CHARTERED BUS SCHEDULE

As regards Heraklion center to FORTH, the bus leaves from Platia Eleftherias (Liberty or Astoria Square) (bus stop that is near the ASTORIA hotel) every morning. The recommended way to come to the School from your hotel in the Heraklion center is to take the Training school bus (labeled "3rd MUMIA Training School FORTH"), which is free of charge for the participants of the school. The bus leaves at 08:00 a.m. sharp on Monday, 09:00 a.m. sharp on Tuesday, and 08:30 a.m. sharp the rest three days. Check below the analytical bus schedule for the whole school.

The bus departs from Platia Eleftherias, in front of the Eleftherios Venizelos Statue, as shown in the photograph, which is in the center of Herakion.

School Bus Schedule is as follows:

If you miss the above chartered bus, please see below for other options reaching FORTH.

OTHER WAYS TO REACH FORTH

The building of FORTH is located 8 to 10 kilometers South-West of Heraklion center. You can reach FORTH by using:

• a taxi: It will cost you approximately 15 to 20 Euro, and the driving time is approximately 20 minutes.
• a public bus: The (one-way) ticket to FORTH costs 1.5 Euro, and the bus takes about 30 minutes to reach the University campus area, near which FORTH is located.
  This "Heraklion City Center" Google map, shows the location of the bus stop in the center of the city, in front of Astoria hotel, in the direction towards FORTH; the note on that map also lists the bus line number, name, frequency, and approximate times. You should buy your ticket, as well as your return ticket, before entering the bus (for your return from FORTH, it is very hard to find a selling point at or near FORTH); in the center of the city, at the Astoria bus stop, there is a kiosk of the bus company, right at the bus stop, selling tickets; also, news-stand kiosks usually sell bus tickets.

When the bus reaches the area of the "Voutes" campus of the University, near which FORTH is located, use this "FORTH Location and Bus Stops" Google Map for orienting yourself.

If you are in bus line #8, the bus terminal is just in front of the FORTH building. If you are in bus line #11, the first and very large building of the campus that you will see in front of you and to the right hand side of the road is the University Hospital ("PaGNH"); approximately 800 m after that stop, and immediately after a downhill road and a very sharp 135-degree right turn, is the bus stop where you should get off and walk to the left (North), for 200 meters, towards the FORTH campus, as shown on the "FORTH location and bus stops" Google map. This same map contains information on public buses for returning to Heraklion, from these same bus stops: the buses keep moving in the same direction, making a circle inside the University campus, and then returning back to Heraklion (i.e. bus stops exist only on one side of the road, since all buses travel in a single direction).

From the airport and the port as well as from the city center, you can reach both FORTH and the University of Crete by bus, No.11 (ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ / ΠΑΓΝΗ), ("ΠΑΓΝΗ" is the university hospital located 800 meters south of the Physics Department "ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ") and No.8 (ITE) ("ITE" stands for the Greek abbreviation of FORTH - the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, 1000m west of the Physics Department). Both buses stop near (200m) from FORTH and in front of the University of Crete - Physics department. There are bus stops in the city center. The main stop is in "Platia Eleftherias" Square.

Bus Line 8 Programme

For more information regarding line 8 please visit this page

Bus Line 11

Bus line 11 passes almost every 20 minutes.

For more information regarding line 11, please visit this page

TAXI NUMBERS

Some taxi telephone numbers follow:

RADIO-TAXI IRAKLIOU

(+30) 2810210102

(+30) 2810 210168

(+30) 2810 210146

(+30) 2810 210124

CANDIA-TAXI

(+30) 281 036 1362

AMPHITHEATER G. LIANIS - FORTH

The lessons will take place in the amphitheater G. Lianis in the main building of FORTH. You are kindly requested to not bring inside the amphitheater any kind of food, coffee, juice, etc. You can have with you a bottle of water though.

INTERNET ACCESS

Free broadband Internet access is provided in the whole FORTH building through the "forth public access" ESSID.

KNOSSOS SITE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

You are kindly asked to have your student identity card (if you are a student) or your identity card or passport, for the scheduled excursions to the Knossos archaeological site and the archaeological museum.