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INFORMATION

ACCESSIBILITY:

By plane:

At the beginning of France, Belgium and Switzerland, the island of Peak is served from April at November by many companies charters.

There are also regular companies which ensure of the connections all the year.

The scheduled flights are generally via Athens, whereas the flights charters are frequently flights direct.

Do not forget that the Peak has two international airports, that of Héraklion (more attended) and that of Canée, in the west;

Principal Airline companies	Scheduled flights	Flights charters
Aegean	X	X
Swiss	X
Olympic Airways	X
Transavia		X
Corsaire		X
Hello avec Starter		X
Air France	X
Thomas Cook	X	X
Air Med		X


By boat:

MOTORWAY NETWORK:
In taxi:
The taxis are malheuresement far from being cheap. With you of good knowledge to negotiate the tariffs for those at which the taximeter does not function.
As example: Airport-Héraklion: 20€ Airport-Hérsonnisos: 35€ Airport of Canée it Canée: 20€
Hiring of cars:
The hirings are cheap: to count 25-30€/la day at the local people receiving benefits, much dearer at the international companies.
A detailed attention with the mode of control of often anarchistic and fast Crêtois. Caution: In Peak one rolls on the hard shoulders.
Bus:
Excel network of bus (also cheap) on the whole of the island.
CUSTOMS:
A national indentity card is enough for the nationals to the European union.
For the Canadian nationals a passport and a visa are necessary.

Consulates:

	Nº of telephone	Address
Embassy Great Britain	(00 33) (0)1.47.23.72.28	17, Rue Auguste-Vacquerie, 75016 Paris

OTHER INFORMATION:

The currency: The euro

Banks: from 8h with 13h, Monday at Friday

Time shift: 1 hour be like winter. When it is midday in Paris, it is 13 hours with Héraklion.

Health: No vaccine requested. Drinking water. Good Hygiene and good medical department. To envisage tweezers to remove the prickles of sea urchins.

Safety: The island is sure. Leave nevertheless your valuable articles to the hotel in a trunk which you will have beforehand rented with the reception.

Language: The modern Greek. English, German, Italian and French are spoken in the tourist places.

Post: (Tahidromeio) open the every day except Sunday. Count approximately 60 cts/€ the stamp for Europe

Telephone:

	Country	Code
	France	00 33 + nº du correspondant sans le 0 du début
	Suisse	00 41 + nº du correspondant sans le 0 du début
	Belgique	00 32 + nº du correspondant
	Luxembourg	00 352 + nº du correspondant
	Canada	00 450, 514, 418 + nº du correspondant

Stores: Monday at Friday of 10h with 14h and 17h with 20h. Opened daily not stop in the tourist stations of 10h at midnight

Memories: Silver jewels, embroideries, leather, sponges of sea, the raki (brandy) and famous olive oil.

Tip: With your free appreciation. However, to give some is synonymous with insult in the villages of mountain.

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