Travel Hints
Index: By air -- By car -- By bus -- Car pools
By air
Kalamata airport (KLX) is connected to Athens, Thessaloniki, Munich, Stockholm, Moscow, Amsterdam, Prague, London, Milan, Kiev, Vienna, Manchester, etc via regular or charter flights. The airport is 15mins (13Km) drive from the conference venue and about the same distance from the city centre.
Current (December 2014) flight prices for comparison are:
MUC - KLX - MUC | 19-26/7 | Aegean Airlines | $165 |
VIE - KLX - VIE | 19-26/7 | Austrian Airlines | $420 |
LON - KLX - LON | 19-26/7 | EasyJet | $330 |
MOW - KLX - MOW | 19-26/7 | Aegean Airlines | $450 |
AMS - KLX - AMS | 19-26/7 | Lufthansa | $390 |
STO - KLX - STO | 19-26/7 | Lufthansa | $400 |
By car
Kalamata is connected by highway to Athens and Thessaloniki via the "Eastern Peloponnese Highway", "Olympia Road" and "Aegean Highway". The distance to Athens is 239Km and it takes about 2h and 10mins by car.
By bus
There is a regular bus service from Athens to Kalamata. The ticket costs 22,20e and itinerary information can be found here From Athens International Airport (ATH) to the Athens central bus station, there is also a regular bus service. The bus number is X93.
Car pools
We have organized the following car pools from/to Athens