Health and Vaccinations
Ailment Special Precautions
Tetanus: Yes
Typhoid: No
Diphtheria: No
Malaria: No
Rabies: No
Hepatitis-A: Sometimes
Yellow Fever: No. But travellers over one year of age coming from the infected area have to produce Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate..
Nationals of all the member nations of European Economic Ares (EEA) and Switzerland are entitled to free emergency medical treatment on the production of European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). The EHIC has replaced, the now obsolete, Form E111. The Ambulance number in Greece is 166.
The authorities in Greece strongly advise full travel insurance for all travellers to the country.
Travel Advice
From time to time, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK issues Travel Advisories for visits to Greece. Accordingly, most visits to Greece are trouble-free but the global threat from international terrorism can never be ruled out. Therefore, the travellers should take adequate precautions while visiting the places of tourists’ interest in Greece.
Greece has strict laws against indecent behaviour at public places. Therefore, the visitors are advised to observe high standards of public behaviour. Preferably, they should acquaint themselves of the behaviours considered indecent in Greece.
At the time of publishing, this information is correct. However, the travel advice is periodically and rapidly updated. Therefore, all the visitors are advised to contact at the following addresses for the latest travel advice:
Tel - 0845 850 2829
Website - www.fco.gov.uk
US Department of State
Website - http://travel.state.gov/travel
Passport and Visa Info
| Nationality |
Passport Required |
Visa |
Return Ticket |
| British |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Australian |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Canadian |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| USA |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Other EU |
Note 1 |
No |
No |
Greece is also a signatory to the 1995 Schengen Agreement.
The travellers in and out of Greece on a chartered flight run the risk of having the return portion of their ticket invalidated by the Greek authorities if, at any time of their stay, they leave Greece and remain overnight or longer in another country.
Passports are required by the nationals of all countries except the EU nationals holding a valid national ID card and. Such EU nationals are only required to produce evidence of their EU nationality and identity in order to be admitted to any EU Member State, including Greece. Identity can be proved either by a valid a national passport or any valid national identity card.
British and EU (excluding Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia) passports must be valid for length of intended stay.
Australian, Canadian, USA and excluded EU passports must be valid for at least three months beyond the length of the stay.
Visas are not required for the nationals of the abovementioned countries for stay up to 90 days.
Note 1: For EU nationals, visas are not required at all.
For Australian, Canadian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and US citizens, visas are not required up to 3 months of touristic stay in the country
The nationals of other countries, not mentioned in the chart above, should contact their local embassy for visa requirements.
Greece also refuses permission of admission and transit to the holders of travel documents issued by the Northern Cyprus region controlled by Turkey, and the holders of UN laissez-passers.
Some nationals may also be required to register with the Aliens Department of the nearest police station within 48 hours of arrival in the country. For more information, please contact your local Greek embassy. |
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