Taxi, radio cab and transfer services in
Athens and throughout Greece
A comprehensive on-line
guide with useful telephone/fax numbers, Web links, E-mail addresses and
other useful information
Looking for a cab? Fed up
of being ripped off? Do you wish to find a reliable driver who can take care of your transfer to/from the
port, airport, hotel or second home?
"Fare is
fair"!
When you travel to Greece,
how would you feel if you knew that you will have
a friendly driver who will pick you up, take care of your luggage and drive you to your
destination with a smile, great service and a fare
everyone else in Greece pays?
Peace of mind
If you are planning your trip to Greece and are looking for a reliable taxi or transfer service,
you can now rest assured that you can plan your journey without being harassed
by taxi drivers by choosing one of the service providers below.
A few useful tips
But before you start your journey,
you should be aware of the following:
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Every taxi in the greater Athens
and Piraeus areas must have dark yellow licence plates with black letters
starting with "TAA" or
"TAB" followed by a hyphen and a four-digit number. Unlicensed "mini-cab"
services like the ones offered in London are not allowed in Athens. Between midnight and 5 am, expect to pay
double, i.e. the normal tariff charged before midnight times two.
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Taxis in Athens and
Piraeus are yellow and bear a very thin blue stripe right beneath the
car windows. Taxis in other
cities usually have other colours (grey, Bordeaux red, etc.).
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DO NOT PAY ANYTHING UNLESS THE DRIVER GIVES YOU A PROPER
RECEIPT! Every taxi driver is obliged -- by law -- to give you a receipt.
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CONSULT THE GREEK TOURIST POLICE
(TEL.: 171) WHEN IN DOUBT OR IN CASE YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY LANGUAGE BARRIERS, "DIRTY TRICKS"
AND/OR HARASSMENT.
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If you have any suspicion
whatsoever that your taxi driver has overcharged you, ask for
assistance at your hotel or other destination before paying the
fare. If you have any
complaints of being ripped off or have any
other questions, contact the Taxi Owners'
Confederation of Greece (4, Pireos Street, Omonia, Athens) on +30 210 523
6904. Fax: +30 210 523 5198. E-mail: info@hellastaxi.gr.
Do not forget to write down the driver's
name, the time and date of the journey, the pick-up and drop-off points, the
licence plate number of the
taxi and the fare charged by your taxi driver.
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A
booking fee of EUR 1.00 will be added to the metre if you call for a radio taxi.
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Current taxi fares (in
Greek): http://www.hellastaxi.gr/timologio.html.
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On-line directory
KOSMOS - Athens Radio Taxi
12, Megapoleos Street
Piraeus
8, Athinon Avenue
Votanikos, Athens
Tel. (when calling within Greece): 18300
Tel. (for trips outside of Athens): +30 210 520 0020
Better known as as 18300, KOSMOS is arguably one of
the most "visible" taxi companies in Athens and the greater
Attica region, mainly due to its extensive network of radio cabs. With a simple phone call to 18300,
you can expect to get a
radio taxi right in front of your door, at any time of the day and to any
destination you wish (subject to cab availability).
Europe Radio Taxi
18B, Thiseos Street
Petroupoli (Attica)
Tel.: +30 210 502 0357, +30 210 502 8574, +30 210 502 9764
E-mail: dkatsi2000@yahoo.gr
Taxi & Limousine Service
- Routsos
Tel./Fax (home number): +30 210 515 3010
Mobile (Panos Routsos): +30 6944 598298
Offers transfer
services and half-day, one-day, two-day, three-day, four-day and
five-day tours. The driver's name Panos Routsos.
Giannis Giakoumoglou
Mobile: +30 6974 394327
Giannis runs a 24-hour transport service with his Toyota Corona
taxi. Daily tours upon arrangement.
Athens V.I.P. Taxi Service
31, Fokion Negri Street
GR-112 57 Kypseli, Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 867 3216
Fax: +30 210 867 3216
Mobile: +30 6944 423905
E-mail: info@athens-vip-taxi.gr
URL: http://www.athens-vip-taxi.gr/
Contact: Paul Mitropoulos
WSW Skycap Services
24-hour VIP transport service
Athens International Airport -
"Eleftherios Venizelos"
Spata, Attica
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 353 0100, +30 210 353 0843
Fax: +30 210 353 2459
URL: http://www.skycap.gr/
WSW Skycap Services offers integrated baggage and transfer services to / from the airport.
Ikaros Athens Radio Taxi
(also known as "Ikarus")
170, Lenorman Street
GR-104 44 Kolonos (Athens)
Greece
Tel. (Athens): +30 210 515 2800
Tel. (out of city limits): +30 210 515 0017
Toll-free number (only within Greece): 801 11 24000
Fax: +30 210 515 0457
E-mail: info@athens-taxi.gr
URL: http://www.athens-taxi.gr/
URL (in English): http://www.athens-taxi.gr/eng/index.htm
This is a not-for-profit radio taxi service in
Athens that also deals with passenger
transfers to and from airports, harbours, railway stations and bus
stations. An executive
service is also available.
Loucis & Soula Louca Taxi Tours
20-22, Damonos Street
GR-181 20 Korydallos (Piraeus)
Greece
Tel./Fax: +30 210 495 8390, +30 210 494 6127
Soula's mobile: +30 6973 211628
Louci's mobile: +30 6944 311395, +30 6944 691104
URL: http://www.taxitours-athens.com/
Enotita Radio Taxi
9, Bouaion Street
115 22 Athens
Greece
Tel. (when calling within Greece): 801 11 51000
Tel. (from outside Greece): +30 210 649 5000 or +30 210 645 9000
Tel. (for trips/routes outside of Athens): +30 210 646 3594
Fax: +30 210 646 3594
E-mail: enotita@otenet.gr
This network of 300 radio taxis is based in Athens. 'Enotita' in Greek
means 'Unity'.
Parthenon Radio Taxi
4, Parodos Aghias Marvras Street
Haidari, Athens
Greece
Tel. (Haidari): +30 210 532 3300, +30 210 532 1560, +30 210 532 1889
Tel. (116, Varnali Street, Petroupoli): +30 210 505 4450
E-mail: athenstaxi@acis.gr
URL (in Greek): http://www.parthenontaxi.gr/
URL (in English): http://www.parthenontaxi.gr/aggl/home.htm Apollon
Radio Taxi
Headquarters:
20, Amerikis Street
Kolonaki, Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 363 6508, +30 210 338 9055 (Athens)
Southern suburbs of Athens:
Tel.: +30 210 996 2262, +30 210 992 5200 (Helioupoli)
Apollon Co. is a 24-hour radio taxi service covering the whole country.
George Kokkotos
Tel.: +30 210 963 7030
Mobile: +30 693 2205887
E-mail (Christos, George's Webmaster): greektaxi@aol.com
URL: http://www.greecetravel.com/taxi/
Testimonials: http://www.greektravel.com/testimonials/taxi.html
George has a brand new Mercedes-Benz and offers transfers and excursions.
He and some of his customers claim that it is the "best way to see Athens and the
mainland". George's son, Dennis (Dionysios), has a fully air-conditioned
classic Mercedes-Benz limo that can seat seven comfortably. It seems that Matt Barrett's Greece Travel Guides
do an awful lot to promote George and Dennis (Dionysios) Kokkotos' limo transfer
services through the Internet.
Paul's taxi service in
Greece - Athens - Thessaloniki
Tel. (Paul): +30 6972 030853
E-mail (Paul): admin@greektaxi.gr
URL (in English): http://www.greektaxi.gr/
Testimonials: http://www.greektaxi.gr/taxi_clients.htm
For a friendly and reliable service with your own driver/guide, call
Paul. His taxi service can also take care of excursions, private tours,
transfers, business trips and other transportation requirements. Paul's goal is
"to provide the highest level of satisfaction to his customers, and offer the best value for touring
Greece". He's one of the few taxi drivers in Greece who doesn't smoke.
Petros Petrou
Greek-Taxi-Tours
Tel./Fax: +30 210 777 7466
Mobile: +30 6944 322679
E-mail: info@greek-taxi-tours.gr
URL: http://www.greek-taxi-tours.gr/
Contact: Petros Petrou
Petros (Peter) drives around in his air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz E300
TD and offers sightseeing tours of Athens and classical Greece. His taxi
can easily fit four adults and is ideal for families or two couples.
Greece Taxi
Tel. (Nicolas): +30 6973 057 711
E-mail: nikolagr@greecetaxi.gr
URL: http://www.greecetaxi.gr/
Suggested Tour by Taxi ("Evening Tour" - Athens by night): http://www.greecetaxi.gr/index/athens_by_night.html
Athens 2004 there is no place like home: http://www.greecetaxi.gr/index/athens2004.html
VIP Mercedes Taxi Group (transfer service)
Tel. (switchboard): +30 210 531 6300
Fax: +30 210 531 3522
Mobile: +30 697 496 9967
Established in 1999, the VIP Mercedes Taxi Group has a fleet of 55 Mercedes-Benz taxis which are mainly new and air-conditioned.
The Web site is informative and professional and can be viewed in English,
German,
Italian and Greek.
The company offers taxi transfer services -- to and from the airport, the
ports of Piraeus and Rafina, railway stations, etc. -- and tours throughout Greece.
The company's network of "member" drivers consists of:
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Giorgos Georgopoulos
Mobile: +30 6977 467868
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Konstantinos Mamalis
Mobile: +30 6945 757094
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Dimitris Giannospyros
Mobile: +30 6945 294284
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Giorgos Oikonomou
Mobile: +30 6974 445058
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Alexandros Dimopoulos
Mobile: +30 6936 623724
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Fanis Papanikolaou
Mobile: +30 6972 029752
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Periklis Dimopoulos
Mobile: +30 6936 166516
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Panagiotis Petrovitsas
Mobile: +30 6977 400615
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Vassilis Iordanoglou
Mobile: +30 6976 991441
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Ioannis Tsoliakos
Mobile: +30 6976 991442
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Ioannis Lymperopoulos
Mobile: +30 6946 473857
Radio Taxi of
Chalkis
2, S. Bellou Street
GR-341 00 Chalkida (Chalkis)
Greece
Tel.: +30 22210 89300
Fax: +30 22210 89322
E-mail: info@radiotaxi-chalkidas.gr
URL: http://www.radiotaxi-chalkidas.gr/
URL (in English): http://www.radiotaxi-chalkidas.gr/en/index.htm
Chairman: Apostolis
Parakatis
Heraklion TAXI
Tel.: +30 2810 210102, +30 2810 210124
E-mail: administrator@techmed.teiher.gr
URL (in English): http://www.tcdn.teiher.gr/taxi/
This is the home page of the taxi drivers' union in Heraklion (Crete).
"White Tower" Radio Taxi
Tel.: +30 2310 246 104
Tel. (when calling within Thessaloniki): 1300
E-mail: radiotaxi@radiotaxi.gr
URL (in Greek): http://www.radiotaxi.gr/
Chairman: George Tselios
"White Tower" is a Thessaloniki-based radio taxi network that
receives 120,000 calls a month and hundreds of special clients.
RADIO-TAXI MACEDONIA
137, Monastiriou Street, Thessaloniki
Tel.: 2310 550 500, +30 2310 555 111
E-mail: taximake@otenet.gr
URL (in English): http://www.taximacedonia.gr/indexen.htm
URL (in "German"): http://www.taximacedonia.gr/indexde.htm
URL (in Greek): http://www.taximacedonia.gr/index.htm
Patras Radio Taxi
250, Evoias Street, Patras
Tel.: +30 2610 346 700
Tel. (only when calling within the Achaia prefecture): 18300
E-mail: info@taxipatras.gr
URL (in Greek; under construction): http://www.taxipatras.gr/main.html
Chairman: Mr. George Aggelopoulos
Taxis and taxi transfers - Lefkas & Preveza/Athens Airports
E-mail: taxis@lanitisworld.com
URL: http://www.lantisworld.com/taxis.htm
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Radio taxis without any (known) E-mail addresses or Web sites
GREATER ATHENS AND PIRAEUS
(in alphabetical order)
Aetos
Alex P. Prinos
214, Kifissias Avenue, Kifissia, Attica
Tel.: +30 210 801 9000
Asteras
32, Irinis Avenue, Pefki, Athens
Tel. (northern suburbs): +30 210 614 4000, +30 210 614 0800, +30 210 614 3980
Tel. (Gerakas): +30 210 661 3300
Tel. (southern suburbs): +30 210 971 1611
Tel. (Piraeus): +30 210 492 2200
Tel. (Lavrio): +30 22920 40385
Athina 1 (Athens 1)
19A, Pyrras Street, Neos Kosmos, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 921 2800, +30 210 921 7942
Athina Radio Taxi
Tel. (within Greece): 801 113 1203
Glyfada Radio Taxi
"Ag. Konstantinos" (St. Constantine)
48, Pellis Street, Glyfada, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 960 5600
Hellas (Athens - Piraeus)
17, Karapanagioti Street, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 645 7000, +30 210 645 1910
Hellas (Kifissia and northern suburbs of Athens)
16, Kithaironos Street, Kifissia, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 801 4000
Hellas (Glyfada and southern suburbs of Athens)
7, Dorieon Street, Aghios Dimitrios, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 996 1420
Hermes ("Ermis")
Radio Taxi
4, Parodos Rethymnis Street, Piraeus
Tel. (Piraeus): +30 210 411 5200
Tel. (Athens): 801 11 63000 (dial this number only within Greece)
Tel. (for trips outside of Athens): +30 210 422 4521
Fax: +30 210 412 4626
Mega
210, Kleisthenous Street, Gerakas, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 661 6500
Piraeus Radio Taxi
19, Zood. Pigis Street, Freattida, Piraeus
Tel.: +30 210 418 2333
Protoporia
17, Tsakalof Street, Galatsi, Athens
Tel.: +30 210 213 0400, +30 210 222 1623, +30 210 292 8150
THESSALONIKI
(in alphabetical order)
Alexander the Great
18, Syndika Petrou Street, Thessaloniki
Tel.: +30 2310 866866
Macedonia
137, Monastiriou Street, Thessloniki
Tel.: +30 2310 517417
Omega
42, 26th October Street, Dimokratias Square, Thessaloniki
+30 2310 511855
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Unique taxi service for pets
Pet TAXI
Mobile: +30 6945 333218
URL (in Greek): http://www.pettaxi.gr/
Contact: Nikos
This Pet TAXI service is specialised in transporting... pets!
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Company profile: Athens
Direct
The idea of Athens Direct was formulated in the summer of 2000, when its founder
Stathis Perdikis invited twenty-four of his friends from the US and Europe to a sailing trip in the Greek islands. Since he could not personally pick up all his friends from the airport, he looked for alternatives. His options were very limited since the metro did not reach the airport and the public bus did not pass anywhere nearby his house. The only direct way was by taxi, which most of his friends ended up taking. However, most of them faced certain unpleasant circumstances; some paid more than what they should; others rode with taxi drivers who did not speak English, making communication difficult; a few took older taxis and experienced an uncomfortable ride; some girls who arrived late at night did not feel safe taking a taxi, but had no other option. The guests faced similar problems on the way back to the airport.
Athens Direct founder assumed that many visitors, especially non-Greeks, probably faced similar problems. Based on that belief, he set out to establish a company with a mission "to become the premiere transportation provider for people seeking to reserve a safe, comfortable, and reliable door-to-door ride to or from Athens airport". One year later that business proposition won the second place in the prestigious
Ideodromio business plan competition. The award of EUR 7,000 turned into the seed funding that transformed Athens Direct from a script into a real company on its way to fulfill its mission.
The present
From these humble beginnings, Athens Direct is now advancing quickly to become a major player in the
transportation and hospitality industries in Greece.
Currently, the company offers quality transportation alternatives in Athens and major cities in Greece, using standard and premium taxis, executive sedans, limousines, shuttles, buses, helicopters and private jets. Through its affiliation with
BostonCoach, a
global provider of executive sedan, limousine, and group transportation
services for both business and leisure travelers, Athens Direct has access to transportation services in over 450 cities
world-wide, taking its customers wherever they need to be, whenever they need to go, day or night.
Moreover, Athens Direct offers a wide range of travel services, from airline tickets and hotel reservations, to alternative tourism and incentive travel. The company serves both the Greek and international markets, providing services to individuals, organisations and corporations.
Looking ahead
Athens' Direct current goal is to establish the first
Airport Shuttle Service in Greece. It will use shuttle-buses to transport individuals and groups, who have a reservation, to and from Athens' airport. If successful, the business model will be implemented in major travel destinations in Greece and its neighbouring countries. For this project, Athens Direct received a EUR 50,000 grant from the Hellenic Ministry of Development and the European Union. Besides the Airport Shuttle Service, the grant also endorses Athens Direct to develop and promote additional door-to-door transportation services, as well as traditional and contemporary travel services.
Athens Direct offers a wide
range of vehicles, from taxis to helicopters, in order to meet all your transportation needs. All vehicles are meticulously maintained to ensure that they operate safely and reliably. Our domestic and international partners also own late model vehicles that are fully insured and kept in excellent condition.
[Fleet]
Athens Direct
56, Perikleous Street
GR-105 60 Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 331 8570
Fax: +30 210 331 8573
E-mail: info@athensdirect.gr
E-mail: customerservice@athensdirect.gr
URL: http://www.athensdirect.gr/index.asp
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And last, but not
least...
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Surviving
taxis in Athens, Greece
A rather frustrated Greek-Canadian professor and frequent visitor
of Athens shares very
practical information in both Greek and English on this subject, which
mainly refers to his experience in Athens in the summer of 2003.
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Taxis in Crete and Greece:
Taxis are quite cheap in Greece, so they can be considered a very convenient way of moving around in Crete. Using a taxi in the cities of Heraklion or Chania will rarely cost more than EUR 3.
Enjoy your trip!
Last updated: February 20, 2006.
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