Piraeus: facts

At a glance

• Country: Greece
• Region: Attica
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 163,688
• Coordinates: 37.9420° N, 23.6462° E
• Time zone: Europe/Athens (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Athens: 8.5 km (5.3 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH): 26 km (16 mi), straight line
• Syros Airport (JSY): 129 km (80 mi), straight line
• Skiros Airport (SKU): 136 km (84 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Nikaia: 2.8 km (1.7 mi)
• Moskhaton: 2.9 km (1.8 mi)
• Agios Ioannis Rentis: 3.0 km (1.9 mi)
• Keratsini: 3.3 km (2.0 mi)
• Korydallos: 4.7 km (2.9 mi)

Things to see

• Municipal Gallery of Piraeus (museum)
• Serangheion Bath (archaeological site)
• Άγαλμα Αντιπλοιάρχου Παναγιώτη Βλαχάκου (artwork)
• Άγαλμα Ηρώς Π. Κωνσταντοπούλου (artwork)
• Μνημείο Εθνικής Αντίστασης 1941-1944 (artwork)
• Πυρρίχιο Πέταγμα (artwork)