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WHEN I ARRIVE IN GREECE WILL I NEED TO GO INTO QUARANTINE? A lot of confusion has arrived whether or not a traveller to Greece has to quaratine. The answer is no UNLESS…. All international travellers arriving to Greece must fill a Passenger Locator Form (PLF) 24 hours before check-in at the latest. …

A huge campaign over the weekend saw volunteer groups around Zakynthos joining forces. Their goal to clean up one of our most famous beaches “Shipwreck’ Notification on one of the group’s FB page read as this:-   “The “ZaCLEANthos” and “Green Activist Group” Teams … After what tragically we saw …

Greece has always been home to its unusual pink visitors; flamingoes. This year however Halkidiki has announced that a visiting pair of flamingoes, nesting in Halkidiki have become parents! The birth of the flamingo chicks is thought to be a first for Greece and more are expected, as around 180 …

A great video put together by our friend Stratos. Most of us will know Stratos, he’s one of our favourite firemen on the island. Like us, he loves his Island home and he often helps with volunteer work engaging himself in the “Volunteer Group of Zakynthos”, that is when he …

A gloomy 2020 summer for Greek tourism is outlined by a survey of major tourist markets, according to which only one in four participants said they were willing to travel abroad in the July-September quarter!   This is a study by Mindhaus in collaboration with the Pollfish research platform, the …

Greece closes the border with Serbia until July 15th, according to Deputy Government Spokeswoman Aristotle Peloni.   Thus, the country will not accept tourists and visitors through Serbia for this period due to epidemiological data.   The only exception is substantial reasons for crossing “The government, in cooperation with the …

Sunday’s forecast will be slightly cloudy and the temperature will rise from 23degrees  Celsius in the mornings up to 30 degrees Celsius during mid-day. However, due to the humidity ranging from 100% in the wee hours to 85% around 09.00a.m it will seem hotter. Winds will be slight ranging from …

A full list of the countries exempt from the coronavirus travel quarantine has been released by the government. People returning to or visiting England from around 70 countries and overseas territories deemed to have low rates of coronavirus will not need to self-isolate. Fourteen British Overseas Territories are also included. …

Good news from the results of the sampling tests that took place yesterday as tourism started at the country’s airport in regards to coronavirus.   Specifically, as it became known this morning, the first 250 tourist tests from Heraklion, Crete, all came out negative. During the day, the results of …

Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley, flew to his favourite destination, Pelion, yesterday – via Bulgaria – ignoring travel instructions amid a government pandemic. Stanley Johnson was fired despite State Department instructions saying the British should not travel abroad unless there was a great need. The 79-year-old arrived in Athens last night …