TRANSPORTATION
GETTING TO GREECE
BY AIR
OLYMPIC AIRWAYS
Olympic Airways operates non-stop flights to and from Athens, daily
from New York City. Olympic Airways Operates also flights from Boston.
Delta Air Lines operates daily non-stop flights between Athens and New
York (JFK). Delta Air Lines will operate seasonal direct flights 4 times
weekly between Athens and Atlanta, GA as of June 3rd, 2000 and up to
the end of October 2000.
Athens' Hellinikon Airport is a convenient intermediate stop for destinations
to five continents.
Direct flights also operate from major European cities to "Macedonia"
International Airport in Thessaloniki in Northern Greece, as well as
to Corfu (Kerkira), Grete and Rhodes.
BY CHARTER FLIGHTS
Several tour
operators run charter flights to Greece from the U.S. and Canada.For
further information contact the Greek National Tourist Organization
offices.
AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION
Passengers
may obtain transportation to the West Airport Terminal (Olympic Airways)
via the Olympic Airways bus which departs from 96 Syngrou Avenue in
Athens , every half hour, and also via express bus. Passengers may obtain
transportation to the East Airport Terminal (serving all other foreign
carriers) via no. 121 bus from Vass. Olgas Avenue. Fleets of taxis shuttle
passengers from both terminals to Athens and Piraeus port in approximately
30 to 45 minutes.
BY SEA
Several ports in
Greece are considered busy -by any standards- accommodating sailings
of passenger ships, cruise ships and freighters. The ports of Piraeus,Patras,
Thessaloniki and Heraklion are all convenient embarkation points to
set sail on a Mediterranean cruise or ferry to Italy, Israel,Egypt or
the Black Sea.
BY RAIL
Timetables and tickets
are supplied by the (OSE) Hellenic State Railways Offices at:
- 1-3 Karolou Str.
tel.(01) 524-0601
- 6 Sina Str. Athens
tel. (01) 362-4402
- 17 Filellinon
Str. Tel. (01) 323-6747
- 18 Aristotelous
Str. Thessaloniki Tel. (031) 517-517
Passport control:
Passports are checked at frontier stations or during the journey.
Animals in Carriages
Small animals, carried in baskets or other suitable containers , are
allowed aboard railway carriages. Small dogs may be hand-carried, provided
they do not annoy fellow passengers.
The Eurailpass system
ends or originates at Athens Railroad station. Four trains with first
and second class coaches and wagon-lit depart daily to cities in western
and eastern Europe and to Constantinople.
This convenient card entitles the American traveler to: free crossing
of the Adriatic Sea from Brindisi (port in Italy) to Patras (port in
Greece) and vice-versa aboard the ferries of Adriatica lines and Hellenic
Mediterranean Lines. Special accommodations (airline type seats or cabins)
and port taxes are extra.Passengers who wish to break their voyage at
Corfu must declare their intention of "stop-over" upon delivery
of ticket.
Free rail travel within Greece.
Eurail passes and Eurail-Youth passes are not available in Europe and
must be purchased prior to departure through Travel Agencies or from
the offices of the following organizations in he U.S. and Canada
- French National
Railroads
- Compania Italiana
Tourismo
- German Federal
Railroad
- Swiss National
Tourist Office
- Rail Europe (Int'l
and Domestic) ,Tel. (1-800) 438-7245, Fax. (1-800) 432-1329
BY AUTOMOBILE
Those wishing to
drive to Greece have the option either: To ferry their cars across to
one of the country's major ports or, to enter the country overland.
The points of entry are:
- Yugoslavia -
Evzoni, 550 kms From Athens
- Yugoslavia -
Niki, 633 kms from Athens
- Bulgaria - Promahonas,
736 kms from Athens
- Turkey - Kastania,
985 kms from Athens
- Turkey - kipi
, 892 kms from Athens.
All five border
stations mentioned above operate on 24 hour service basis.
BY YACHT
Entry Aboard a Yacht
The visa on the
passport of crew and passengers given at ports of entry is simply a
transit visa. It entitles the holder to visit all coastal and inland
regions of the country on condition that they spend nights on board
the yacht. If a passenger or member of the crew wishes to break his
journey and pick up the vessel at some other port, depart the country
by some other means, or spend nights ashore, he or she should notify
the Harbor Master and obtain a regular passport visa for entering and
leaving the country.
The yacht can move freely on the basis of a visa on its transit log,
granted the Customs and Port Authorities, on the understanding that
any changes effected in the transit log shall be dully reported to the
Port Authorities. The transit log is valid for one calendar year and
must contain the usual data on hull, engine, names of crew and passengers,
statement of foreign currency carried, bunker fuel, food and other supplies.
The vessel can remain in Greek waters indefinitely, provided its transit
log is renewed each year. For each temporary exit from Greek waters,
the procedure of arrival-departure must be repeated.
In case where a yacht is going to lay up in a Greek port for the winter,
the captain or crew member who wishes to reside ashore will be required
to seek a normal entry visa on his passport. In addition, after expiration
of the period during which he is entitled to stay in Greece, he should
apply to the appropriate Alien s' bureau or Police Station nearest his
place of residence to have an extension granted. When the vessel is
laid up, its transit log must be turned in to the Port Authority concerned
. As soon as the year has expired, a new log for the next year should
be issued to replace it.
These formalities apply to yachts flying foreign flags cruise Greek waters for pleasure.
Entry and Departure Points: Yachts of any nationality entering and indenting to sail in
Greek waters should sail into any one of the major ports which have
been designated as entry and departure points:
- Aghios Nikolaos (Crete) Tel. (0841) 22-312
- Alexandroupolis Tel. (0551) 28-734
- Cephallonia (Argostoli) Tel. (0671) 22-224
- Corfu (Kerkira) Tel. (0661) 32-665
- Cos Tel. (0242) 28-507
- Glyfada (Attica) Tel (01) 894- 1967
- Hania (Crete) Tel. (0821) 22-600
- Heraklion (Crete), Tel. (081) 224-207
- Hios, Tel (0271) 22-837
- Itea, Tel. (0265) 32-319
- Kalamata, Tel. (0721) 22-218
- Katakolo, Tel. (0621) 41-206
- Kavala, Tel (051) 224-472
- Lavrio (Attica) , Tel. (0292) 25-249
- Lemnos (Myrina), Tel. (0276) 22-225
- Mytilini (Lesbos), Tel. (0251) 28-827
- Nafplion, Tel (0752) 27-372
- Patras, Tel. (061) 277-622
- Preveza, Tel. (0682) 22-226
- Pylos, Tel (0723) 22-225
- Rhodes, Tel. (0241) 27-690
- Samos, Tel. (0273) 27-318
- Syros (Hermoupolis), Tel. (0281) 22-690
- Thessaloniki (Salonika), Tel. (031) 531-501
- Volos, Tel. (0421) 20-115
- Vouliagmeni (Attica) , Tel. (01) 896-2368
- Zakinthos, Tel. (0695) 22-417
- Zea (Peraeus), Tel. (01) 452-5315
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