the pathway to the entrance to the Acropolis; walk up the steps and look at the Parthenon and the other monuments (not later than 18.00h). Then come down and take photos of Athens from the Areos Pagos hill opposite the entrance to the Acropolis. Then walk back down Aeropagitou. And instead of turning right to the Metro station, make a left turn into the Old Town, Plaka. You are not far from Ermou str., the shopping area, and Syntagma Square, home of the Parliament Building and the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.
4. QUESTION: How do I get to Syntagma square by bus?
ANSWER: The only bus that will take you to Syntagma Square or the Parliament Building from the Nestorion is the B2.
5. QUESTION: How can I get to Syntagma Square by tram from P.Faliro?
ANSWER: Take tram line T4 to Syntagma from the Agia Skepi tram stop. The tram comes from SEF/NEO FALIRO don t confuse line T3 with line T4. To get to the tram stop, walk to the beginning (end) of Zefirou str. And then turn right and walk 100 meters you will see the tram stop..
6. QUESTION: How do I return to Nestorion from Syntagma square?
ANSWER: Get on the B2 bus near the Syntagma tram terminal and get off at 356 Sygrou Ave. at the Onassis Hospital. Cross over Sygrou by the underpass at the Planetarium level and you will find the Nestorion hotel behind it.
7. QUESTION: Is there any other way I can get to the Acropolis or to Syntagma?
ANSWER: The Hotel receptionist will call a taxi for you. It should cost between 5-8€ at most, and about the same to return from Syntagma.
8. QUESTION: How and where can I take the Hopon - Hopoff Bus?
ANSWER: Get on the Hopon Hopoff bus at the stop outside the Planetarium (Leoforos Sygrou 367, Piraeus Bank). 100m. up the road from the bus shelter used for the regular bus.Don t forget to buy a ticket for 2 days 22€ for Athens and Piraeus (green line) or only Athens (red line) 18€ from the hotel reception. Change from the green line to the red line at the Acropolis Hopon-Hopoff
9. QUESTION: What are some of the top points of interest in Athens?
ANSWER(1): The three Parliaments: the Pnyx (opposite the Acropolis) , the Old Parliament (now the National History Museum) at 13 Stadiou str., and the New Parliament on Syntagma Square..
ANSWER(2): The must-see museum in Athens is the NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM at 44 Patission St., the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art. To get there, you take the Metro and get off at Omonia. You then walk up Patission St. until you get to no. 44. The other Greek-oriented museums include the EPIGRAPHIC MUSEUM, THE NUMISMATIC MUSEUM,THE KERAMIKOS MUSEUM, THE STOA OF ATTALUS, THE HARDIANS LIBRARY, THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, THE BYZANTINE MUSEUM, AND OTHERS. You will also find limited numbers of ancient objects in some Metro stations.
1. QUESTION: How do I get to the Sygrou Fix Metro station? (closest Metro station to the hotel)
ANSWER: As you come out of the hotel, turn right on Pentelis str. then turn left onto Ellinidon str. And you will find the Planetarium bus stop in front of the Rhea Maternity hospital at 383 Sygrou Str. Buy a bus ticket for 1,20€, which is good for 70 minutes on all means of transport, at the kiosk on the corner. Then get on either a B2 or 550 bus one of which usually passes every 10 minutes, and get off at Sygrou-Fix (4 km - 15 min)
2. QUESTION: What about the Acropolis bus stop, one stop before Syntagma?
ANSWER: It is closer to the Acropolis Museum at the Hadrian s Gate stop. Ask the B2 bus driver
3. QUESTION: What do I do at the Sygrou Fix Metro Station?
ANSWER: Get on the Metro (going towards Syntagma Square) and get off at the next stop (Akropoli), on Metro line 2. As you come out of the station, you are right beside The Acropolis Museum, which is open from 8:00h to 20:00h. As you walk up Areopagitou Street from the Metro station towards the Acropolis, you will have a chance to see the ancient Theatre of Dionysus, and the Roman Odeon of Herodes Atticus, which is still being used to house the Athens Festival in the summer. Then you will turn right onto the pathway to the entrance to the Acropolis; walk up the steps and look at the Parthenon and the other monuments (not later than 18.00h). Then come down and take photos of Athens from the Areos Pagos hill opposite the entrance to the Acropolis. Then walk back down Aeropagitou. And instead of turning right to the Metro station, make a left turn into the Old Town, Plaka. You are not far from Ermou str., the shopping area, and Syntagma Square, home of the Parliament Building and the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.
4. QUESTION: How do I get to Syntagma square by bus?
ANSWER: The only bus that will take you to Syntagma Square or the Parliament Building from the Nestorion is the B2.
5. QUESTION: How can I get to Syntagma Square by tram from P.Faliro?
ANSWER: Take tram line T4 to Syntagma from the Agia Skepi tram stop. The tram comes from SEF/NEO FALIRO don t confuse line T3 with line T4. To get to the tram stop, walk to the beginning (end) of Zefirou str. And then turn right and walk 100 meters you will see the tram stop..
6. QUESTION: How do I return to Nestorion from Syntagma square?
ANSWER: Get on the B2 bus near the Syntagma tram terminal and get off at 356 Sygrou Ave. at the Onassis Hospital. Cross over Sygrou by the underpass at the Planetarium level and you will find the Nestorion hotel behind it.
7. QUESTION: Is there any other way I can get to the Acropolis or to Syntagma?
ANSWER: The Hotel receptionist will call a taxi for you. It should cost between 5-8€ at most, and about the same to return from Syntagma.
8. QUESTION: How and where can I take the Hopon - Hopoff Bus?
ANSWER: Get on the Hopon Hopoff bus at the stop outside the Planetarium (Leoforos Sygrou 367, Piraeus Bank). 100m. up the road from the bus shelter used for the regular bus.Don t forget to buy a ticket for 2 days 22€ for Athens and Piraeus (green line) or only Athens (red line) 18€ from the hotel reception. Change from the green line to the red line at the Acropolis Hopon-Hopoff
9. QUESTION: What are some of the top points of interest in Athens?
ANSWER(1): The three Parliaments: the Pnyx (opposite the Acropolis) , the Old Parliament (now the National History Museum) at 13 Stadiou str., and the New Parliament on Syntagma Square..
ANSWER(2): The must-see museum in Athens is the NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM at 44 Patission St., the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art. To get there, you take the Metro and get off at Omonia. You then walk up Patission St. until you get to no. 44. The other Greek-oriented museums include the EPIGRAPHIC MUSEUM, THE NUMISMATIC MUSEUM,THE KERAMIKOS MUSEUM, THE STOA OF ATTALUS, THE HARDIANS LIBRARY, THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, THE BYZANTINE MUSEUM, AND OTHERS. You will also find limited numbers of ancient objects in some Metro stations.
