Orthodox Easter exodus largest in recent years

Traffic has eased on the major thoroughfares out of Athens after the biggest Easter exodus in recent years from the capital peaked on the afternoon of Good Friday.

Data showed that from 6 a.m. on Holy Monday to 6 a.m. on Good Friday, 329,684 vehicles passed the toll plazas on the motorways to Corinth and Lamia. That figure was 309,998 last year and 291,141 in 2022.

On Good Friday alone, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 95,526 vehicles exited Attica on the same roads, namely 55,869 towards Corinth and 39,666 in the direction of Lamia.

Earlier, it was reported that it took motorists two hours to cover the distance from Patisia in Athens to the Elefsina toll plaza, a journey that would normally take 25 minutes.

A total of 18 ferries were scheduled to depart from the port of Piraeus on full capacity for the Aegean islands and 32 for the islands of the Argosaronic Gulf...