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|name_native = Αθήνα, Athína|state = Attiki|map = <map lat='38.04' lng='23.7475' zoom='10' view='0' />|pop = 2,805,0003.827.624 in 2011 (not including migrants)|plate motorways = YA - YH[[A1 (Greece)|motorways = 1A1]], 6[[A6 (Greece)|A6]]

== Hitchhiking Hitching out ==  === North to [[Volos]], [[Thessaloniki]] {{E|75}} === Take the metro line 1, till the last station "Kifissia". From there, [http://osm.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_foot&route=38.0738,23.8083;38.0728,23.8123 cross the park]. You'll find a busy bus stop, direction north, take the bus [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10149229 509] Get off the bus after 30 min, at bus stop "Neo Terma", at the end of Agios Stefanos, when it makes a U-turn and continues back to the city. [http://osm.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_foot&route=38.1550,23.8573;38.1549,23.8558 Walk 300m] to the parallel of the high-way. It's quite busy with drivers avoiding toll station

=== North to [[Thessaloniki]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] (E75) ===Take the metro from the center north to Nea Ionia station. ('''Suggestion''': When you get off from the metro, take the bus no. 724 (it starts from here, you You can't miss the direction) and get off at stop "Gymnasio" that is 10th stop and just walk 50m. Way better than 3 km to walk few kilometers as described in next lines). From the exit of the metro station, turn right, go down a few dozen meters, and go under the tunnel. This is the start of Odos Elevtheriou Venizelou. Walk up this street to Odos Tatoiou and turn right. Walk straight that Afidnai Toll Station or wait for a few kilometers until the road rises to become a bridge over a large motorway. Note that you will cross ringroad/highway E-94 (A6) firstshort ride, but continue straight until you get to the bridge going over highway E-75 (A1). Don't go up the bridge, but rather take the road that stays below the bridge and runs to the right side. This is signposted who''Lamia'', one of the first major cities north of Athens. The best time to get a lift is the early morning when local people are driving to work in more distant communities. Eventually someone will stop who can take s gonna drop you far enough north that you can escape the Athens metropolitan area and get long distance ridesthere. For Macedonia, turn left about a kilometer Also 4 km after the enormous toll booth plaza before Thessaloniki.station is Kapandriti Motorway Rest Area with BP fuel station

Anywhere you hitch from, try to get You can also catch a lift going ride at least to the town/village called Oinofyta. 10km before that there is a huge gas station called Autogrill point where you can get long lifts if you drivers who avoided the tolls are luckygetting back into the high way. In Greece it is also no problem Half of the rides go to hitch on Halkida, and the actual highway as long as other half go further North. Decline rides that don't go in your direction, they will only put you are far enough from the city suburbsin a worse spot.

For a place to sleep before [[Thessaloniki]], there is a great [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?zoom=15&lat=40.33&lon=22.58 24 hour rest area/gas station ] in Korinos and it's called Olympus plaza([https://olympusplaza.gr)Olympus plaza]. It is 10km east of Katerini and has includes a restaurant with free wifi, and showers and comfortable couches . Nobody will disturb you if you can sleep on. Workers were really nice when Sma asked if she could sleep there, they said "the couches and workers of course!"the restaurant often give food away.

=== Southwest North-West to [[Patra]]s and the [[Peloponnesos]] (E94) Thiva ======= Option 1 ====* Bus A16 from Aigaleo Metro Station (end of blue line) * Bus B16 from Metxourgio Metro Station (Red Line)* Bus 865 200m from Eleonas Metro Station (blue line)

Get off at 1st Aerodromiou Stop or Levkes StopNew spot, i cannot confirm the hitch-hikeability of this route: Take the suburban till Magoula. From there, take the bus [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10574507 861] till the last stop. There you will see the connection with National Road 8(N8)'s only 35km left to Thiva.

===West to [[Patra]] or [[Tripoli]] {{E|94}} = Option 2 ===='''Harrys Truck-Stop'''

Take the suburban train direction Kiato, and get down in Megara. The truck stop is at controller always gets on the train in Nea Peramos, in the 17th km of National Road Athens-Korinthos 1st or 5th (Athinon-Korinthoulast)wagon. Ιt seems this is where Halivas Cement Company is.It's a huge area and bus drivers and people know it.You can either :

==== Option 3 ====<nowiki>Take Suburban Train Piraeus-Kiato from Piraeus or Athens aka Larissis Train Station-be careful A) stay in the 3rd wagon, and when you ask because there see the control approaching, go the opposite direction. If the train is Larissa CITY far from Athensfull, the control might be slow and you might arrive in Megara before they reach you.The If they catch you without a ticket, you wont pay any fine, but just the 3 euro ticket. From the train stations is next to platform of Megara, you can see the red line metro restaurant / petrol station with . Cross the same namefield, and find this [https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?route=37.992%2C23.361%3B37.995%2C23.365 underground pass]

There are almost no controllers on that train. I have taken it 5-6 times last two months (April-May 2010B) usually on Fridays go down in Nea Peramos and Sundays and have seen no controllerstry to find a [https://www. My girlfriend neither in different occasionsopenstreetmap.Regular ticket is EUR 6org/directions?route=38. Get off at last stop "KIATO"0128%2C23. Walk straight from the right side of the railway line to the motorway you see4148%3B37. There turn right9954%2C23. After 20m there is a left turn 3646 5km ride to Egio, PatrasMegara].You can easily hitchhike there .</nowiki>

==== Option 4 ====Eleusina Toll StationThere are not many cars stopping there, but you can get a long ride. The intersection to Patra or Tripoli is just 40km away, be sure to ask for the correct direction before accepting the ride.

== Sleeping ==Option 2: National Road 8 ==== From Ag.Marina Metro Station (end of blue line) buses [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3648632 A16] or [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3648599 865]. From the northbound hitchhiking pointPireas Metro Station (end of green line), go up bus [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10014511 871]. Get off at 1st Aerodromiou Stop or Levkes Stop. There you will see the stairs, across connection with National Road 8 (N8). ==== Option 3 : Eleusina Toll Station ==== With the bridge to the other side same buses of the motorwayoption 2, you get off at Platia Elefsinas and [http://osm.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_foot&route=38.0431, take the stairs down23.5420;38.0420, and then 23.4962 walk a few meters south5. You'll find a small wooded area surrounded by a fence3km] to Eleusina Toll Station. The gate of this is open, you just have  === South to look for it[[Sounio]] === Take the bus [https://www. Surrounded on all sides by motorway and away openstreetmap.org/relation/6753887 122] from any normal pedestrian avenuesmetro Elliniko to Saronida, this is a pretty safe place to camp for go down at the nightlast stop, even pitch a tent. The large amount walk along the coast to get out of trees means Saronida, and from there you won't be seen by the cars, which pass by rather fastcan hitch-hike to Sounio.

Blackriding The metro has automatic doors. Black riding is possible quite common.Controllers lately don't wear the the dark blue uniform nor name tagWe wait that somebody opens it with their ticket and we follow them.In Usually the controls are at the metro sometimes the intersections (Syntagma, Omonia, Attiki, Monastiraki), where they hide behind the turns of the connecting corridors. If they catch you without a ticket, show them your passport, but don't pay the fine. Till now, nobody saw their fines redirected to their countries.Good news is they In nearly all stations, that are as rare as elephants not underground you can also easily jump/climp the fence. In some underground stop points you can also jump easily small walls (for example 0,5m in Omonia) aside of the regular check points). Watch out for securities.  == Ferry from/to Athens.== It's very possible is quite common to run into them between buy a ticket on the last and the first 2port (of Piraeus -3 days south of Athens) for a ferry to the monthfirst stop, but getting off later.Look for used tickets in entry/exit points or validating machinesThey never check you when you leave the ferry.Tickets of 1.40e or 0.70e student tickets Seldomly they check the people that are valid waiting downstairs for 90min. after first validationleaving the ferry.