Thessaloniki
Indice
Before packing for Greece, we are not sure what to bring. First of all we have to make sure we have our passport or identity card, the details of the flights or transports we will use, health and credit or debit cards, cash and accommodation details.
– Electricity adapter: If you live in a country where the power is usually 110V, electrical accessories will not work in Greece as the power is 220V. There are adapters that will allow you to plug in electrical appliances and adapt them to the Greek sockets.
– Internet connection: If you want to connect to the internet using your computer, you will probably need a Modular Telephone Adapter for Greece, as many of the telephone sockets are old and very different from those in other countries. The new standard telephone sockets (RJ11) are prepared for the new telephone connections, but many older houses or hotels use old sockets. You can buy a very cheap RJ11 adapter in any store, even the hotel usually offers this service.
Crete
It is also common to rent a boat to visit all the islands by sea. A curiosity about this archipelago is that the first name it had was Kalliste and then Thera, after King Thebes. Finally, it received the denomination of Santa Irene, Santa Irini in Greek. And what about Mykonos, one of the most beautiful places in the Mediterranean where you can go to rest on its fantastic beaches and coves and have fun because it is also a place with a lot of atmosphere both day and night. But the most spectacular thing is to stroll through its beautiful narrow white and blue streets where there are numerous little shops and places to eat.
One of the emblems of Mykonos are its windmills Kato Milli located on a hill from where the views are spectacular. Finally, we cross the Corinth Canal, one of the longest civil engineering projects in history and that most visitors who cross it, do not know the meaning of this artificial waterway linking the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea.
Travel to greece
Before packing for Greece, we are not sure what to bring. First of all we must make sure we have our passport or identity card, the details of the flights or transports we will use, health and credit or debit cards, cash and accommodation details.
– Electricity adapter: If you live in a country where the power is usually 110V, electrical accessories will not work in Greece as the power is 220V. There are adapters that will allow you to plug in electrical appliances and adapt them to the Greek sockets.
– Internet connection: If you want to connect to the internet using your computer, you will probably need a Modular Telephone Adapter for Greece, as many of the telephone sockets are old and very different from those in other countries. The new standard telephone sockets (RJ11) are prepared for the new telephone connections, but many older houses or hotels use old sockets. You can buy a very cheap RJ11 adapter in any store, even the hotel usually offers this service.
Piraeus
Depending on where we have chosen our hotel in Athens, we look for a way to get to the Central Market to make it our starting point, which is not bad to begin with…what a crazy fun market!
From here, after a stroll through its alleys, we will head towards Syntagma Square, the nerve center of the city, the place where most of the protests of the people that we have seen on TV so many times against the political class take place.
To get here, we will have to walk along a pedestrian street that is one of the main commercial axes of Athens. Here we will find the most famous international stores and street shows. At the end of it we will find the famous Syntagma Square, which crossing it to the end we will arrive at the Government Palace, the place where the Greek Prime Minister works, and where you can see the curious changing of the Guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier … (watch out! Each shoe weighs 3 kg …).