The Port of Piraeus is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa and is the natural port of Athens and the main cargo gateway of Greece.

It is the largest port in Greece and the Mediterranean Sea, but also one of the largest in the world, both in terms of container and passenger traffic. The port of Piraeus has been the most important port of Attica since Archaic times.

Passenger traffic amounts to 20 million visitors per year. Daily ferry routes depart from the port of Piraeus to the Argosaronicos, the Cyclades, Crete, the Dodecanese and the islands of the North Aegean.

The port of Piraeus is located just 12 km southwest of the center of Athens. It stretches along the Saronic Gulf and is the main passage from mainland Greece to the Aegean islands and Crete. Due to its large size, the port has 12 gates from which ships depart.

It is directly accessible via the Athens-Thessalonica highway, metro line 1 (electric railway), metro line 3 (underground railway), suburban and city buses, while it is a short distance from the center of Piraeus city.