At first the early designs of Greek houses usually contained of two rooms and an open porch. They were made out of clay bricks or with a wooden framework filled with straw covered by clay or plaster. They had a stone base and a roof of straw. Richer people would often have stone roofs and mosaic floors.

Greece has a modern infrastructure complete with airports, railways, and paved roads and highways. There are a total of 80 airports (1999 est.), 64 of which have paved runways.

The most popular way of transport to Greece is, of course, the plane. The International Airport of Athens El. Venizelos serves most flights from abroad and from there tourists go by another plane or ferry to the islands.

The Athens public transport system is affordable, reliable and covers most of the city and suburbs. You can use all means of public transport using the same ticket (a single ticket costs €1.40 and is valid for 90 minutes).

Transport infrastructure is composed of the fixed installations of canals, waterways, airways, railways, roads, and terminals, as well as pipelines such as seaports, refueling depots, trucking terminals, warehouses, bus stations, railway station, and airports.

About 40 million tonnes of goods transit in Greek ports every year and transport by pipeline has quadrupled since 2002. The transport sector continues to be a major source of air emissions, as improvements in vehicle and fuel quality have been outweighed by increasing transport volume.

The Greek railway system is served by OSE, the Greek train organization. Note that in the route Athens-Thessaloniki, there is also an Intercity Train that covers the route in 4 hours, while the normal train needs about 6 hours.

Rail transport in Greece has a history which began in 1869, with the completion of the then Athens & Piraeus Railway. From the 1880s to the 1920s the majority of the network was built, reaching its heyday in 1940. Greece is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Greece is 73.

Infrastructure investment is a key determinant of performance in the transport sector. Inland infrastructure includes road, rail, inland waterways, maritime ports and airports and takes account of all sources of financing.

Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals.

What is an Infrastructure Project? Infrastructure projects focus on the development and maintenance of services, facilities, and systems. These can be funded by private companies, publicly, or combined as a public-private partnership (a collaboration of government entities and private sector companies).

Transport in Greece have undergone significant changes in the past two decades, vastly modernizing the country’s infrastructure and transportation. Although ferry transport between islands remains the prominent method of transport between the nation’s islands, improvements to the road infrastructure, rail, urban transport,…

The suburban railway connecting the Athens Airport with the capital of Athens, and with Corinth and Kiato, is fast and efficient. The Athens Metro, the first in the city, has been extremely successful and has had a major impact on improving urban transport.

The improvement of the rail bed and the laying of new track to improve transport times have been the main priorities. The rail system is essentially north to south and connects Patra-Athens-Thessaloniki. In recent years travel time between Athens and Thessaloniki has been reduced considerably, from six hours to approximately five.

Overall, Greek ports are strategically located and could easily be transformed into regional logistics hubs for goods travel from Asia to the European Community. The main port of Greece, Piraeus is a large port with significant capacity both as a container port and as a car terminal.