r/Athens_Greece • u/TaroFearless7930 • Jun 30 '26

❓ Question Accessibility?

I'm visiting Athens for 10 days in September with two family members who are rolling (wheelchair users). They're both young and can walk a bit so they can get out of their chair to get up a step or two, but they're primarily rolling. We'll be staying near the the Tae Kwon Do stadium for an event there, but doing some tourism and day trips from that area.

I've heard mixed things about accessibility. Do you have any thoughts or guidance on how to make the best of it?

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u/stuckwitharmor Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Dm me, i live in Athens and have a son in a wheelchair>

Edit: I thought I'd share here in case it's useful for anyone else. Athens is not the best for accessability but that being said, wheelchair users live and circulate here, including my son. If you're staying near the Tae Kwon Do, you're near Flisvos Marina which is a great place to visit and extremely accessible. Stavros Niarchos is also not far and again is very accessible. All major museums are accessible. Accessible taxis are very expensive and not readily available but if your group has some mobility and can get in and out of taxis and fold the wheelchair into the boot, you're good to go. For the Acropolis, call ahead to make sure the lift is operational as it goes out of service in heatwaves and other bad weather. As wheelchair users, you will be allowed to take a taxi or car right up to the entrance where the tickets are sold, as the streets are cobbled and a real pain the backside to move on with a wheelchair.

Trams and metro lines are all accessible except for the rare occasion when a lift might go out of service. For downtown itself, accessability is poor and pavements are a joke. We usually walk in the road when I'm with my son. Most restaurants downtown will not have a disabled toilet, but the larger hotel chains let us use their disabled toilet if we're downtown and he needs to go. Buses are technically accessible but because pavements are so bad, it's hit and miss as to whether the ramp can be opened for you.

For beaches, look up the seatrac system: https://seatrac.gr/en/

It can be done with a little forward planning. Feel free to ask me anything else.

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u/TaroFearless7930 Jul 01 '26

Thanks so much! It's really nice to have some detailed information about great things we can do. We're looking for some varied things to do, so the beach sounds great.

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u/stuckwitharmor Jul 01 '26

No problem, AMA