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Melíssia

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Melíssia

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Penteli Monastery

    Monastery on Mt. Penteli, Attiki, Greece

    2.9 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Goulandris Natural History Museum

    Museum in Kifisia, Attica, Greece

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Drossinis Museum

    Museum in Kifisia, Attica, Greece

    3 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    The Mall Athens

    Shopping center in Athens, Greece

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Spathario Museum

    Shadow puppets museum in Marousi, Greece

    1.9 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Maroussi Indoor Hall

    Building in Marousi, Athens, Greece

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing

    Research institute based in Penteli, Attica, Greece

    2.7 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Melíssia

Airports
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), 16 km · Santorini (JTR), 234 km · Chania (CHQ), 281 km
Stations
Kifissia metro station, 3.4 km · Nerantziotissa metro station, 3.6 km · Marousi metro station, 2.6 km · KAT metro station, 3.1 km · Doukissis Plakentias metro station, 2.9 km
  • Santorini Island → Melíssia
    11160 km · quickest by air, 21h 52m · $1,620–2,500
  • Souda → Melíssia
    286 km · quickest by air, 4h 20m · €100–160
  • Thessaloniki → Melíssia
    298 km · quickest by air, 4h 37m · €110–170
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Melíssia

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 Melíssia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    MykonosGR

    12 ways of moving, 23 sources

    148 km
  2. 02
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    181 km
  3. 03
    Mount AthosGR

    9 ways of moving, 21 sources

    238 km
  4. 04
    GökçeadaTR

    11 ways of moving, 39 sources

    292 km
  5. 05
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    312 km

If you know how people move in Melíssia – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Melíssia

Melíssia is 12 km from Athens, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Marousinorthern suburb of Athens, Greece2.9 km
  • Vrilissiasuburb of Athens, Greece1.3 km
  • Kifisiasuburb of Athens, Greece4 km
  • Pentelinortheastern suburb of Athens, Greece2.5 km
  • Pefkicity in Attica, Greece3.7 km
  • Gerakassuburb of Athens, Greece3.7 km