Day Trips from Athens

Oracle ruins, marble coastal temples, whitewashed islands an hour by ferry — Athens is a brilliant base for day trips. Here's how to pick one.

The ancient world's most famous oracle, set into a mountainside above an olive-tree valley — and a genuinely long but worthwhile day out.

A marble temple on a cliff above the Aegean — the easiest, most rewarding half-day trip from Athens.

Hydra, Aegina and Poros are all close enough for a single-day ferry trip — here's how to pick between them.

Ancient temple ruins, pistachio groves and a genuine local weekend island — all under an hour from central Athens.

No cars, no motorbikes, just donkeys, water taxis and steep stone lanes — the most atmospheric of the Saronic islands, and worth the longer crossing.

Pine forests, a narrow strait you can practically swim across, and the best beaches of the three Saronic day-trip islands.

A string of beach clubs and free public beaches along the coast south of the city — reachable by tram, no ferry required.