Layover in Athens Airport or Rafina Port? take a special birding break!
Are you stack in Athens Airport for your flight layover? Waiting at Rafina port for your ferry to Andros or Mykonos? Here's is a great opportunity to discover Athens wildlife and birdfauna, only a few minutes away from you check in counter!
A flock of Glossy Ibises just beside
"El.Venizelos" Athens International Airport
Athens International Airport and Rafina Port are ideally sited in the eastern part of Attica, an area known as Mesogea plains. Often called the "Attica Riviera", this is an area rich in avifauna as well as reptiles, wild orchids, and beautiful landscapes. Even during a 2 hour layover, a visitor could take advantage of our private, tailored made trips and enjoy watching and photographing Athens wildlife.
Kingfisher (Αλκυόνη) is resident at Rafina's stream
Temple of Artemis, sited only 15 min drive
from Athens International Airport
Hoopoe (Upupa epops), one of the most striking birds of Athens
Comparing different plumages and ages of
Black-headed Gulls at Rafina Port
Slender billed Gulls
Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) enjoys the reedbeds of
Schinias National Park, in Marathon
A pair of Little Owls (Κουκουβάγιες) on the
Temple of Artemis, at Vravrona
Ferruginous Duck at Schinias National Park
Scops Owl roosting
Black-winged Stilt searching for food
Great Spotted Cuckoos breed succesfully
every year at the fields surrounding Athens Airport
Contact us, as soon as you book your flight or your boat ticket, and we will plan a special itinerary for you, based on your target species and your available time. Do not worry about pick up and dropp off, we take care of that. Keep in mind that these areas are usually traffic free, so we will start birding as soon as we pick you up, plus there will be no delays due to traffic jams.
You can email us at greecebirdtours@gmail.com or fill out the Contact Us form
