After reading their positive reviews for taxi services to take us from Athens airport to our hotel, we contacted Astron Taxi Transfer & Tours. We were not disappointed and their service exceeded our experiences in other cities.
Aris, (Aristedeis Botsas) the owner of the business replied to all our emails promptly. He quoted a competitive price based on the location of our hotel near the Acropolis and offered us payment either to the driver on arrival or via PayPal. We paid via PayPal, which was seamless.
At Athens airport, after clearing customs, Aris, was waiting for us in the Arrivals hall holding a sign with our names on it. After a previous negative experience with a booked taxi in Barcelona it was reassuring that he was on time and waiting for us. (He was on time for all of our bookings with him)
After introducing himself we were driven in a very clean Mercedes taxi to our hotel. On the way, Aris outlined (in very good English) some tourist sights he recommended and those to avoid and also gave us some of the political background to recent events in Greece. Also he offered to take us on any tours around Athens or outside of Athens that we wanted.
After meeting Aris we were very comfortable being with him for a day, so we booked the full day tour to Argolis (see their web site for details). The tour exceeded our hopes and Aris went out of his way to assist wherever he could, which allowed us to see a lot of sites in a day. My wife recently had a double knee replacement so our walking was somewhat slower than normal but Aris was very understanding and allowed us the time to see all that we wanted. As a consequence he had a long 12hour day by the time we returned to our hotel.
We then booked Aris for our taxi ride from our hotel to our cruise ship at Pireus on the last day of our trip to Greece.
Ariston Taxi, Transfers and Tours, through Aris, provided us with a top, reliable and friendly service that went above and beyond what many others would have provided. Example: When my wife lost an iPhone accessory Aris emailed us with details of a shop in Athens that sold these items. That is top service!
Aris has a very engaging, easy-going personality and is a very well educated person with lots of interesting information. We enjoyed his company very much and hope to keep in touch for our next trip to Greece..
Thanks Aris for making our recent 4 day trip to Greece so memorable.