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TV, Radio and from 7pm until 11pm for Travellers with
Newspapers dinner, but are closed one Specific Needs
day a week (the day
International newspapers varies). Opening times for Few public buildings, shops,
and magazines, including museums can vary quite museums and archaeo-
most major British, a bit, but tend to be from logical sites have
German and Dutch 8am until 3pm Tuesday to wheelchair ramps so
publications, are available Sunday. Sites often extend access can be difficult for
in Corfu, Kefalloniá and their opening hours until visitors with impaired
Zákynthos on the day 7pm in summer. mobility. Many museums
after publication. The daily are in older buildings
international edition of The Time Difference without lifts. However,
New York Times, which thanks to EU initiatives,
includes an English- Greece is two hours most hotels and some
language edition of the ahead of GMT. It uses restaurants are starting
major Greek newspaper daylight saving time in to intro duce ramps and
Kathimerini, is also widely summer – clocks go bathroom facilities suit-
available. Kathimerini also forward one hour on the able for wheelchairs.
has an English-language last weekend of March, Few places have Braille
online edition, with news and back one hour on the or audio guides suitable
from all over Greece, last weekend of October. for visu ally impaired
including coverage of visitors, or induction loop
events in the Ionian Electrical devices for those with
islands. The Greek broad- Appliances hearing diffi culties.
caster Ellinikí Radiofonía Holiday companies such
Tileórasi (ERT) offers The standard current is as Disabled Holidays and
English-language online 230V/50Hz and plugs are Enable Holidays offer
news and sports coverage usually of the two round package holidays for
from the Ionian Islands, pin variety (though some travellers with special
the rest of Greece, and sockets take plugs with needs, including hotels
around the world. Most three round pins). If trav- and villas with facilities
hotels have satellite TV, elling from the UK you for wheelchair users.
but offer only a very will need an adaptor. A
limited range of inter- transformer will also be Sources of
national channels, such required for some US Information
as CNN and BBC World. devices. These are not
always available locally, The Greek National
Opening Hours so pack what you need. Tourism Organization
(GNTO) has offices in the
Shops are generally open Weather UK, USA, Germany and
from 8am until 7pm on many other countries.
weekdays, and close at The Ionians have hot Address details can be
2pm on Wednes days and summers, mild autumns found on the websites
Saturdays. Small shops and springs, and cool for each office or on the
may also have a long winters. Temperatures GNTO’s own website.
lunch break, although with rarely fall below 10° C The GNTO’s headquarters
Greece’s recent finan cial (50° F) on the coast, but are in Athens and it has
woes the pressure to trade snow often falls in the offices throughout the
has increased and many mountains. December Ionian islands, including
now stay open all day. to February are the on Corfu, Paxí, Lefkáda,
Banks are open from 8am coolest, wettest months, Kefalloniá, Ithaki and
until 2pm on weekdays while July and August Zákynthos. The Hellenic
and close at 1:30pm on are the hottest, with Ministry of Culture’s
Fridays, but those in major average temperatures of website provides inform-
tourist areas may stay around 26° C (79° F). ation about archaeo logical
open later. Restaurants Daytime temperatures sites, monuments, places
usually open from 11am can peak at over 40° C of historical interest
until 3pm for lunch, and (104° F) at this time. and museums.

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