Each example is a full seven-day price with pickup and return at the airport. Look at the deposit and card rule before you choose.
€22€4 a day, 7 daysView Citroen C3or similar, Athens Airport pickupDeposit €650Manual5 seats2023
No credit card€22€4 a day, 7 daysView Fiat Tipoor similar, Athens Airport pickupDeposit €650Manual5 seats2023
No credit card€22€4 a day, 7 daysView Suzuki Swiftor similar, Athens Airport pickupDeposit €800Credit card neededManual5 seats2020
€22€4 a day, 7 daysView Opel Corsaor similar, Athens Airport pickupDeposit €800Credit card neededManual5 seats2020
€23€4 a day, 7 daysView Suzuki Balenoor similar, Athens Airport pickupDeposit €800Credit card neededManual5 seats2020
€25€4 a day, 7 daysView Seven-day prices for 16 to 23 November 2026, collected and returned at Athens Airport at 13:00. Search your own dates for current prices.
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Athens Airport pickup and returnTiles show the cheapest car in each class for the same week as the deals; a typical car picked up and returned at the airport costs about €30 a day.
Going beyond Attica? Car hire across Greece can also start at an airport or town closer to your route.
A local company hands the car over, and your voucher gives its meeting point and phone number. Cars booked here are not collected from the rental desks in the terminal.
Read the voucher before you land and note where the company meets you. Each company works differently, so follow your own voucher.
The company may ring the day before pickup, so the mobile on your booking, with its country code, must stay on until the car is back.
Call the company if your arrival time moves. A later landing can push the handover outside its normal working hours.
Landing in the small hours? Some cars here add a charge for a night pickup or return, and some cannot be collected at that hour. Enter your real times and the price includes any charge.
Spending the first days in the city? Cars in Athens also come from a city rental office, so the hire can start on the day you drive out.
Terminal services, the rules for stopping and parking, and the motorway you meet first.
Short Term 1 is five minutes on foot over the pedestrian bridge, and Short Term 2 sits at the Arrivals level.
Some cars ask for the main driver’s credit card and others do not. A few need no deposit at all.
If your car asks for a credit card, the main driver shows the actual card at pickup, embossed and in their own name. Debit cards pass only when the booking states it.
Paying by debit card? Before the advance, check which cars in Greece that need no credit card fit your dates.
If you want nothing held on a card, look at car hire in Greece with no deposit.
Syntagma Square is about 35 minutes away on clear roads. The times below assume no traffic or stops, so allow longer at busy hours.
The Meteora time ends in Kalambaka, the town below the monasteries. Cape Sounion is the temple on the southern tip of Attica.
The city time ends at Syntagma Square.
Greek rules apply from the moment you leave the car park. A few of them catch visitors out.
Athens and other towns are 30 km/h, rising to 50 km/h on certain multi-lane streets. Expect 90 km/h out of town and up to 130 km/h on motorways.
Seat belts and child restraints are compulsory. When a passenger rides unbelted, the driver is fined as well as the passenger.
Use a phone only through a hands-free set. Cameras at some Attica junctions now record phone use, red lights and speeding.
Dial 112 for police, fire or ambulance. After a collision, ring the rental company first, then get a police report unless it waives one.
By Greek law a car holds three safety items: a triangle, a first-aid kit and an extinguisher. Ask where each one is kept before leaving the airport.
The alcohol limit is 0.5 mg/ml, or 0.2 mg/ml for novice drivers.
A car rented in Greece may only be driven on paved public roads, whatever the car or the sat nav suggests.
The rental conditions list no single banned road, so the rule covers every dirt track to a beach or viewpoint.
A car rented at Athens Airport must stay inside Greece, so plan any long trip to turn back before a border.
Driving a rental car across any national border is not allowed. A ferry to an island is possible only when customer support has agreed it before you complete the booking.
Some cars from here can be returned at Thessaloniki Airport. The drop-off charge sits inside the total you see.
Pick Thessaloniki Airport in the return box before comparing, so each total already carries the one-way charge.
The motorway drive takes about 6 h 30 min with clear roads, before fuel stops, toll booths and the return check.
Plans changed? Tell the company in advance. A longer hire has to be agreed before the original end date.
Flying into the north instead? Cars from Thessaloniki Airport can come back here, also with a drop-off charge. Some cars can end at Kalamata Airport too.
Bars show the lowest day rate on a week-long Athens Airport rental in each month. Your quote moves with dates and car choice.
N/A: no Athens Airport cars are listed yet for that month.
Fewer cars are listed so far for the later months (17 for October, against 182 for November), so a single car moves those bars more.
Billing runs in 24-hour days: a car taken on Monday morning and returned on Tuesday afternoon costs two full days. Ask the company before the end date if your plans run over.
Check seats, drivers and luggage before you pay. Anything you need should be added to the booking itself.
Put every driver on the booking. Each has to clear the age and licence-years bar set for that exact car, not the model in general.
Add child seats or boosters as extras, then check the size against each child before the drive into Athens.
Minibuses here seat up to 9. A full cabin leaves little boot room, so count suitcases as well as people.
Small animals can come along, kept in a carrier from pickup to return. Plan cabin space for that box.
Athens Airport cars do not all start on the same level of protection. Weigh the deposit and excess at each level as well as the price.
Minimum at the start. Some of the cheapest cars open on Minimum (TPL), so damage to the car itself is not covered. Adding Basic on these shrinks the deposit and excess to small sums.
Basic included. Other cars start on Basic (CDW). On these the deposit equals the excess you could pay after damage.
Full Coverage for a fee. Upgrading to Full Coverage on some cars trims the deposit and excess but leaves both in place. Check both figures again after upgrading.
Nothing held. Certain no-deposit cars include Full Coverage in the price, with no excess listed.
Wheels, the underbody, the windscreen and the cabin sit outside standard cover. Each cover level changes the car hire excess you would pay.
Deliberate damage or neglect cancels the cover, whatever level you choose.
Pack your original licence, still valid on the last rental day. Scans, photocopies and app versions are turned down.
Carry an International Driving Permit next to your own licence; without it, some companies are entitled to say no.
Every listing states its youngest permitted age and licence years. Miss either one and the company may refuse the handover.
UK photocard holders can legally drive in Greece on that card alone, yet a hire company may still want an IDP. The car’s conditions say which.
The return goes quickly when fuel and condition match the pickup record.
Fuel, parking, tolls and any fines during the hire are yours to pay.
There is no in-place change: a new date or car means a fresh booking after cancelling.
A standard car can be cancelled without penalty up to a week before pickup; luxury models and convertibles need thirty days. Bookings with the 24-hour cancellation option need just a day.
Write to support with the voucher attached. Your advance returns inside two weeks minus the 6% payment service fee, but a late cancel or no-show forfeits it.
No. Some cars here need no deposit at all. Each listing shows its deposit and card rule under the price, so filter before you choose.
Some of the lowest prices start on Minimum cover, which leaves the car itself uninsured. Add Basic or Full before you compare, as the total can change a lot.
If a breakdown or a similar event stops the company supplying it, it must give you a car of the same or a higher class, at the same price and on the same terms.
On some cars, yes, for an extra charge; others do not allow it. Put your real return time in the search to see the cost.
Yes, there are automatics as well as manuals. Go by the gearbox line on each listing; a picture or model name can mislead.
Type in your arrival and departure times, then weigh each car’s total, deposit and protection before booking.
