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Taxis Athens
26 Reviews To put it bluntly they are ba#%$^%&'s Rude, over bearing, arrogant, and out to prise every cent out of you they can. I found it best by far to NOT ask a price or bargin, but just to get in and get...
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Sunset in Oia Santorini Island
5 Reviews The sunsets in Santorini are awsome! However because of the crowds of people it is hard to enjoy them. The alleys are filled and people are found standing for hours waiting for the moment the sun...
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Excursion's Crete Island
3 Reviews One of the best excursions you can do while in Crete is visiting the old Venetian Castle Island of Spinalonga. It is a short sail accross the lively town of Agios Nikolaos and the village of Elounda...
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Taxi fares Thessaloniki
7 Reviews I live in Thessaloniki and I have to warn you that taxi drivers are RUDE and they will try to cheat you, they will tell you to pay more than the real fair. Do not trust them cause they r trying to...
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Plaka Athens
12 Reviews This is a scam that I foud multiple times on Athens. If you are eating at a restaurant, the waiter will open a large bottle of water and put it on your table. Then will charge you for it, even if you...
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Cruises Santorini Island
2 Reviews Since the volcano has no main crater, which would make a tour more spectacular, we have decided to take a ride just around Nea Kameni. However, most of the trips were offered only in package, where...
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Popular Places Crete Island
5 Reviews Usually most popular Cretean beaches are overcrowded in full season. This sometimes can make sunbathing and/or swimming annoying and tiring. Try and find less popular beaches. Ask locals -...
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Overpriced restaurants Athens
6 Reviews Many restaurants pretend that they have made a mistake and they over charge your bill. They do it purposely because usually people don't check and pay what they have been asked. If you see that you...
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Cable Car Santorini Island
2 Reviews We showed up at the Cable car at 11am, we neeed to catch our boat for the day. We waited in the steaming heat for about one hour and a half. The boat wasnt going to wait for us as there was another...
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Acropolis Athens
5 Reviews Actually I would not consider all acropolis as a tourist trap, just northern slope and Parthenon. I arrived to visit it at 10 am, not so early but also not so late and it was not a public holiday. No...
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Taxi as usual!Be careful! Some meters are still sow Drachmas (1 euro=340,75) Taxi Fares (Last update 27.02.2002) :Meter Starts At 0,74 ? Minimum Rate 1,47 ? Rate Per Km Within City Limits (Simple Rate) 0,24 ? Rate Per Km Outside City Limits (Double Rate) 0,44 ? Waiting Time Per Hour 7,60 ? Surchage From & To the Airports 1,18 ? Surchage From the Ports, Railway & Bus Stations 0,59 ? Night Rate (From Midnight To 05.00 A.M.) 0,44 ? Luggage Over 10 Kgs Each 0,30 ?
Lindos is a must see place, but you don't really want to get stuck there. I headed there for a couple of nights. Really, a day trip from Rhodes would have been enough. The place gets absolutely crammed in the day as a fleet of coaches disgorges hoardes of tourists. You literally can't move for the crowds in the narrow streets of this very small town.The main attraction is the acropolis and crusader castle on the bluff hill fronting the sea. There is a nice looking bay below. Accommodation is tight and you pay for it here. The beaches to the south aren't much to write home about.
Most of us are used to order a salad and a main dish and a glass of something.Well, I advise you to change your behaviour a little when you are in Greece.You better order small variety of things instead of a main dish. Additionally, try to be at least 4 persons, so as to order many little things that usually are served before the main dish, and share them.Such things are "meatballs", "small cheese pies", "tzatziki", "sardines", "squids" etc.
Avoid places and restaurants (especially in Plaka) that you see only tourists.Especially when a smiling waiter pulls you inside!!! Try to find the places where the greek young people go and are full without waiters' effort. They are more sophisticated, more authentic with better quality of food and additionally, they have better prices! If you are in a touristic place and you cannot find a place that locals eat, try to find a restaurant that has enough customers, and ask for the menu list before you order, to see the prices. Then have a look around you to other tables, and order what seems fresh and nice to you! :)
Pay taxi drivers according to what the taxi meter says. No tip is needed.And if they do not have a taxi meter, (it happens sometimes away from big cities) ask the taxi driver before you enter the taxi, how much will it cost, to drive to the place you want. Taxi drivers usually are not thieves and do not cheat tourists, but you better be careful, just in case!
In most european countries we are used to those most used gestures like nodding for "yes" and shaking your head for "no". In greece it is different: you simply move your head up, sometimes with raising your eyebrowes. Sometimes some of the greeks add this funny sound made with mouth. You put your mouth like you wanted to kiss somebody and make the sound similar to that when you are impatiernt or fed up wiuth something.For saying, or better showing "yes" they simply move the head down Just remember the meaning, as otherwise you will stand in the shop asking if they have beer, and they will make those gestures which will make you a bit confused
Before anyone go up to the shops in Molivos,be shure you got good health and shoes. Like me,I had to go to the bakery,right up the hill.Well I tookmy scooter that go,s faster and it,s not that diffitcult as walking up and down again..... See before.....
What ever might happens to you or your friends,I hope never, please call The Tourism Police. Is an integral part of the Hellenic Police (ÅËÁÓ), consisting of men and women especially trained and competent to offer tourists information and help, whenever they have any problems. They are also competent to solve minor differences between tourists and entreprises. They all speak foreign languages. You can recognise them by the shoulder flash Tourism Police on their uniforms.Tourism Police operates an emergency telephone line on a 24 hour basis (just dial 171 any day, any time, from all over Greece).Tourist Police Offices in Greece:http://www.agn.gr/info/police/police.htm
Kalimera....Good morning....Buenos diasKalispera...Good afternoon..Buenas tardesEfharisto...Thank you.......GraciasParakalo....Please, you are wellcome..Por favor, de nadaSignomi ....Excuse me sorry...Perdonne..........yes...............siohi.........no................noendaxi......okey..............okyia sou.....hello.............holakalinichta..good night........buenas nochesandio.......good bye..........adioskrasi ......wine..............vinoplirono.....To pay............pagararistera....left..............izquierdadeksia......right.............derechamesa........in.................dentroekso........out................fueratekno.......handsome (male)....guapogomenara....handsome (female)..guapatsigara.....cigarrets..........cigarrosposiste.....How are you?.......Como estas?kala efharisto...fine thanks...bien graciasNow some sentences:Pou einai i stasi?....Where is the bus station?Thelo...
We stayed at Rethymnon. And as in many touristarea's the waiters at the restaurants are very pushy to get you into the restaurant. Don't go in immediately, look around, the prices are very diffrent at each restaurant.
Grand Bretagne Hotel Athens Athens
17 Reviews and 640 Opinions Every visitor to Athens cannot fail to notice this huge hotel. It's right on Syntagma Square,...
Astra Apartments & Suites Santorini Island
1 Review and 404 Opinions My husband and I finished off our honeymoon at the Astra Apartments, an all-suite hotel. The website...
Marni Village Crete Island
1 Review and 220 Opinions Stayed in October 2006, and really have no complaints about the accomodation,Very friendly and...
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Q: Hi! Last holiday I had to give up on Greece but this year I ve decided to visit there. I am planning to go on mid-October , but I...
A: I have been to Athens during the winter months and it can sometimes be quite pleasant weatherwise but colder in the evenings even in October.. It is a capital city...
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