Athens apartments along the metro and tram: prices from Gazi to Voula
Visitors usually get to know Athens through its transport lines, and those same lines are a handy way to read apartment prices in Athens. A selection of 459 flats for sale shows a clear pattern. Compact units cluster near metro stations in the centre, two-bedroom flats appear around the port of Piraeus, and family apartments line the coast served by the tram, where 272 of the listings are.
The route below follows a day a buyer might spend in the city: from the old industrial quarter of Gazi to the sea at Piraeus by metro, then south along the coast by tram towards Voula. Each stop comes with real asking prices from current listings.
Gazi and the centre: Kerameikos and the streets under the Acropolis
Gazi grew around a nineteenth-century gasworks that is now the Technopolis cultural centre, and the Kerameikos station of the blue metro line sits at its edge. In the evening the area fills with bars and restaurants, and the Acropolis is a walk away. In a furnished complex with a pool and gym, to be finished in 2027, a studio costs from €167,000 and a one-bedroom unit from €175,000. A residence completed this year near the metro and the Acropolis, also with a pool, asks from €820,000 for three bedrooms.
Deeper in the centre, prices are similar for small units. A new building with a gym close to a metro station, due in early 2027, asks €240,000 for a studio or a one-bedroom flat. In a 110-unit complex of serviced apartments with a cinema and a co-working area, opened in 2025, prices begin at €285,000. These are flats for a pied-à-terre or for a buyer who wants the city on the doorstep.
The blue line also heads north-east from the centre towards the airport, through quieter suburbs. One of its stops serves Agia Paraskevi, a green district of low-rise buildings, schools and leafy streets. A 17-unit project there, completed in 2024, offers apartments from one bedroom up to four bedrooms, with the largest starting at €657,000. It is the kind of address chosen by families who want the metro and the airport line close by, but not the noise of the centre.
Kallithea: the green line and the park by the sea
Kallithea, a densely built district between the centre and the coast, sits on the green metro line that runs from Kifissia in the north down to Piraeus. Its southern edge reaches the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, with the national opera, the national library and a large park facing the bay. A new residence 50 metres from Kallithea station, completed in 2025, sells one-bedroom flats from €260,000, and another new complex nearby, finished in 2023, asks €265,000 for the same size.
For the price of a central studio with a view of rooftops, Kallithea gives a one-bedroom flat close to a station and a short ride from the sea. It is one of the districts where locals and newcomers mix, without the late-night crowds of Gazi.
Piraeus: the end of the line and the start of the ferries
Both the green and the blue metro lines end in Piraeus, the port where ferries leave for the islands. The listings here range widely. A residence with parking near a metro station, to be finished in late 2026, sells studios from €145,000 and one-bedroom units from €275,000. A building close to both the metro and the port, completed in 2024, sells two-bedroom flats from €300,000. With sea views the figures climb: €310,000 for a studio and €565,000 for one bedroom in a building due in 2027, and €642,000 for one bedroom in a complex by the marina.
Piraeus suits a buyer who travels to the islands often or likes a working port city with fish tavernas, markets and the small harbours of Mikrolimano and Pasalimani.
Along the coast by tram: from Palaio Faliro to Voula
From the centre, the tram runs down to the sea and along the coast to Voula, past beaches, marinas and the promenade. This is where most of the family-size flats in the selection are, and prices rise as the line heads south.
Beyond the end of the tram line, Varkiza is reached by bus or car. There a 176 m² two-bedroom flat with sea views is listed at €1.6 million, which shows where the coastal price scale ends for apartments of normal size.
How to use the ride as a viewing tool
A day on the metro and tram gives a buyer information that a listing cannot. Some practical habits help:
Walk from the station to the building at the hour you would normally travel, and time it. "50 metres from the metro" and "close to the metro" are not the same thing.
Stand on the street for ten minutes. The tram, the main avenues and the nightlife in Gazi all sound different at night than at noon.
Visit in July or August if possible. Athens summers are hot, and shade, air conditioning and the walk to the beach matter more than a brochure suggests.
Note the blue line's link to the airport. A flat near that line saves time on every arrival and departure.
Prices in the city keep moving. The Bank of Greece recorded a 5.0% annual rise for Athens apartments in the second quarter of 2026, so asking prices seen on a trip this autumn may be higher by next year.
The apartment listings on Tranio can be viewed on a map and narrowed down by area, bedroom count and price, which makes it easy to plan the same route and book viewings along it.
In Athens one tram ride connects a studio in the centre with a family flat by the sea. Following the lines from Gazi to Voula, a buyer sees the whole price range of the city in one day, and leaves with a clear idea of which stop fits their budget and their way of life.
