Venue in Volos
Place: Volos – Tsalapata Building
The event will be organised in Volos. This Conference Venue is called the Tsalapata building, an old brick factory that has been renovated and now used as an innovation center and museum. It is ten minutes walking distance from the heart of the City.
Hotels in Volos:
Hotel AEGLI (website)
T: +30 24210 24471
F: +30 24210 33006
Info & Booking (ask for a sea view room if possible)
Hotel Kipseli (website)
T: +30 24210 24420
Info & Booking (ask for a sea view room if possible)
Hotel Xenia Volos (website)
T: +30 24210 92700
Info & Booking (ask for a sea view room if possible)
Travel information:
Volos airport
It is a small airport, with seasonal flights (normally starting in April). If you manage to find a suitable flight to Volos Airport, then there is a bus connecting the airport and the Volos bus station. Buses are waiting to pick up travelers after a plane lands.
Athens airport
Regarding transfer from Athens airport to Volos, we would like to inform you that you can take a bus from the airport to the Volos Bus station. The bus number is X93 and the station you should go out is called KTEL LIOSION BUS STATION. From that long distance bus station, you can take a bus to Volos, which will take you apprx 4 hours to arrive.
The timeschedule is listed at ktelvolou.gr. The cost is 5 euros for the X93 and 27,5 euros for the long distance bus ride.
Thessaloniki airport
Regarding transfer from Thessaloniki airport to Volos, you can take the bus 78 from airport to the long distance bus station. The timeschedule is listed at ktelvolou.gr.
The bus ride to Volos will take you approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. The cost is 2 euros for Bus 78 and 18 Euros for the long distance bus.
Use of mask against COVID-19
With regard to transport, Greece has stopped enforcing the mask mandate on airplanes (domestic and international flights), intercity trains and buses (KTEL).
People traveling on public transport – buses, trams, the metro and electric railway – are still required by law to wear masks.
With regard to wearing masks in taxis and on-board ferries and cruise ships, Greece’s Covid-19 committee of experts decided the following:
– for taxis: masks remain mandatory for drivers and passengers.
– for passenger ships (ferries): masks remain mandatory only in indoor areas of ferries (reception and lounge areas, cabins, etc). Passengers no longer need to wear masks when in outdoor areas of ferries (on deck).
– for cruise ships: masks do not have to be worn anywhere on the ship. Masks will return only when more than 2 percent of passengers or more than 4 percent of the crew becomes ill within a week or if more than 1 percent of the total population on board becomes ill within 48 hours.
Employees and customers in pharmacies also must wear masks, but employees and customers in retail stores, supermarkets, banks, and other businesses are not required to.