Gérakas
Gerakas is a town, a suburb of Athens and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece.
Gerakas is a town, a suburb of Athens and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pallini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
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Getting to Gérakas
- Airports
- Athens Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), 14 km · Santorini (JTR), 232 km · Chania (CHQ), 280 km
- Santorini Island → Gérakas229 km · quickest by ferry, 10h 56m · €86–218
- Souda → Gérakas283 km · quickest by air, 4h 10m · €100–150
- Thessaloniki → Gérakas302 km · quickest by air, 4h 27m · €110–160
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gérakas
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gérakas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inGenerally, pedestrian ferry users will be closer than cruise passengers to the Metro station providing access to central Athens; walking distances can vary considerably.
- Go nextPiraeus - the harbour of Athens, and Rafina (on the east coast of Attica) are the departure points for a large number of ferry services to the Greek Islands and other destinations in the eastern Mediterranean, including ports in Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Israel and Cyprus.
- Go nextThe closest islands, suitable for a day trip from Piraeus, are in the Argosaronic (or Saronic) gulf: Hydra Aegina Poros Spetses Kea (also pronounced Tzia) is a very nearby destination, too, less than two hours from the port of Lavrio.
- Go nextFrom here you can continue to Kymi and take the ferry to Skyros island or choose to explore the islands hidden gems.
- Go nextDay trips to the Corinth Canal, the ancient theatre at Epidaurus and to the ancient sites of Olympia, Delphi and Mycenae are easy with a rental car.
From Wikivoyage: Athens, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Gérakas
Gérakas is 12 km from Athens, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.