Tourists are being warned against hiring quad bikes or scooters, after numerous accidents and deaths on the Greek islands. The hiring of quad bikes and similar vehicles are not usually covered by travel insurance, with the cost of repatriating a seriously injured patient to their home country costing up to 36,000€. Island Police Departments have […]
The UK government has imposed a temporary ban on a wide range of food products being brought into the UK by travellers from the EU, due to a growing number of countries in the EU reporting cases of foot-and-mouth disease. The restrictions apply regardless of whether the products are professionally packaged or not, and include […]
The Greek government introduced a law in 2024 that comprehensively strengthens the protection of the country’s beaches. It has always been the case, as written into the Greek constitution, that the public has the right to free and unrestricted access to all the country’s beaches. However, in recent years, there has been a growing problem […]
On Sunday, March 23, the first cruise ship of 2025 dropped anchor in the caldera of Santorini, with the island’s officials declaring that Santorini is safe and ready for the summer tourist season. Since January 26, Santorini and the nearby islands of Amorgos and Anafi have experienced over 25,000 earthquakes, mostly of low magnitudes, although […]
In Greece, it is the law that at designated times during the day, excessive noise is prohibited. From April 1, the ‘Winter Quiet Hours’ end and the ‘Summer Quiet Hours’ come into force. The new designated quiet hours are 15:00 to 17:30 and 23:00 to 07:00. These run until September 30 when the winter hours […]
Some of the most common Greek male Christian names are Georgios (George), Yiannis (John), Konstantinos (Constantine), Dimitris (Demetrius), Nikolaos (Nicholas), Panagiotis, Vasilis (Basil), Christos, Athanasios (Thanasis) and Michalis (Michael). With 90% of Greeks identifying as Orthodox Christian, it is not surprising that all of the above are the names of Christian saints. That is important […]
During your stay in Greece, if you intend to draw cash from an ATM machine, we strongly advise that you do not use independent ATM services as these can carry hefty commission rates. We suggest that you use ATM’s located at branches of the main national Greek banks. These include Eurobank, Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank […]
Google, the largest search engine, mapping and navigation application has announced that, between February 4 and October 30, 2025, it will be carrying out 3D mapping across Greece in the regions of Attica, Crete, Epirus and Western Macedonia, Macedonia and Thrace, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Sea, the Aegean Sea, Thessaly and Central Greece. […]
Our 2025 travel guidebooks, each updated for the 2025 summer season, are available from all major book retailers worldwide. The ‘A to Z’ travel guides are unique in the marketplace, not only because they are revised every year for the coming season but also because purchasing the guides gives you access to the very latest […]
Like all civilised peoples of the world, we are appalled by the unprovoked, illegal and heinous war being perpetrated by Putin and the Russian government on the people of Ukraine. For those who wish to help, below are suggested links to both the British Red Cross and the Hellenic Red Cross Ukraine donation websites. The […]
