Useful Travel Information
contents:
- Tourist Police
- Currency Exchange from euros
- Voltage / Time / Language
- Feasts - holidays
- Press
- Population
- Smoking
- Useful telephone numbers
Tourist Police
The Tourist Police is a department of the Greek Police Force that consists of specially trained men and women, who all speak foreign languages. In the framework of its action it provides the following services:
- It serves domestic or foreign tourists on information issues, facilitations and solving problems that arise with the tourist enterprises.
- It collaborates with the qualified Tourism Directorates and the Local Authorities Organisations in order to cope with tourist issues.
- It implements the tourist legislation in enterprises, means and places of tourist interest, such as hotels, apartments and rooms to let, travel agencies and buses, leasing stores for passenger cars and motorcycles of private use, archaeological sites, guides, ski centres, watering places, stations of massive arrivals and departures, health stores operating in tourist enterprises, in free camping spaces etc
- It carries out controls in tourist enterprises, in order to serve and to protect the tourists, in the best possible way.
Tourism police operates a telephone line - just dial “171”-, on a 24-hour basis where they provide all kinds of information and directions, in Greek, in English, in French and in German, for the immediate solution of tourists’ problems.
There is no Tourist Police office in Serifos; however the local Police Station also acts as Tourist Police. Telephone No: +30 22810 51300
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Voltage
The standard current in Serifos, as well as all over Greece is 220-230V AC (50-60Hz). The devices from North America need a transformer and from England an adapter.
Time:
The local time is GTM+2 hours
Language:
The official language is the Greek language, but most of the residents also speak English.
Feasts / Holidays
- 1 January : New Year’s Day
- 6 January : The Epiphany
- 25 March: National Holiday
- 15 August : Assumption
- 28 October: National Holiday
- 25 (and 26) December : Christmas
Press
All the Greek newspapers and magazines and most of the foreign newspapers and magazines arrive to Serifos every day.
Population
According to the last (2002) official census, the permanent residents of Serifos are 1.400
Smoking
Smoking is prohibited inside all public buildings (restaurants, taverns, coffee - patisseries, bars, night clubs etc) and in public transportation. Smoking is allowed outdoors.
Useful Telephones (+30)
| Telephone (+30) | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Serifos | 22810 51210 |
| Serifos Police Station | 22810 51300 |
Tourist Police |
171 |
| Port Authority | 22810 51470 |
| Health Station | 22810 51202 |
| Pharmacy | 22810 51205 |
| Dentist | 22810 52324 |
| Post Office | 22810 51239 |
| Buses | 22810 51034, 51211, 51345 |
| Telecommunication Center | 22810 51399 |
| Alpha Bank | 22810 51739 |
| Union of Tourism | 22810 51159 |
| Lodgment Union | 22810 51520 |
| Museums | |
| Folklore Museum (Chora) | 22810 51181 |
| Archaeological Museum (Chora) | 22810 51138 |
| Monastery of Taxiarches (Near Galani) | 22810 51027 |
Taxis |
|
| Galanos Th. | 6973801051 |
| Gounaris G. | 6944473044 |
| Moustakas B. | 6944908637 |
| Chalida P. | 6932431114 |
| Rent a Car | |
| Afoi Kartsonaki O.E. - Livadakia | 22810 51534 |
| Coralli - Livadi | 22810 51488 |
| Blue Bird – Livadi | 22810 51511 |
| Politis Anastasios - Livadi | 22810 51116 |
| Tomaso - Rent a car – Livadi | 22810 52000 |
| Yaucht Supply with fuel | |
| Giannis Viliotis - Livadi | 22810 51512 |