ROAD AND RAIL ROUTES FROM ATHENS TO KANTIA
The new Athens International Airport airport bears the name of one of the most famous statesmen in Greece: Eleftherios Venizelos .
To leave the airport by road follow signs to
ATHENS / ATHINA.
Stay on the ring road around Athens, which is a toll road, and follow the signs in the direction of
KORINTOS Just before you reach KORINTHOS the motorway forks. Take the left fork in the direction of
NAUPLION en
TRIPOLI .
After about 20 km. there is a second toll stop.
At the first following exit : direction
Ancient Nemea you leave the motorway and at the top of the exit road turn left. Down the hill you come to a railway-crossing.
turn
right .
follow this road, which has many bends, for approximately 5 km.
As soon as this road reaches an open and flat landscape you very soon come to a turn-off to the left with a sign
Mikines and Nauplion .
Follow this long straight road for about 20 km and where the road ends, turn right (this road is still under construction so the situation may change soon). Keep following the signs for Nauplion. At the first following crossroads turn left at the end of this road, at the ruïns of Tyryns the road bends to the rightand you come to a cross-roads.Here you turn left. After about 5 km. you arrive in Nauplion .
At the end of this road there is a very busy crossroads, with five options.
left direction
Epidaurus You leave
Nauplion and pass the village of
Aria .
There is a fork: stay to the
left still in the direction of
Epidaurus. After approx. 5 km there is a turning with a sign to:
Agios Antonios / Kantia / Iria .
Turn right. After 10 km. you arrive in
Kantia, you pass the ruin and little square.
Keep going straight until on your
left you see a church
Cross over the through road (fast traffic) and after 1 km you enter
Kantia Beach
As soon as you enter the village, there is a junction with a phone booth. Turn right and you arrive at the beach where on your right you see Hotel ZOOM .
TRAIN FROM THE AIRPORT
If you are making your own way to Kantia the easiest way is by train. There is a direct rail link from Athens International Airport to KORINTHOS. The fare is 7 Euro. Very soon this rail link will be lengthened to NAFPLION.
Until this link is completed you have 3 options.
Either arrange a taxi pick-up and ride direct to Kantia (Cost about 55 Euro) or you arrange a retal car to await you at the RR station. Prices average from € 30-40 per day. Or you take a taxi to the bus station, then a bus to Nafplion and finally another taxi to Kantia (cost about 25 Euro)
Instructions
Exit the Arrivals Hall and cross the road.
On the other side, approximately in the middle of the terminal you will see an escalator with a glass tunnel /roof which takes you to the trains/metro station. Buy your ticket in the hall at the ticket-booth of the 'PROASTIAKOS" (Suburban Railway)
The trains run every hour, usually on the hour.
The last train leaves at 19.89 and the journey takes approximately one hour and a quarter.