Direct Flights to Athens
9 cities fly nonstop to Athens ATH, Greece. Pick your city to see airlines, schedule, and what to do when you land.
Cities with a nonstop to Athens
About Athens
Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.6 million inhabitants (2025) based on ELSTAT Census but with undocumented population it reaches 5.2 million. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization. Don't come expecting a philosopher's theme park; contemporary Athens is the graffiti-coated, fast-beating urban heart of the country, where modern Greek culture, business and social life flourish amidst ancient monuments.
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Top things to do in Athens
- Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland.
- The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
- The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the mos…
- The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum.
- Athens, was a prominent city-state (polis) of ancient Greece during the classical period, in the peninsula of Attica.
- The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.
- The Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.
- Daphni or Dafni is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue.
- The Lyceum was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.
- The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis.
- The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity.
- The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal temple in the centre of Athens, now in ruins.
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Planning a trip to Athens
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Athens is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–77°F.
- How long to stay
- Athens rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Athens, Parthenon, and Acropolis of Athens and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Which cities have nonstop flights to Athens?
- 9 cities fly nonstop to Athens, including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Los Angeles. The full list is on this page.
- Which airlines fly nonstop to Athens?
- American, Delta, Emirates, Norse Atlantic, United fly nonstop to Athens (ATH).
- Where do most nonstop flights to Athens come from?
- New York has the most, at about 4 departures a day to Athens.
- What is the shortest nonstop flight to Athens?
- Boston, about 4,744 miles away.