Safety

Like in most places worldwide, it is always better to avoid taking a random taxi from the streets. Therefore, I highly recommend you to book your pickup in advance using this link with very competitive fare rates by Welcome Pickups from/to the airport, the ports and the bus/train stations of Athens 

In general, Athens is a big city with more than 4 millions of people living here.

The city is a regional center of Southeast Europe and East Mediterranean area, and its port, Piraeus, is the biggest in the Mediterranean Sea.

In addition, it is the most popular immigration and refugee hub from poor countries of Balkans, Asia and Africa, who wish to move to the European Union.

Furthermore, Greece has not yet fully recovered from the 2008 global Financial Crisis.

As a result of all of the above, as Athens is a very popular tourism destination, there is a serious problem of PICK-POCKETING, targeting especially tourists.

Keep in mind that those thugs are very talented, targeting wallets, cameras, cellphones and other valuables, however if  you keep them safe (not in backpacks, back-pockets etc).

Hint:

Greeks are very willing to assist foreigners. Nevertheless, only if you ask, as we are easy-going and don’t like to be pushed, so we don’t push people.

Therefore, a person that is pushy and importunate to help you, he or she is rather suspicious.  

Extra Tip: 

In case you need to store your luggage, I recommend Radical Storage that you can book directly using this link.