Athens
Run-Stay-Enjoy Athens is the perfect city break to discover the city of Athens, enjoy the vibe, life, history, and food of Athens and experience participating in one of the numerous running & endurance events happening in Athens. Either you are an avid runner or you have never run before, we do have an event for you! Save on your travel exploiting our unbeatable offers!
Welcome
Welcome to Run-Stay-Enjoy Athens! Discover the best of Athens at the best prices! We offer you three days getaway and a program full of activities to see, feel and experience the best of Athens! All activities are optional, so you can save on your travel even if you do not join us running!
What
Three days-two nights stay in a central hotel in Athens, running tour in the center of Athens and participation to one of the numerous running events happening in Athens.
Where
You will stay in a hotel of your choice at the center of Athens. The running tour is in the center of Athens. The running event might take place in the suburbs of Athens. If so, you will get detailed information on how to get there easily.
When
September 2019 to June 2020
Why
How
Browse our Travel Offers and get unbeatable prices. We offer you a price match guarantee forn all our hotels in Athens! All other fees for registrations, tours and more are included in this price.
If you prefer to book on your own, use our Stay! service and browse instantly between all hotels, AiBnBs, and rooms available from all popular platforms! Search, compare, select and book in a few clicks! In this case only, you need to buy separately activities, runs or tours.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Happy travels & runs!
Program
Friday
Arrival in the hotel of your choice
The RunninGreece kit with an exclusive running technical t-shirt will await you in your hotel! (applies only to Travel Offers and not booking through the Stay! service)
Saturday
Read our e-book on Athens, and decide what you want to see & do in Athens
Join us for a morning run in the National Gardens of Athens or for a running tour in the center of Athens! (details on your e-book)
Sunday
Join us in a 5K or 10K or Halfmarathon run in Athens. This is the best way to energise yourself and at the same time discover one of the suburbs of Athens (different each weekend)
Recover and enjoy a relaxing Sunday lunch at one of our suggested destinations
Deadline registration
Since we do have limited places both in hotels and in our running events or tours you need to book at least one month before. Places are selling really fast so we suggest that you book today!
Health Coverage
You participate in all activities at your own risk. Traveling Experiences, RunninGreece or the organizers of the event have no responsibility for whatever happens to the runners related to health issues or is due to lack of preventive medical check.
It is highly recommended that you want to join an activity you undergo a thorough medical examination before entering the event
The organizers will not ask for medical certificates from any athlete (male and female), since they all participate at their own exclusive risk and responsibility (children are at the liability of their parents or guardians).
A commemorative medal and diploma of participation will be awarded to all guests who finish a running or other endurance event.
Explore all the accommodation options!In Travel Offers we have handpicked our favorite locations, destinations, and activities to make this trip an unforgettable experience for you. However, we understand that you might want to make your own search and selection. This is why we have gathered in one place all available accommodation options from all different providers. From 5 star hotels to Airbnb small apartments you can find everything here!!!:
Please be reminded that in all our Travel Offers event registration is either included or complimentary. However, if you book through this service you still need to register for the event selecting our Simple Running Offer option.Of course, you can still use our services even if you do not participate in an event or register through another service.Either you select one of the above options or one of the Travel Offers we have prepared for you our team is here to support you. Please be reminded that we can also help you with activities, tours and more.Whatever your choice of traveling or accommodation we are here to support you.
Travel Offer 1: from € 49 » BOOK NOWSOLD OUTThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and save on their travel.We offer myATHENS Hotel at the exclusive rate €49.00 per person (for two persons in double room) per night: €98 in total per person for a 2 nights accommodation- Accommodation in a double room for 2 nigths- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 2: from € 95 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and save on their travel.We offer Athens Way Hotel at the exclusive rate € 95.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in standard double room for 2 nights (Fri,Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 3: from € 105 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and indulge themselves in the comfort and luxury of a four star hotelWe offer Athens Atrium Hotel at the exclusive rate € 105.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in standard double room- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 4: from € 120 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and indulge themselves in the comfort and luxury of a four-star hotelWe offer Airotel Alexandros Hotel at the exclusive rate € 120.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in a standard double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 5: from € 125 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and indulge themselves in the comfort and luxury of a four-star hotelWe offer Athens Tiare Hotel at the exclusive rate € 125.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in a standard double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 6: from € 135 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and indulge themselves in the comfort and luxury of a four-star hotelWe offer Golden Age Hotel Athens at the exclusive rate € 135.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in a standard double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 7: from € 170 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and indulge themselves in the comfort and luxury of one of the best hotels in AthensWe offer Divani Caravel Hotel Athens at the exclusive rate € 170.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in a standard double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 8: from € 200 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and enjoy the Athenian seasideWe offer Poseidon Athens Hotel at the exclusive rate € 200.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in standard double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 9: from € 210 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and enjoy the luxury and comfort of one of the best hotels in the center of AthensWe offer Electra Hotel Athens at the exclusive rate € 210.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in a standard double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 10: from € 275 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and enjoy the luxury and comfort of one of the best 5-stars hotels in the center of AthensWe offer Electra Metropolis Athens at the exclusive rate € 275.00 per person (for two persons in a double classic room)- Accommodation in a Classic room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 11: from € 295 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and enjoy the luxury and comfort of one of the best 5-star hotels in the center of AthensWe offer New Hotel Athens at the exclusive rate € 295.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in a superior double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Travel Offer 12: from € 299 » BOOK NOWThis offer is ideal for those who want to discover Athens and enjoy the luxury and comfort of one of the best 5-star hotels in the center of AthensWe offer Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso at the exclusive rate € 299.00 per person (for two persons in double room)- Accommodation in a superior double room for 2 nights (Fri-Sat)- RunninGreece exclusive t-shirts- Saturday morning run/running tour - Registration to Sunday runThere are limited places on this rate so book now!
Special Running Offer » Get a Custom Quote
Please tell us all your requirements and preferences, how many days you want to spend in Athens and Greece, what other places you wish to visit, activities that you would like to book, and we will come back with a tailor-made offer specifically for you! We can add training, running tours, car/bike rental, excursions, family activities and many more. We will also offer you the best possible hotel arrangement, transportation to and from your hotel, participation to any event and all the logistics of the event registration, tips and advice for the specific race, training schedule depending on your personal targets, and suggested vacation plan for all the days that you will be in Athens.We have also developed exclusive services for you for activities, accommodation, transportation, tours and more.
Group Running Offer » Get a Custom QuoteIf you are a group, a running club, a team or a company, please tell us all your requirements, activities that you wish to join, the objective of your trip, what you like and what you do not like and we will come back with a tailor-made offer specifically for you and your company! We do have strong experience working with running clubs, athletics teams, running camps, corporate meeting, wellness, and sports camps and more.Let us do this great running event an opportunity for something meaningful and big for your company or team!
Athens is considered the intellectual and artistic center of Greece, a jewel of the ancient world. It is the city where mankind's most precious and most significant moral values were founded. Philosophy, science, literature, art and drama are just some of the concepts born in ancient Athens. Democracy, freedom, justice and forward thinking are ideas conceived in this great city, which are the core principles of western civilization and our society today. So much of Ancient Greek History took place in the city of Athens. Athens, the city of intellect, is part of the Attica basin situated at the south-eastern tip of the Greek mainland. The city of Athens is the capital of Greece and it is the country’s heart and its economic and industrial, as well as political and cultural center.The City had the honor of hosting the 2004 Olympic Games which led to major changes in the area: a new international airport, new metro lines and a new ring road around the city were constructed, while new landscaping added millions of indigenous trees and shrubs to the region. The Athens 2004 Olympic Games added a significant chapter to the history of the city, leaving behind an important legacy as far as infrastructure and technology are concerned, and putting Athens among the most hospitable metropolis of the world.
What to See
The first place you should visit when in Athens is, of course, the Acropolis. Standing up there, on the sacred rock as the Greeks call it, you can practically feel the magnificence of ancient Greece. Don't think you'll be alone there though.
Other archaeological sites are the agora, the market, with the temple to Hephaistos still in a quite good shape, as well as the temple to Zeus and the arch of Hadrian.
Museums of interest are, amongst others, the Acropolis museum, the National Archeological Museum, the Folklore museum, the Ceramics museum (Keramikos), the Byzantine museum, the Music Museum, the War Museum, the Benaki museum etc. All in all, there are about 50 museums in Athens. A popular place for shopping or food and drink is Plaka, just below the Acropolis. It is considered quite a touristy area, but the fact is that you here can get an idea of old Athens, with low buildings and little streets.
In Monastiraki, there is a bazaar which is quite incredible, in Hephaestus street and around the small square of
At the Syntagma Square, you can visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Here you can see the guards in their impressing uniforms, the Evzones, and if you are lucky you will see the slow and complicated change of guards. You can also feed pigeons here. Interestingly, there used to be a tomb to the unknown hero in ancient Athens
The opera, Megaron Mousikis, holds many wonderful performances, but even lovelier is the Herodes Atticus theatre just below the Acropolis.
What to do
Athens Greece has such a wide variety of things to do that it almost is no idea to write it all down. For example, you have all the sights and the museums, concert halls and theatres. Then, there are many cinemas, a great nightlife, bazaars, fashion shops and super modern shopping malls. Go up to the Lycavitos hill and get a wonderful view. You can go to Athens Riviera from Paleon Faliron up to Kalamaki, Alimos, Glyfada, Vouliagmeni, and Varkiza for some sun and sea. You can visit as well the National gardens that are located next to the Parliament at Syntagma square.
Beaches
There are several beaches at Athens Riviera The most popular ones are in Glyfada, Vouliagmeni, Varkiza, Nea Makri, Crysi Akti (Golden Coast ), Lagonisi, Kavouri, and Alimos. Most of the beaches in Athens are organize and you have to pay a small entrance fee to these beaches - this is to keep them clean since it has millions of visitors every summer.
Nightlife
Jazz bars, discos, bouzouki clubs, heavy metal bars - it's all here. There are places all over Athens, but the most frequented areas are Syntagma, Kolonaki and Glyfada. Almost in every square in all Athenian suburbs, there are Cafeterias and bars that during the night are becoming music bars with professional DJ's..
Food and restaurants
Just like the bars, the restaurants and taverns are everywhere in Athens. The Plaka area is probably the most picturesque, but also the most visited by tourists. Keep a lookout for the places with lots of Greeks in them - that applies all over Greece. In Syntagma and Kolonaki there are also many places, and in Glyfada and Vouliagmeni you are close to the sea, and the atmosphere is usually a little bit more sophisticated. The area Psiri not far from Acropolis is very expensive with lots of lovely places with live music day and night. In Athens you will find a plethora of fast food like Mc Donald's , the Greek chain of Goody's ,Pizza hut ,Starbucks , and many other famous chains but the most typical fast food in Greece is the souvlaki .
But as we said, there is a place in every corner and you can get absolutely anything you want.
Shopping
Being Greece's capital you can find everything if you for shopping in Athens. The big shopping street is Ermou, just off Syntagma square, Glyfada and Kolonaki are the exclusive quarters with many boutiques and shops. In Plaka, you'll find lots of souvenirs from all over Greece, and the biggest department store is Vassilopoulos. In Monastiraki, there is a great flea market every day and many antiquity shops. These are just a few examples though, there are shops just about everywhere. On Athinas street you will find many interesting shops that sell herbs and many shops that sell dry fruits and nuts also on the same street located the main fish and meat market in Athens both are worth visiting
Getting Around
In Athens, while the overcrowded buses usually just pass the bus stops, leaving you there with a long face, the new Athens Metro is an excellent way to get around (it is also very beautiful, worth a visit just to see it). There are also electric trams and trolleys that are quite efficient to take you all the way to the Athens coasts.
Getting There
In March 2001 the new airport Eleftherios Venizelos at Spata was opened. It is hypermodern and with the new road connections through the Attiki Odos and Metro, suburban rail. Without traffic jams, it takes about 45 minutes to get there from the center of Athens by the express buses (X 95 Airport Syntagma square ) (X 96 Airport Piraeus), but unfortunately sometimes especially on weekdays pick hours, traffic jams are more rules than exceptions. But with the new extensions, you can use the Suburban train (Proastiakos) until Neratziotisa station and continue with the Athens Metro that goes to Syntagma (blue line) or to Omonoia from Doukissis Plakentias station (green line).
If you are coming from the islands the ferry boats will stop at Piraeus, Port Rafina (Cyclades Andros) or Agios Konstantinos from the Sporades islands. The train runs through the whole of Greece - starting in Thrace, through Thessaloniki, Larisa to Athens, and is also connected with the Peloponnese (Kiato). You can browse through hundreds of tours and activities here:
Do not miss the suburbs of Athens! From Glyfada to Piraeus and from Faliro to Chalandri and Kifissia, Athens has many attractions all over. This is why we have selected the best car rental offer available for you! Book here:
Deal of the day!
New deals daily! We offer every day a super deal to give you the opportunity to run-stay-enjoy Greece! Deal of the day is selling really fast so keep visiting to catch it!
Today we offer a 3 nights stay for 2 persons in Athens in a four-star hotel for this September at €200 !!! Book here!
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Athens is the starting point for the exploration of the Greek islands. Get a ferry and discover the Greek islands!
To help you visit as many as possible we offer you the opportunity to book a ferry instantly for any destination at the best possible prices! Book here!
Free registrations
We offer free registrations for many events all over Greece! Browse our calendar, select the event of your choice and discover how you can get a free registration
