There are no taxi companies in Athens, all taxis are independent businesses and this often keeps the quality of their service at low levels.
Some taxi drivers try to earn a day’s (or even a week’s) wages from foreign visitors. This type of taxi-driver usually operates at airports, train stations and harbours.

Always ask for the metre to be on, never accept a fixed price if you pick a taxi in the street (exceptions are the airport rides that have a fixed price of €35 during day time (05:00-24:00) and €50 during the night) Starting price is at €1.19 and then there is a fixed rate of €0.68 per km for the single, day-time tariff (05.00-24.00), and €1.19 per km for the double, night-time tariff. The minimum charge for every ride is €3.16. There is an additional charge of €1.07 from and to harbours, train and bus stations. You can call a radio taxi by paying an extra €1.92 for immediate pick up (which can take some time during rush hours) or €3.39-€5.65 for an appointment. Please note that the following radio-taxi companies only handle the calls and do not own the taxis. They are not therefore responsible for the conduct of the drivers.