I have been in maritime sector for many years and Piraeus is one of the most important city where leading shipping community is located. Only the ritual Poseidon Event and the huge participation to such is sufficient to understand the importance of this location. Whenever...More

We wasted one of our days in Greece here. We drove in late the night before and returned our rental car. But could not get a ferry until dinner time the next day. Lots of seafood restaurants. All overpriced it seemed. Nothing to do but...More

We got here with time to spare as our overnight boat to Kos left at c.10pm. As it is Greek Orthodox Good Friday, everywhere is closed with no signage for any amenity. No reference to luggage storage anywhere, the port is vast, busy and unhelpful....More

We are taking a fast ferry from Piraeus to Santorini tomorrow and stayed at the Triton Hotel to make it easy to walk to the 7:00am Seajets Ferry out of E9. A pleasant spot for an early evening walk and dinner at any of a...More

You can enjoy seeing all the large transantlantic ships and cargo ships anchored in the marina, beautiful colors and nice thing to do before you go for dinner.

Filthy, noisy, chaotic, unhelpful Avoid at all cost. Only get there in time for ferry as there are no passenger facilities--- unless you are happy hanging with the numerous down and outs and hawkers. Invest in taxi/shuttle to drop you off exactly where you need...More

Piraeus serves the shipping needs of Athens. It has three separate harbors to handle all of the shipping needs. We picked up our Viking Cruise at the main port.