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Flight at 3:00 AM Athens airport

Hello-

Any suggestions for an early morning flight out of Athens. Is it worth getting a hotel for the night? Earliest shuttle at the Hotel Arva is 3:00 am, which was a suggestion for a reasonable option. Any lounges at the airport that allow day passes? Are they open overnight?

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There’s a Sofitel Hotel right across from the terminal. You just walk across the street - 5 minutes. Go there in the late afternoon, have a nice dinner, and sleep for a few hours.

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Thank you, Joe. Looks like our timing is off for any of the lounges. Appreciate the link.

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I have two completely opposite solutions for you:

With a 3:00 a.m. flight, that means you need to be at the airport by around 1:00 a.m.

Solution 1:

  • You leave your luggage at the hotel (just ask at the reception, they will keep it for you)
  • Around 9 p.m. you go to dinner in Athens.
  • At 11:00 p.m. you return to the hotel to pick up your luggage and take a taxi to the airport.

Solution 2:

  • If you want to rest before the flight, you extend your stay by one night in the hotel where you are staying.
  • You go to bed (very) early, leave the hotel around midnight and take a taxi to the airport.
  • You will eat something at the airport (not sure that everything will be open)

My favorite is solution 1 :)))

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Thank you JoLui! Great ideas and #1 is my choice too. Appreciate the details!

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I agree 100% with solution 1, helped by the fact that dinner hours are on the late side in Greece.
Silver lining: you'll sleep like a log on the plane.