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With === South to [[Sounio]] ===Take the same buses of option 2, you get off at Platia Elefsinas and bus [httpshttp://mapswww.googleoasa.comgr/mapsxpmap.php?saddrid=ΠΛ.ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΣ[email protected],23.542327pe22&daddrlang=38.042en E22] from Elliniko to Saronida, go down at the last stop,23.495 walk 5.5km] along the coast to get out of Saronida, and from there you can hitch-hike to Eleusina Toll StationSounio.
Take The public transport is almost not controlled, except the bus [http://www.oasa.gr/xpmap.php?id=pe22&lang=en E22] from Elliniko to Saronidametro intersections (Syntagma, Omonia, Attiki, go down at the last stopMonastiraki), walk along where they hide behind the coast to get out turns of Saronida, and from there you can hitch-hike to Souniothe connecting corridors.
{{IsIn|Greece}}If they catch you without a ticket, give them your passport, but don't pay the fine. Till now, nobody saw their fines redirected to their countries.
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{{About|capital city of Greece}}{{Infobox Italian Location
|country = Greece
|name_native = Αθήνα, Athína
|state = Attiki
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'''Athens''' is the capital of [[Greece]].
==Public TransportHitching out ==Tickets cost EUR 1.20 (full price) or EUR 0.60 (students) and are valid for 70min after first validation. As an act of solidarity, partially used tickets are left on the validating machines, escalators, etc. If you find one, take it. The time of first validation are the last 4 digits printed. The public transport is almost not controlled, except the metro intersections (Syntagma, Omonia, Attiki, Monastiraki), where they hide behind the turns of the connecting corridors. If the catch you without a ticket, give them your passport, but don't pay the fine. Till now, nobody saw their fines redirected to their countries. The below hitch-hiking spots have no control to get there, unless specified differently. ===North to [[Halkida]], [[Lamia]], [[Thessaloniki]] (E75){{E|75}} ===(this article has been completely re-written in 2014 by a Greek, and is guaranteed to be the best route)
Take the metro line 1, till the last station "Kifissia". From there, [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=38.073600,23.808195&daddr=38.072389,23.811949&t=h&dirflg=w cross the park]. You'll find a busy bus stop, direction north, take the bus [http://www.oasa.gr/xpmap.php?id=p509&lang=en 509]
For a place to sleep before [[Thessaloniki]], there is a [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?zoom=15&lat=40.33&lon=22.58 24 hour rest area/gas station] in Korinos and it's called [https://olympusplaza.gr Olympus plaza]. It includes a restaurant with free wifi and showers. 2 editors of the hitch-wiki can confirm that nobody will disturb you if you to sleep on the couches and workers of the restaurant might give food away.
===West to the [[Peloponnesos]], [[Patra]] or [[Tripoli]] (E94){{E|94}} === ====Option 1 : Megara SEA====
From metro Neratziotissa, take the suburban train to Kiato, and get down in Megara. The ticket costs EUR 3.
The controller always gets on the train in Nea Peramos, in the 1st or 5th (last) wagon. You can either
From the train platform of Megara, you can see the restaurant / petrol station. Cross the field, and find this [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=37.992,23.362&daddr=37.995,23.364&t=k underground pass] There 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.
====Option 2 : National Road 8====
* from Ag.Marina Metro Station (end of blue line) buses [http://www.oasa.gr/xpmap.php?id=pa16&lang=en A16] and [http://www.oasa.gr/xpmap.php?id=p876&lang=en 876].
* from Pireas Metro Station (end of green line), buses [http://www.oasa.gr/xpmap.php?id=p845&lang=en 845] and [http://www.oasa.gr/xpmap.php?id=p871&lang=en 871].
Get off at 1st Aerodromiou Stop or Levkes Stop. There you will see the connection with National Road 8 (N8).
====Option 3 : Harrys Truck-Stop====
In the suburb of Aspropyrgos, in west Athens, there is a truck-stop well known and used by truck-drivers. There are many trucks from western and northern Europe which means that hitchers will have very good chances of getting a lift to the port-city of Patras and possibly even beyond into Europe.
http://www.eurotruckstops.com/city/harrys-truckstop-athens/
====Option 4 : Eleusina Toll Station====With the same buses of option 2, you get off at Platia Elefsinas and [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=ΠΛ.ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΣ[email protected],23.542327&daddr=38.042,23.495 walk 5.5km] to Eleusina Toll Station.
==South to SounioPublic Transport ==Tickets cost EUR 1.20 (full price) or EUR 0.60 (students) and are valid for 70min after first validation. As an act of solidarity, partially used tickets are left on the validating machines, escalators, etc. If you find one, take it. The time of first validation are the last 4 digits printed.
[[Category:Route Athens - Thessaloniki]]
