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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:42:11 +0200, Tom P wrote:
If Dan wants to rent a car at Athens airport, then let him rent a car at Athens airport for heaven's sake. I can't think of many things more mind-blowingly stupid than wasting half a day dragging my luggage through the strike-ridden mysteries of Greek public transport to get to a car rental depot somewhere on the other side of Greece when I could just walked into a car rental office at the airport. Not to mention doing the whole thing in reverse at the end of the trip. Just about everything around the Athens airport, including car rentals, taxis, currency exchanges, and the (one) hotel, is a ripoff. About the only reasonably-priced service is the express bus to Athens center (less than 4 euro fare, as opposed to a minimum of 40 euro for cab fare). |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
tim.... wrote on Jun 24, 2011:
"Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... tim.... wrote on Jun 23, 2011: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll Why waste time driving and paying per kilometre, if you can start from a more convenient place? As the options for this more convenient place a 1)Taking the bus to the Peloponnese presumably from Athens bus station. Any idea where that is? I'll wager it isn't very convenient 2) Flying to Kalamata. Hm, I wonder how many flights a day that gets from London/New York or wherever it is that the OP is starting. They don't seem very convenient to me. It's a 100 km drive, how hard can it be? Or: 3) Bus to Piraeus (leaves from airport outside arrivals), then100 metre walk to ferry gets you to Ermioni, or Porto Heli in the Peloponnese. I know which I would rather do. But the guy is still going to be hiring the car (presumably) to go touring. Why **** around lugging your bags on/off a ferry to save a 100km (one hour) drive? And what happens if when he get to Piraeus the next ferry is full? I've travelled around the Greek islands a lot over the years as a foot passenger and I've never even once once found a ferry 'full'. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire mike_lane at mac dot com |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 2011-06-23 02:54:25 -0500, Mike Lane said:
Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. Well, the rental would not be from Athens per se, but from the airport, which is outside the city and near the big motor. I would avoid Athens by circuiting it on the motorway, over to Corinth, then south to Argos. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. I will have to look into this, thanks for the tip. I would also like to avoid the hassle of getting to and from Pieraeus from the airport, but the ferry time might be competitive with the drive time. -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 2011-06-23 06:23:04 -0500, Martin said:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll Why waste time driving and paying per kilometre, if you can start from a more convenient place? In the 1980s I had very poor experiences renting from Hertz in Greece. Avis service and cars were much better. Maybe things have improved. Ah now that's a good tip, thanks. I will also research the flight into Kalamata. The drive over from Kalamata is very long and tedious, but, the scenery through the Taygetus mountains is just amazing. -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 2011-06-23 12:32:57 -0500, tim.... said:
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:46:57 +0100, "tim...." wrote: "Mike Lane" wrote in message dia.com... Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. Athens airport to the Peloponnese is 100% motorway. The only time you'll have to stop is to pay the toll Why waste time driving and paying per kilometre, if you can start from a more convenient place? As the options for this more convenient place a 1)Taking the bus to the Peloponnese presumably from Athens bus station. Any idea where that is? I'll wager it isn't very convenient It's this huge affair right in the middle of tear-gassy Athens. No thanks! ha ha 2) Flying to Kalamata. Hm, I wonder how many flights a day that gets from London/New York or wherever it is that the OP is starting. Well, that would be a small flight from Athens. I understood this to be what was meant. I think the logistics to hook up flight times will make this option infeasible, but I hadn't thought of it. And I know a hotel I trust in Kalamata, the Elite City Hotel. I am gotten super-picky with age and this one checked out alright with me. Also, for those wondering: Panorama Hotel in Monemvasia, the Kalamaki Beach Hotel south of Corinth, Olympic Village S.A. above ancient Olympia, and a sufficient place on the right side of the road from the Athenian tomb mound to the shore, at Marathon Beach. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.11....panoramio.all They don't seem very convenient to me. It's a 100 km drive, how hard can it be? tim -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 2011-06-24 05:35:00 -0500, tim.... said:
Peloponnese. he's going to be there for 10 days, so he's going to be covering all of it. If he starts off in the south west he's still going to have to drive to the bit in the NE Laconia, actually. I drove all over the Peloponnese back in 2009; this is a revisit to Monemvasia with a base at a nice hotel on the mainland (Panorama Hotel). I want to revisit the ruins at Monemvasia - there is a lot more to see than I did. I want to see where I can go around the outside of the massif. I want to see how the Knights of St. John tried to ascend on the northwestern side. I want to see if there are traces of the ancient site of Minos that Pausanias mentioned in his Description of Greece. There are are at last two other ancient sites nearby, Epidaurus Limera and Zarax. Plus just relaxing. My vacations have always been far more active than my normal daily life, but the area around Monemvasia is just .. so .. relaxing... I would park a ways to the south, near the rocky shore, roll down the windows and pull back the sunroof, and lean back the car seat back... and relax to the sound of the waves and scent of the ocean... very nice. -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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London Thames waterline sights Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 2011-06-24 16:39:16 -0500, Martin said:
ATM skyscanner is showing flights from London to Kalamata Again you assume somebody is flying from London. Actually I will travel through London, as I intend to spend a few days there, to visit the British Museum again, and to visit more out-of-the-way places. I hear the Mayor is going to create a tourist scheme where you can visit along the Thames waterline to see some historical sights that have been blocked off from normal access. Anyone know more about this? But on the original suggestion: going through Athens has cost and logistical advantages.... I will into Kalamata, indeed, but the hardest part of the driving is about the same, since until Tripoli the driving is super-easy on the motorway. I don't suppose anybody knows if the bypass is finished yet? -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:2011070312175065200-stephedanospam@maccom... On 2011-06-23 02:54:25 -0500, Mike Lane said: Dan Stephenson wrote on Jun 19, 2011: Hello, in the Fall I will travel to Greece, flying into Athens and heading to the Pelopponese by car, for maybe 10 days. There are several car rental places at the airport: Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Alamo and Sixt. Can anyone recommend one more than the rest? I wouldn't be buying the high-dollar collision damage waiver. Thanks, Wouldn't you be better off travelling to the Peloponnese by public transport and renting a car from there? That's what I did a few years ago. You would save yourself the trouble and expense of driving through Athens which is a place to be avoided these days as far as possible. Well, the rental would not be from Athens per se, but from the airport, which is outside the city and near the big motor. I would avoid Athens by circuiting it on the motorway, over to Corinth, then south to Argos. I took a ferry from Piraeus to Porto Heli - a small place on the east coast of the Peloponnese near Spetses - and hired a car there for a week. It was a very relaxed experience compared to the hassle of Athens. I will have to look into this, thanks for the tip. I would also like to avoid the hassle of getting to and from Pieraeus from the airport, but the ferry time might be competitive with the drive time. Don't see how it can be. The drive to Argos is going to be a little over an hour. It will take you this long to get to Piraeus on the bus tim |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 2011-06-24 05:45:51 -0500, tim.... said:
Or: 3) Bus to Piraeus (leaves from airport outside arrivals), then100 metre walk to ferry gets you to Ermioni, or Porto Heli in the Peloponnese. I know which I would rather do. But the guy is still going to be hiring the car (presumably) to go touring. Why **** around lugging your bags on/off a ferry to save a 100km (one hour) drive? And what happens if when he get to Piraeus the next ferry is full? tim FWIW I am also averse to ferries and Screaming Children Hell. Those who have used ferries know exactly what I mean! -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Recommendations for car rental from Athens Airport
On 2011-06-24 16:44:28 -0500, Martin said:
But the guy is still going to be hiring the car (presumably) to go touring. You have no basis for assuming that. Other than his previous post on the subject perhaps which said? It didn't mention touring. OK OK, guys: simmer. Just because this is Usenet doesn't mean we are required to get testy. I have been very occupied of late, so I'm just now getting back to reading posts. I appreciate all the advice, too, the more the better. I outside-considered a ferry, but never a flight. Now I'll research these places. -- Dan Stephenson http://web.mac.com/stepheda Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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