If you are a national of an EU country, you can travel to Greece (EU country) with your ID or passport. Some countries, however, need Visa to enter.

As an EU national, you can freely travel with your cat, dog or ferret if it has a European pet passport. This passport is available from any authorised veterinarian and must contain details of a valid anti-rabies vaccination.Your animal will require an electronic microchip  or a readable tattoi that has been applied before 3 July 2011 with the same code as the one documented in the passport.

As an EU citizen, if you unexpectedly fall ill during a temporary stay in Greece (EU country), whether on holiday, a business trip or studying abroad, you are entitled to any medical treatment that can't wait until you get home. You have the same rights to health care as people insured in the country you are in. You should always take your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) with you on all trips abroad. This card is the proof that you are insured in an EU country. If you don't have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), or you can't use it (for instance, for private health care), you can't be refused treatment, but you might have to pay for your treatment upfront and claim reimbursement once you get home. In some countries the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is issued together with the national health card. In other countries, you need to apply for it.

In Greece, the total consumption of tobacco and the consumption of tobacco products is prohibited in the following places:

• In all public or private spaces used to provide work.
• In the shops for the preparation and supply of food, beverages, sweets, excluding their outdoor areas.
• Ιn healthcare facilities.
• In all kinds of closed waiting areas.
• At airports, with the exception of areas specifically designated for smokers.
• At the stations of transport and port passenger stations.
• In all kinds of canteens.
• In all kinds of public transport and taxi.
• In all cars, private and public use, when minors under 12 years of age.
• In tobacco outlets, an indication of the ban on the sale of tobacco products to minors is posted.

Excludes casinos and night clubs over 300 m².

Greece is a Mediterranean country. It flows from the sea from the east, south and west, which significantly affects its climate.

It has a temperate Mediterranean climate:

• mild and wet winters,
• hot and dry summers and
• long periods of sunshine during most of the year.

The year can be divided mainly into two seasons:

The cold and rainy winter season lasts from mid-October to the end of March and the hot and drought season lasts from April to October.

The springtime is about mid-May, because since then, summer heat starts.

The summer begins in mid-May until September.

There is a time limitation of spring and autumn and a time widening of summer and winter.

The average temperature ranges from + 7 ° C to + 26 ° C depending on the areas.

The rains in Greece even during the winter do not last for many days and the country's sky is not cloudy for several consecutive days.

Winter bad weather is often interrupted in January and in the first half of February on sunny days, known from antiquity "Alkyonides days".

The winter season is sweeter in the Aegean islands and in June than in northern and eastern Greece.

The currency of Greece is the euro (€).

Citizens of countries with other currencies can obtain currency at all banks or exchange shops in many parts of the country and at airports.

The shops in Athens are daily open:

• Monday and Wednesday 9:00 - 15:00
• Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 - 14:00 and 17:30 - 21:00
• Saturday 9:00 - 15:00

On Saturday the shops in the center of Athens (Ermou street)  are open 9:00 - 17:00.

The shopping malls are open daily from 10:00 until 21:00 (Saturday until 20:00).

2. Banking Hours

All banks have the same opening hours, namely: Monday - Thursday 08: 00-14: 30 & Friday 08: 00-14: 00.

However, it should be known that some banks (in Athens and Thessaloniki) have extended-term shops, Alpha Bank.

(The selected Alpha Bank stores that are open during the afternoons until 18:00 and Saturday from 10:00 am until 15:00 noon are:

The Kolonaki Store (Patriarch Ioakim 2) and the Psychiko shop (214 Kifissias Avenue).

The store located at Athens International Airport is open from Monday to Friday until 18:00 in the afternoon and on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 09:00 in the morning until 16:00 in the afternoon.

In Thessaloniki the shop with extended hours is located at 43 Tsimiski Street and operates from Monday to Friday until 17:00 in the afternoon).

Tolls are a tax paid by owners of cars, motorcycles, minibuses, cabs and trucks when they are around on National Highways for maintenance and road construction.

Today in Greece, toll stations are on the following National Highways:

Highway 2 (A2), also known as Egnatia Odos, is the longest Highway in Greece with a length of 670 km.

Egnatia Odos is the Greek section of the trans-European axis E90.

Detailed information on toll rates per toll station and vehicle category can be found here. Toll payment is done through physical cash payment, electronic payment via e-PASS transponder, an automatic machine payment and via credit card.

6. Tolls of Rio-Antirrio Bridge

The Rio-Antirion Bridge (Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge) is a cabled bridge that was completed and came into operation in 2004 between Rio (suburb of Patra) and Antirrio.

It connects the Peloponnese with western mainland Greece and up and wider with the rest of Europe. It is part of the Ionian Road (A5) and European Route 55 (E55).

«GEFYRA FOUNDATION SA» is responsible for the management of tolls, traffic and routine maintenance of the Rio-Antirrio Bridge.

Detailed information on toll rates per toll station and vehicle category can be found here.

Toll payment is done through physical cash payment, electronic payment via Gefyra e-PASS transponder, via Round Trip Card, an automatic machine payment and via credit card.

7. Tolls of Underground Tunnel of Aktion - Preveza

The Underground tunnel of Aktion - Preveza connects the sea strait that separates Sterea Hellas from Epirus to the opening of the Amvrakikos Gulf.

The tunnel has a total underwater road length of 910 meters and a maximum depth of 27 meters below the sea.

The toll station is located in Aktio and is managed by «Egnatia Odos SA».

Detailed information on toll rates per toll station and vehicle category can be found here.

Toll payment is done through physical cash payment, electronic payment via Egnatia e-card transponder, an automatic machine payment and via credit card.

8. Tolls of National Road of Antirrio - Ioannina

Highway 5 (A5), also known as «Ionian Odos», is a Highway in Greece and is part of European Road 55 (E55) from Antirrio to the Amvrakia Highway (Highway junction 52). 

From there to its connection to Egnatia Odos, at Pedini, it is the European Route 951 (E951).

The company «Nea Odos SA» has undertaken the study, construction, management and maintenance of the Ionian Odos.

Detailed information on toll rates per toll station and vehicle category can be found here.

Toll payment is done through physical cash payment, electronic payment via Fast Pass transponder, an automatic machine payment and via credit card.

9. Tolls of National Road Lamia (Xyniadas) - Trikala

The Central Roud Hellas - Highway 3 (A3, also known as E65) is a Highway linking Eastern and Western Greece. It is part of European Route 65.

The company «Central Hellas Highway SA» (Kentriki Odos) manages toll stations consisting of:

From the Xyniades - Karditsa, which has a total length of 47.012 km and includes the station of Sofades and Anavra and from the section of 
Karditsa to Trikala, which has a total length of 30.535 km and includes the station of Trikala and the Proastio.

Detailed information on toll rates per toll station and vehicle category can be found here.

Toll payment is done through physical cash payment, electronic payment via Kentriki Pass transponder, an automatic machine payment and via credit card.