Travel Tips of Greece

Location: Southeastern Europe
Area: 131,957 sq. km.
Population: 10,964,020.
Capital:/Athens with a population of 3,192,606.

Local Time: GMT +2 hours.

Politics:The Hellenic Republic is a Presidential Parliamentary Democracy.
Greece is a member state of E.U. since 1981.

Currency: Euro

Public Holidays
New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter, Epiphany, Ash Monday, National Holiday (28th October), Christmas, National Holiday, May Day, Whit Monday (Holiday only for public sector) is significant.

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Shopping
Greece is an ideal shopping paradise for worldwide shoppers. A large assortment of products catering to all tastes is available. Here prices are very reasonable in relation to product quality, and there lays full opportunity of Bargaining.

Shop Timing:
Shops remain open from 09.00 till 14.30 from Monday through Friday, while on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday the shops are open from 17.30 through 20.30.  On Saturday shops stay open from 09.00 till 15.00.
Sunday Closed
Supermarkets and kiosks remain open till 22.00.

Tourist Police
By dialing “171” the Greek Tourist Police can be reached around-the-clock. The job of the tourist police is to solve your problem regarding any travel related issue. This line provides all information and directions in Greek, English, French and German and thus helps the tourist to deal with any problem in any situation.

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