Getting there
The Athens Festival venue at 260 Peiraios Street is located at the Tavros district of Athens, and shares a city block with the Athens School of Fine Art. It lies on the right hand side of the street on the way down to Piraeus, some way past the crossroads with Chamosternas Street. The entrance will be through Polykratous street. It will be well sign posted.
Transport
By ISAP – Athens-Piraeus Electric Railway (Line 1)
Alight at Kallithea Station.
As you leave the station, walk parallel to the railway tracks in the direction Piraeus as far as Dimitsanas Street. There, turn right into Peiraios Street, cross over and walk to the right (towards central Athens) for a few metres, where you will find the Gate of Peiraos 260.
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By bus
Alight at the “Yfantiria” (Υφαντήρια) stop, or at the Scholi Kalon Technon (“School of Fine Art”) stop (Served by Routes 049, and 914)
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Parking
The venue has its own car park with 200 spaces for cars and a limited number of spaces for coaches.
Accessibility
All areas of the theatre are accessible. Fully adapted toilets are available.
Concessions are available for wheelchair users, and people with severe mobility difficulties, or with visual or hearing impairment.
Concessions are available for wheelchair users, and people with severe mobility difficulties, or with visual or hearing impairment.
Please note that the following are not permitted
1.Entry into the auditorium after the start of a performance, except during an interval.
2.The attendance of children under the age of six.
3.Smoking, and the consumption of food and drink inside the auditorium.
4.The use of mobile phones during performances.
5.Photography, with or without flash, and sound or video recording during a performance.
6.The tipping of staff.
The building complex in question used to house the Tsaousoglou Office Furniture Factory. The premises came under the control of the National Bank of Greece, which made some of the site available for the 2006 Athens Festival. The architecture is typical of 1970s industrial buildings. The Tsaousoglou site consists of four large buildings/warehouses, all of which have now been given listed status by order of the Ministry of Culture.
Peiraios Street, the main thoroughfare and lifeline of this former industrial area, is fast becoming one of the major fronts of development in the city, and today boasts a range of cultural venues.
Peiraios Street, the main thoroughfare and lifeline of this former industrial area, is fast becoming one of the major fronts of development in the city, and today boasts a range of cultural venues.