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The most practical and fastest way of travelling to Lille Airport is getting on a taxi. If you want to reduce your transportation cost, you can also provide your transportation with an airport shuttle service. If you rent a car to use in the city, you can leave it at the airport before leaving the city.

Car Rental

Many domestic and international car rental companies offer service in the city center. You can reach the airport by driving southward on the highway N356 or A1. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the airport from the city center by car under normal traffic conditions.

Taxi

Taxis start operating at 3.50 Euro and they demand 1.75 Euro per kilometer. These fares increase at late hours. You can travel to Lille Airport from the city center by paying approximately 25 Euro. Night tariff is applied from 10:00 pm to 06:00 am and the cost of travelling to the airport is about 30 Euro.

Shuttle

Shuttles are the most commonly preferred transportation vehicles for the transportation to Lille Airport. These shuttles, which pick up passengers from many important points like the central railway station in the city center, Euralille Shopping Mall and Lille Flanders Metro/Tramway Station, reach the airport in about 20 minutes. Ticket price is 8 Euro and you can buy your ticket from the driver. Airport shuttles depart every hour from 05:00 am to 08:00 pm expect Sunday. On Sundays and national holidays, they start operating at 09:00 am and offer service until 10:00 pm.

Airport Information

Lille Airport is located 7 kilometers of the city center. The airport is also known as Lille-Lesquin Airport or Lesquin Airport. From the airport, there are not always regular flights. However, there are seasonal flights to many cities in busy seasons. You can visit Relay store at the airport in order to buy fruits, magazines, souvenirs or chargers. In addition, there is a duty-free shop at the airport. There is a café and a restaurant offering service for the passengers of the airport. There is also wireless internet network which you can use for free during the first 15 minutes.

The capital of Greece, Athens, is one of the cities that informs much of today with its history and culture, and for this reason attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. Over 15 million visitors pass through the only airport of Athens, Elefterios Venizelos International Airport. It’s possible to reach Athens centre, located 20 km away from the airport by metro, train, taxi, rental car, and bus. 

Bus

Elefterios Venizelos International Airport is one of the airports with the most convenient methods of reaching the city centre. You can reach the central locations of Sintagma Square, Athena Academy, and Agios Fanourious by taking the X95 from the bus stops located in front of the airport administration building. The journey to the city centre should take around an hour. Once you are at the 16th stop, Evangelismos Hospital, you can take either walk, or take the 732 bus for three stops, to reach Sintagma Square.

You can also reach various areas in Athens from the airport by taking buses 54, 608, 622, 732, and 815.

Train – Metro

There’s been a recent switch in Athens from Greek to Latin alphabet for station names, however the Latin alphabet is not yet used everywhere. This is why it’s probably a good idea to keep an idea of how many stops you need to go when using public transport. You should pay attention to this detail is you take the train from Venizelos Airport to the centre.

The M3 line goes all the way to Sintagma from the airport. Sintagma is the 15th stop. Once you’ve reached Sintagma Square, the home of the Greek Parliament, then you can reach Omonia, another important centre, in just 3 stops by taking the metro. There is also a train line going directly to Port Pire from the airport.

Taxi

It’s possible to reach everywhere in the city by taking a taxi from the airport, however the fixed fare is only applied to Sintagma, Monastiraki, and Omonia. The good conversation of Athenian taxi drivers can be an additional bonus.

Car Rental

You can explore the various areas of Athens and Greece by renting a car at Venizelos Airport. The airport does offer its own car rental service alongside the many car rental agencies. Once you’ve rented your car you should travel 9km along the A64 and then join up with the Attiki highway. This will take you directly to centre of Athens.