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How to come in Greece

Air connections

Nowadays there are 44 airports operating in Greece and 15 of them are State International Airports accommodate airplanes of scheduled and non - scheduled airlines (especially during the summer) as well as charter flights, and handle approximately 82% of the tourists who arrive annually in our country. All major airlines fly to Greece.

Sea travel

The country boasts a particularly extensive coastal transportation network serving all Greek islands, the majority of coastal destinations in mainland Greece and certain international ports. The Greek fleet, consisting of all types of vessels (passengers ships, ferry boats, hydrofoils, etc) operating on domestic and international routes, has undergone major refurbishment, thus ensuring travellersspeedy, reliable and enjoyable travel.

International Connections

The main volume of European tourists travelling to Greece by car, uses the modern ferries, recently built, doing routes between Greek ports and those of neighbouring Italy.

The established Patras - Igoumenitsa - Corfu - Brindisi or Bari or Ancona line, has already been operating for almost thirty years, uniting Greece to Central Europe and the Scandinavian countries. It acts as a "bridge" from which every year several millions people pass, while in the last years the line has been enriched with departures for Venice and Trieste. At the same time, new ships possessing all modern facilities, attaining higher speeds and with convenient arrival and departure times.

In order to best serve the growing demand for mobile home transport, shipping companies have put to sea vessels with specially formulated areas for campers and caravans.

Travelling by these ships, experiencing their all-rounded hospitality and the up-to-date services, is sheer delight, combining a wide range of services with very reasonable prices. The ships have cabins of different classes, from outside cabins with shower and W.C. to internal economy cabins, offering every opportunity for comfortable accommodations. The services usually provided on board are air conditioning, bar, restaurants, wear shops, satellite communications (telex, tele-fax), video games and gambling (slot machines, casino, card rooms), pools, self-service, disco, movie theatre, baby-land, escalators, camping on board etc.

Besides, the daily departures from port, in late evening hours for the most part, and the option to be issued return tickets, ensure the passenger's timely arrival at his destination, and offer him the opportunity to enjoy an extra vacation day.

Ships doing the Greece - Italy routes belong to members of either the Union of Passenger Ships Owners, or the Union of Coastal Passenger Ships Owners.

• UNION OF COASTAL PASSENGER SHIPS OWNERS (UCPSO)
  15 Aristidou Street, 185 31 Piraeus
  Tel: +30 210 4220820 (3 lines)
  Fax: +30 210 4220822
  
  
• UNION OF PASSENGER SHIPS OWNERS
  87 Akti Miaouli, 185 38 Piraeus
  Tel: +30 210 4291062, 4290822, 4291531
  Fax: +30 210 4291034

The member companies of the Unions are in direct cooperation with European Agents in many countries throughout Europe, from where passengers can obtain their tickets directly and conveniently.

Central Company Agents have offices in departure ports, while in Athens a central Booking System is in place, by which those who are interested can obtain more information.

Passenger Passport Control

Upon the application of the Schengen Agreement in our country, the passenger ships and ferries making regular routes from Patras and Igoumenitsa to Italy and the other way round (without visiting ports of third non-Schengen countries), are included in the category of ships doing domestic routes.

Consequently, the passengers of such ships, whose exclusive destination or origin are ports found on the soil of Schengen contracting party, will not be subject to passport control.

Of course, you can always come in Greece by railway travelling through the ex-Jugoslavian states