Page 113 - (DK Eyewitness) Top 10 Travel Guide - Corfu & the Ionian Islands

Practical Information ❮❮ 111

Alternatively, if you fall Telephone and would be 210 00 00000.
victim to crime, call the Internet Most of the islands have
regular police. There is their own codes: Corfu is
also an emergency Mobile phone usage is 266, Kefalloniá 267 and
number for fire and widespread in Greece and Zákynthos 269.
coastguard services. visitors who bring their Wi-Fi is available for
Outbreaks of forest own phone are unlikely to free in most hotels,
wildfires can occur in expe rience any problems restaurants and bars.
summer. Restricted when calling home or a Some towns and villages
access may be put in local number. If you have also offer free Wi-Fi
place in hazardous areas. an international GSM- hotspots – these are
equipped phone, check often in public buildings.
Currency and Banking with your service provider
whether global roaming is Postal Services
Greece’s official currency avail able to you and what
is the euro (€), divided it will cost. Alternatively, Post offices can be found
into 100 cents. Banknotes consi der buying a local in all major towns and
come in deno minations of SIM card. Main mobile most villages, and are
€5, €10, €20, €50, €100, providers include easily identified by the
€200 and €500 (the latter Vodafone and Cosmote. yellow signs that read
is rarely seen); coins are The country code for tachydromeia (post office).
1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c and Greece is 30. Telephone Letter boxes are painted
50c (lepta), and €1 and €2. numbers start with a yellow. Opening times
Although smaller towns ser vice code (for example: may vary between the
and even villages are 2 indicates a landline, 6 a islands, especially in
catching up, ATMs are still mobile number and 9 a villages, but are generally
usually found only in main premium rate number), from around 7:30am
towns and tourist areas. followed by an area code until 2pm. Letters
All major credit cards and then the main and post cards sent to
are widely accepted by number. Athens’ code is European coun tries will
hotels, larger restaurants 21, so if dialling from out- usually arrive in around
and shops, but cash is side Greece the number five days, but may take
still preferred in some would be +30 210 00 longer if posted in a
smaller establishments. 00000. Within Greece, it remote village.
DIRECTORY
PASSPORTS AND TRAVEL SAFETY ADVICE PERSONAL SECURITY
VISAS Australian Department General Emergency
Australia (Athens) of Foreign Affairs and number
103 Kifissias Avenue Trade § 112
∑ greece.embassy.gov.au ∑ dfat.gov.au Coastguard
Canada (Athens) ∑ smartraveller.gov.au § 108
48 Ethnikis Antistaseos St UK Foreign and Fire
∑ greece.gc.ca Commonwealth Office § 199
Ministry of Foreign ∑ gov.uk/foreign-travel- Police
Affairs advice § 100
∑ mfa.gr/en US Department of State
New Zealand (Athens) ∑ travel.state.gov TELEPHONE AND
76 Leoforos Kifisias INTERNET
∑ mfat.govt.nz HEALTH Cosmote
UK (Athens) Ambulance ∑ cosmote.gr
§ 166
1 Ploutarchou Street Vodafone
∑ ukingreece.fco.gov.uk EHIC ∑ vodafone.gr
USA (Athens) ∑ nhs.uk/ehic
91 Vas Sofia Avenue Pharmacies Hotline
∑ gr.usembassy.gov § 107

110-113_Top_10_Corfu.indd 111 27/11/2017 17:32