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