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Piraeus · Greece

Car hire and driving in Piraeus

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Greece traffic drives on the right. Picking up at ATH means 26 km (16 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648841.

Drives from Piraeus

Car rental from Piraeus: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Piraeus to PátraGreece171 km (106 mi)about 2 h 36 min
Piraeus to LárisaGreece215 km (134 mi)about 3 h 17 min
Piraeus to ÇiğliTurkey305 km (190 mi)about 4 h 39 min
Piraeus to KonakTurkey306 km (190 mi)about 4 h 40 min
Piraeus to ThessaloníkiGreece306 km (190 mi)about 4 h 40 min
Piraeus to KarşıyakaTurkey308 km (192 mi)about 4 h 42 min
Piraeus to KarabağlarTurkey309 km (192 mi)about 4 h 42 min
Piraeus to İzmirTurkey310 km (192 mi)about 4 h 43 min
Piraeus to BornovaTurkey320 km (199 mi)about 4 h 52 min
Piraeus to IrákleionGreece320 km (199 mi)about 4 h 53 min
Piraeus to ManisaTurkey338 km (210 mi)about 5 h 10 min
Piraeus to ÇanakkaleTurkey343 km (213 mi)about 5 h 14 min
Piraeus to IstanbulTurkey569 km (354 mi)about 8 h 41 min
Piraeus to AnkaraTurkey826 km (513 mi)about 12 h 36 min
Piraeus to BursaTurkey530 km (329 mi)about 8 h 5 min
Piraeus to KyivUkraine1,494 km (928 mi)about 22 h 47 min
Piraeus to RomeItaly1,045 km (649 mi)about 15 h 56 min
Piraeus to GaziantepTurkey1,215 km (755 mi)about 18 h 31 min
Piraeus to BucharestRomania750 km (466 mi)about 11 h 27 min
Piraeus to DiyarbakırTurkey1,452 km (902 mi)about 22 h 8 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Piraeus?

The right, as everywhere in Greece.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.