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Ruined houses of Aradena (Walk 39)

Essentials to take into account are the early morning public transport timetables (if you have arrived off a night flight) and the journey times to Piraeus either by Metro subway train (one hour on the Express service) or the Piraeus-direct Airport Bus (1hr 30mins). Unless you have bought your ferry tickets online allow another 30mins to buy tickets from a Piraeus ticket agency, and to get to the correct quay. Alternatively, taxis (although they too, have to cope with heavy traffic) take up to four passengers and charge extra for luggage and night work. Ask the expected fare and make sure the meter is switched on.

At Piraeus, the Airport Bus stop is on the main road, just outside the gates of the Inner Harbour, east side. Ticket Agents’ offices are found nearby, beside the Piraeus bus station, just across a small park (or at the train station). ANEK and MINOAN ferries for Crete dock at the west end, Quay 2, of the Inner Harbour but BLUE STAR docks at the New Quays of the Outer Basin – there is a free dockside shuttle bus for this. Inside the harbour gates the dockside is well organised with toilet/shower blocks, refreshment outlets, waiting rooms and pedestrian walkways for safety as the quays are always busy loading vehicles and produce.