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- <text id=93CT1702>
- <title>
- Greece--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Europe
- Greece
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Lightweight clothing May-September;
- woolens October-April.
- </p>
- <p> Customs: Greek visas are required of holders of official and
- diplomatic US passports, but not of visitors holding US tourist
- passports and intending to stay less than 2 months. Visitors
- wishing to extend their stay must submit an application 20 days
- before the expiration of the 2-month period. No special
- inoculations are required, but health requirements change.
- Travelers should check the latest information.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Telephone service within Athens is
- satisfactory, and calls to the US may be made easily. Athens is
- 7 standard time zones ahead of the eastern US.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Streets and highways in Greece are
- hard-surfaced; smaller roads are sometimes rough and ungraded.
- Tourist wishing to drive must have an international driver's
- licence. The international car insurance card is valid if Greece
- is listed on the card. Intercity and local public transportation
- is adequate, inexpensive, and crowded at rush hours. Taxis are
- numerous in Athens, but because they are relatively inexpensive
- they are difficult to find during rush hours.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- April 1985.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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