GETTING THERE
& AWAY
Flights, tours and rail tick-
ets can be booked online
at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
travel_services.
Entering the
Country
Visitors to Greece with EU
passports are rarely given
more than a cursory glance.
If entering from another EU
nation passports are rarely
even checked, but customs
and police may be interested
in what you are carrying.
EU citizens may also enter
Greece on a national identity
card.
Visitors from outside the
EU may require a visa. This
must be checked with con-
sular authorities before you
arrive. For visa requirements,
see p 775.
Air
Most visitors to Greece arrive
by air, which tends to be the
fastest and cheapest option,
if not the most environmen-
tally friendly.
Airports & Airlines
Greece has four main inter-
national airports that take
chartered and scheduled
fl ights.
Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos
International Airport; code ATH;
%210 353 0000; http://www.aia.gr)
Iraklio (Nikos Kazantzakis
International Airport, Crete;
code HER; %2810 228401;
http://www.heraklion-airport.info)
Rhodes (Diagoras Airport, Do-
decanese; code RHO; % 22410
83222)
Thessaloniki (Makedonia
Airport, Northern Greece; code
SKG; %2310 473 700, 2310 473
212; http://www.thessalonikiairport.gr)Many of Greece’s other inter-
national airports, including
Corfu, Crete and Mykonos,
have begun taking scheduled
international fl ights with
easyJet. Kos and Araxos
also take direct fl ights from
Germany. Other international
airports across the country
include Santorini (Thira),
Karpathos, Samos, Skiathos,
Hrysoupoli, Aktion, Kefallonia
and Zakynthos. These air-
ports are most often used for
charter fl ights from the UK,
Germany and Scandinavia.AIRLINES FLYING TO/FROM
GREECE
Olympic Air (OA; %801 801
0101; http://www.olympicair.com) is
the country’s national airline
with the majority of fl ights to
and from Athens. Olympic
fl ies direct between Athens
and destinations throughout
Europe, as well as to Cairo,
İstanbul, Tel Aviv, New York
and Toronto. Aegean Airlines
(A3; %801 112 0000; http://www.
aegeanair.com) has fl ights to/
from destinations in Spain,
Germany and Italy as well as
to Paris, London, Cairo and
İstanbul. The safety record of
both airlines is exemplary. The
contact details for local
Olympic and Aegean offi ces
are listed throughout the
book.
Other airlines with offi ces
in Athens:
Aeroflot (SU; %210 322
0986; http://www.aeroflot.ru/cms/en)
Air Berlin (AB; %210 353
5264; http://www.airberlin.com)
Air Canada (AC; %210 617
5321; http://www.aircanada.ca)
Air France (AF; %210 353
0380; http://www.airfrance.com)
Alitalia (AZ; %210 353 4284;
http://www.alitalia.it)
American Airlines (AA;
%210 331 1045; http://www.aa.com)
British Airways (BA; % 210
890 6666; http://www.britishairways.
com)
Cyprus Airways (CY; % 210
372 2722; http://www.cyprusair.com.cy)
Delta Airlines (DL; % 210
331 1660; http://www.delta.com)
easyJet (U2; %210 967
0000; http://www.easyjet.com)
EgyptAir (MS; %210 353
1272; http://www.egyptair.com.eg)
El Al (LY; %210 353 1003;
http://www.elal.co.il)
Emirates Airlines (EK;
%210 933 3400; http://www.
emirates.com)
Gulf Air (GF; %210 322 0851;
http://www.gulfairco.com)
Iberia (IB; %210 323 4523;
http://www.iberia.com)
Japan Airlines (JL; % 210
324 8211; http://www.jal.co.jp)
KLM (KL; %210 353 1295;
http://www.klm.com)