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DEAR CUSTOMER
Ios Travel Greece is a travel agency trying always to improve its services
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This page contains answers to common
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Greece is in the southern part of Europe, 145.000 sq. km of land
surrounded by the
Mediterranean sea, with nearly 1000 islands. It is a
member of European Union with
approximately 11.000.000 people. Capital is
Athens with 4.5 million inhabitants.
Currency is the Euro.
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Greece with its 3.500 years of history, one of the oldest Civilizations
on earth, birth
place
of the European Civilization has to show you-well
preserved pre-historic monuments,
ancient
tables, thousands of Byzantine
churches - scattered all over Greece.
Beside that, is the nature,
a colorful land with the thousands of wild
flowers during the spring time and the hundreds
of
small and large smaragdenia island in the deep blue water of the Mediterranean sea.
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Greece is the land of sun and sea. There are 250 - 300 sunny days
yearly depending on the
place in the country. The climate is mild
Mediterranean with the highest temperature raging approximately:
April - May: 20 - 25°C - scatter raining
June - middle of July: 25 - 35°C - dry
Middle of July - middle of August: 32 - 39 °C
- dry
middle of August - September: 26 - 34 °C -
normally dry
October - March: 5 - 18 °C with some raining in
October, November and some snow in
December to
March mainly on the mountains where you can find a lot of skiing centers.
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- Athens Festival ( ancient Herodion, Lycabettus theater, etc) May to
September
- Epidavrus Festival (Ancient theater of Epidavrus) July- August
- Many Local folklore festivals, wine festivals and musical events, all
over Greece, all the
summer around and in particular on 15th of August.
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Ferry Schedule in brief. Daily Departures all year around:
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EMBARKATION PORTS |
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CRETE-Chania, Iraklion |
PIRAEUS |
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PATMOS,LEROS,KALYMNOS, KOS, RHODES,
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IKARIA, SAMOS |
PIRAEUS |
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CHIOS, LESBOS-Mitilini,LIMNOS |
PIRAEUS |
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PAROS,NAXOS,IOS,SANTORINI |
PIRAEUS |
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SYROS,TINOS,MYCONOS |
PIRAEUS |
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KYTHNOS,SERIFOS,SIFNOS,MILOS,FOLEGANDROS |
PIRAEUS |
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ANDROS,TINOS,MYCONOS,IOS,AMORGOS |
RAFINA |
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KEFALONIA,ITHAKA |
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ZAKYNTHOS |
KILINI (West Peloponesse) |
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CORFU |
IGOUMENIYSA(North Greece) |
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SKIATHOS/SKOPELOS,ALONISSOS |
AG. KONSTANTINOS/VOLOS |
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ARGOSARONIC ISLANDS(HYDRA,POROS,AIGINA) |
PIRAEUS |
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THASSOS,SAMOTHRAKI |
KAVALA (North Greece) |
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KYTHIRA,ANTIKYTHIRA |
GITHION (Souyh Peloponesse) |
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 | Routs 1, 2, 3, 4 depart from Piraeus pm hours for
overnight trips. |
| Routs 5, 6, 7, 8 depart from Pireaus (except Andros) early
morning hours and return to
Piraeus the same day via the same ports. |
| Rout 8 departs from Rafina. Trips to these islands, 2-3
daily, are mainly made by Flying
Dolphins-fast boats - and some ferry boats. |
| Routs 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 are served by local ferries with varying
number of departure (2-5)
daily during summer time. |
| Rout 12 with many departures daily is serving the
nearby to Athens Argosaronic islands |
| Piraeus is the main harbor of Athens and Rafina a second port at
the north of Athens.
Both ports are 1 to 1.5 hrs by car from the center of Athens. |
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