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By independent travel, ensure a touring holiday far off the beaten track and away from the drunken yob culture at charter destinations into the peace of quiet countryside and beautiful beaches - all as gorgeous as the one in the recent Mamma Mia film - and more - many Villas and hotels even better than the fictional Villa Donna
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| ATHENS GREECE |
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Weather forecast for week ahead for Athens
Links to Messinia local news in Greek, English and German
Qualified Teacher of Greek and English as a Foreign Language
YouTube: Saki Rouvas to represent Greece in 2009 Eurovision again after entry for 2004 where came third
ΠΟΥΛΕΙΤΕ ΣΠΙΤΙ ΚΟΝΤΑ ΚΟΡΩΝΗ - ο οικοπεδο ειναι 280 τετραγωνικα, το σπιτι ειναι διορωφο, εντος οικισμου 130 τετραγωνικα, 65τετραγ. επανω, 65τετραγ. κατω εχει φως ,νερο,και θελει επισκευη. εχει θεα, κοστιζει 45.000 ευρω. Τηλ Γιοργο Καπαινιαρης - 00-30-27250-22773 (ΠΡΙΩΝΟ ΓΡΑΦΕΙΟ)
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ΚΟΡΩΝΗ ΔΩΜΑΤΙΑ - ΔΙΑΜΕΡΙΣΜΑ - KORONI ACCOMMODATION
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SINGLE STOREY SELF CATERING ROOMS |
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35 Euros per room per day
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En Suite - two double beds - TV - air conditioning
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A moment's walk from Zaga beach (pictures on Koroni page)
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Single storey - only a couple of steps up to balcony / terrace - quiet location |
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2 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchenette |
Own courtyard parking |
65 Euro per room per day (summer) |
and 35 Euro per room (winter) per day |
Many Greeks, Germans, and English stay as repeat customers, including the webmeister Anastasia Christine |
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Eleftheria newspaper, Kalamata - front page weekly - in Greek only
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Maniatis Travel of Kalamata (email - speaks excellent English) - mini-bus transfer from Athens Airport - same company that did the Kalamata Airport coach transfers to Stoupa and other villages
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| SPONSORED GOOGLE ADS |
Morphis Car Hire, Athens
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Pelops Car Hire Kalamata and branches
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NEWS SNIPPETS - Athens
New underground car park at Athens Metro station Megaro Musikis due in November 2008 - 750 parking spaces
Full article in Greek
Aegean adds third daily Stansted flight (London - Athens) - full article on Athens page on this website
Local Greek, and Charter flight tourism from England and Germany to reduce in 2009 into Greece - Sat Oct 4, 2008 - (webmeister - independent travel - free from English yob culture from charter flights. Great! But shame Greeks cannot afford to get out and about in own country)
Submission to Land Registry
ROAD TOLLS RISE On (after midnight on the Monday 15th) Tuesday 16 September the Tolls out of Athens towards Corinth and out along the Patras motorway will raise to 2.80 Euro per toll booth payment for cars. (Elefsina and Zevgolato outbound and Rio and Isthmus inbound to Athens).
Source to full article in Greek from Kathimerini (15 Sep 08)
American Embassy in Athens, will now close last Wednesday of each month - Article Source Link in Greek - Kathimerini
Athens News - English language newspaper may close down in October
NEWS SNIPPETS - MESSINIA
ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΗΜΕΡΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΑUΤΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑ - 25 Sep 08
Full Article in Greek in Kathimerini
KALAMATA - Keep handbag on your shoulder on inner side away from kerbside - moped snatch thieves about
News Snippet Source in Greek 22 Sep 08
News Snippets about Thessaloniki below
INDEX OF MY ARTICLES ON HOMEPAGE
What Aids Local Tourism in Messinia
What is Not Helpful to Tourism in Messinia (not touring caravans - motor campers)
Living in Greece Information / Support Shop / REAL ESTATE - Koroni - open mornings with English and German speaking staff
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EXPEDIA - Flight return London Gatwick to Thessaloniki day or so before to enjoy a stopover (now for 2009 season).
Then book Thessaloniki to Kalamata on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday (Fridays have the least traffic so best availability).
Please book each leg separately - Flight Only search box
Contact direct through link above
Remember these return scheduled flights Thessaloniki-Kalamata cease the last Friday/Sat/Sun combination - 24/25/26 October 2008 according to Expedia and start again in 2009.
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Up till 31 October Submission to Land Registry (Ktimatologio - Cadastre) of your property (Date: 26-08-08 Copyright: Kathimerini)
The deadline for resident Greeks 31 October 2008 (urban - villagers get a bit longer till the end of the year) and non-nationals / those living abroad expiry is the 30/12/2008.
Cadastre What is Ktimalogio (website in Greek) - The national Cadastre is a united system of recording of information of real estates. The aim is the creation of a modern, completely automated file of real estate. It is the most important program of cadastral survey that has been running over 4 years and comprises over 3.1 millions acres and 6.7 millions of rights of property in real estates. With the completion of this program, in which will participate roughly 3 millions citizens, the National Cadastre will cover the 2/3 of the population of Greece.
Who have obligation of submission of statements? All individuals that have rights in real estate in the 107 regions, rural or urban.
Where will the statements be submitted? For the better service of citizens, the Cadastre S.A. created 76 Offices of Cadastral survey. Each Office of Cadastral survey is responsible for the real estates that are declared in one or more regions.
What are the supporting documents that I will submit with the statement? The essential supporting documents that should be attached by the citizens you will find in the web page of the Ktimalogio (in Greek).
Article Source Link (by rss feed): Kathimerini newspaper, in Greek.
(webmeister's note: this is why it is vital to have a Greek lawyer for any property that has not yet entered the 'skethio' ie the local plan on land use by local government. Check with them, please.)
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Link to Resources about Business Travel international, how to lessen business travel stress and business culture abroad
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Living in Greece Information / Support Shop - Source Your Rural Retreat Direct from Greek Builders - far off the beaten track
Photos of Giorgo and his office are on my Mr Kapiniaris page, who is a local Greek with all the necessary professional knowledge as well as contacts.
Office has English and German speaking staff.
Office open mornings - picture - address - landline office number below:
ADDRESS:
Mr G. Kapiniaris,
Castle Walls
Koroni
Messinia 24004
Peloponnese
Greece
Landline office number when in Messinia: (27250) 22773
(On road signposted to Zaga Beach - Eleistra up from Church square, turn right at fork (left is cul de sac, walkway to the castle entrance) and immediately on your left) - Nice walk up to castle
Webmeister Anastasia Christine - prior repeat customer of his rental rooms
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My Article - Far Off the Beaten Track |
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My Article - The Ever Deeper Hidden Greece |
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FURTHER NEWS SNIPPETS
re Thessaloniki
Olympic Airlines flights: the itinerary suspended Thessaloniki-Gatwick-Thessaloniki - ERT Greek news Sep 08 and general media stories - Olympic airlines will re-emerge after April 2009, clearing debt with same company or might be called Olympic Pantheon. Present staff redeployed to public sector jobs. Airline privatised.
Light 3.8 Richter minor earthquake near Thessaloniki causing no problems. (06.09.08 Kathimerini newspaper)
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News items from Greek national newspaper Kathimerini 22-08-2008 Article Source Link (Greek):
Quote in part about Olympic Airlines flights: ... suspended the itinerary Thessaloniki-Gatwick-Thessaloniki, while the annual loss amounts to 3.6 millions of Euros. And due to high price of aviation fuel. From new schedule September and October 2008.(Webmeisters note - but lots of other airlines fly London Gatwick-Thessaloniki Greece direct as well as from other parts of the world direct to Thessaloniki).
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What Aids Local Tourism in Messinia |
The Southern Peloponnese is better visited by independent scheduled flight via Thessalonikι to Kalamata regional airport and then with a small hire car, with good mileage per litre, staying at luxury or budget hotels in Greece, in the Greek local villages.
Eating out for your evening meal on the healthiest diet in Europe.
For your lighter meals of the day you might care to:
Purchase locally grown fresh fruit and vegetables in season, from the roadside stalls of the local, mostly retired farmers.
Gain fresh local bread from traditional bakers.
Enjoy locally produced Greek yoghurt, which is usually eaten for breakfast with local Taygetos honey.
There are many hotels, both luxury and budget, as well as self catering holiday accommodation in Greece. In Messinia they are by picturesque villages of stone homes, by or near to beachfront and harbourfront bars, cafes and restaurant.
By this way, you can provide a tourism that benefits the locals directly, which is the purpose of the tourist trade.
Locally produced good class arts and crafts is also a way to give you a reminder of the beauty of Greece when you return home.
Local Athenian Greek tourism is only the few major long weekend religious bank holidays and the month of August. For the rest of the year the region of Messinia is quiet.
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What is Not Helpful to Tourism in Messinia
South Peloponnese towns and villages have narrow, winding medieval roads that often are a single vehicle in width, even on the roads between the villages. Picturesque as this is, it makes Stoupa, Ayios (Agios) Nikolaos, Koroni, Finikounda, Methoni and Pylos unsuitable for touring caravans and motor campers.
Caravans are banned from entry or to be parked in Koroni village.
Caravan owners bring their own food and supplies and do not buy from local shops.
Caravans come to the Peloponnese by the Patras ferry port and come from Germany (Deutschland), Austria (Oestereich), France, Holland and Switzerland (Suisse). The price of petrol makes this journey through Europe and touring around the Peloponnese expensive, especially bearing in mind that rural petrol stations have to charge more for petrol.
There are official campgrounds but many avoid staying overnight in them, and therefore are even less of a support to local tourism.
Camping with tents outside of an official campground is a severe fire hazard in the dry climate of Greece.
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Almiyachts.com introducing charter sailing vacations
Links to
Luxury yacht charters and about yacht charters in Greece.
All the information you are ever likely to need for your sailing vacation. Bareboats, flotillas, luxury crewed vessels, sailing cruises and a brokerage section. Yacht charter agencies, boats' photos, info and charter price, and an extensive Greek islands' port directory.
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Peloponnese Villa Rentals, Peloponnese Rentals HomeAway advertises privately owned vacation and holiday homes from all over the world. Book direct with the owners for great value!
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10 Greece Guides in one Athens & Mainland
Greece Guide, Greek islands Guide w/ tips, tools, ferry schedules, shopping,
cuisine, culture,
ecotourism, beaches, archeological sights, attractions, phrases, cuisine,
hotels, tours, cruises
private tours
LINK PAGES ABOUT GREEK ISLANDS INFO |
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| expatwebdirectory - southern-europe |
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