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## Getting around

Athens isn’t particularly friendly towards pedestrians, and signage designed to help pedestrians are regularly ignored by motorists. Stay alert. Athens is well served by buses, trolleybuses, and a new underground metro system (www.oasa.gr). Metro tickets can be bought at machines or ticket offices situated at all stations. The regular fare is ct60 for Line 1 and ct70 for lines 2 and 3 (ct70 for a combination). Tickets are valid for 90 minutes from validation and for interchanges on all three lines. However, they are not valid for return along the route already covered. Fares for both buses and trolleybuses cost ct45. Drivers do not issue tickets, which must be bought prior to boarding from OASA ticket booths and kiosks. For information on public transport, visit www.government.gr/citizen and www.ametro.gr, or phone the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA) on 185. For information on boat routes and timetables, visit www.greekferries.gr, a useful and fairly comprehensive database detailing many of Greece’s main ferry services

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