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   USEFUL INFORMATION FOR TRAVELLERS  TO GREECE                                    Brought to you by "Columbus World Travel Guide"

 

Thanks to Isabel at 'Columbus World Travel Guide' for permission to use their excellent info. pages to Greece.  On all our ' travel' pages you'll find a link called "Columbus' Alternative" which will take you into their respective page.   We're also sure you'll find the following extremely useful:    

Some essential links from 'Columbus' - just click on the  underlined links below:

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Useful addresses Embassies etc. ;    

General Information Population etc. ;       

Visa and passport Info on these and whether you'll need a return ticket etc. ;    

Health Vaccinations needed and certificates required etc.; 

Money  Currency information;    

Duty-Free Allowances;       

Greek Public Holidays Tremendously useful list of bank holidays, for a few more festivities scroll half way down to the bottom of..:

Social Profile    

Travel Info. Flight duration and airport info etc. ;  

Getting Around Internal infrastructure of Roads, Ferries and Domestic flights; 

Accommodation   Info. on Hotels, Youth hostels etc. ;

Sports and Activities    Where (no, not why!) to play golf, windsurf, hunt (WHY!), scuba dive etc.  and 'phone numbers of governing bodies, thereof;

Business Profile A look at the economy of Greece with a useful link the 'Athens chamber of commerce and industry' (You'll just have to look at the Columbus site!);

Climate   Climatic charts of Crete, Corfu and Lemnos, showing average rainfall etc. Also a very useful ( esp. if travelling off-season) 'required clothing' section. (If you want to know about the immediate climatic conditions, click here:

What's the Weather Like for Yahoo's wonderful site);   

Social Profile What the Greeks get up to at night (food and drink etc.), also includes a very handy 'special event' chart. 

History and Government just that;  

Overview  Greece in a couple of hundred words.

Map Small and neat

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