Cost of Living Greece - Crisis What Crisis - OK for Tourists
Like-for-like packages are up to 34 per cent cheaper...research showed the biggest savings were in the Eastern Mediterranean, with Paphos in Cyprus seeing the greatest fall in prices followed by Crete, Zante and Turkey... "This means that there are thousands of family holidays being sold at much-reduced prices. READ MORE
Anastasia's note. The holiday industry is giving even more discounts for September holidays to Greece now. Book now and save.
A meat and oven-roasted potatoes meal with a 7UP lemonade about 12E in a Taverna in and around Koroni Greece.
Good News for more space ... Brits are spending their main holiday this year on home soil... When asked which countries they were avoiding, Greece came top, with 13% of holidaymakers saying they had fears over its financial instability. FULL STORY. 28.12.2010. Anastasia - Balderdash. The Greek islands and rural mainland away from Athens and Thessalonika have no effect from the crisis. There are plenty of tavernas and hotels waiting for those who do not believe such tosh! The Swiss, Germans and Austrians are coming. Get here before they grab the lilo! The Pound is gaining on the Euro now.
Aegean Airlines flight Athens to Kalamata continue until 31 October 2010.
As cheap as the long distance bus even the Greeks remark on it themselves. Great value. Excellent service. Helped me and I am old and Arthritic. Thank you.
Sipsas supermarket on the main Koroni road from Kalamata after crossroads, on left.
Always got specials and best deals on. Lots of Brit favourites.
Fresh fruit and vegetable Farmers' stalls by side road Kalamata - Koroni at Rizomylos. English newspapers say that the English Pound has risen greatly against the Euro and the prices fallen in Greece. So Greece is affordable again. Don't pack toiletries, cornflakes, Heinz soup, or such. You can get it in Greece easy. Prices of meats, cheeses, fruits and veggies are always shown "per kilo" so don't panic.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY
(most likely are 50E notes in Greece)
Feel the raised print: Special printing processes give banknotes their unique feel.
Look at the banknote and hold it up against the light: The watermark, the security thread and the see-through number will then be visible. All three features can be seen from the front and back of genuine banknotes.
Tilt the banknote: On the front, you can see the shifting image on the hologram.
On the back, you can see the glossy stripe (on 5-, 10- and 20-euro banknotes) or the color-changing number (on 50-, 100-, 200- and 500-euro notes).
Ignore claims that Greece
has become an expensive destination.
It's still great value if you know where to look.
SELF-CATERING
Self-catering can save you money... Rumours of Greece's demise as a value-for-money destination are greatly exaggerated. Greece is significantly cheaper for 2010, with prices down by 9.5 per cent compared with 12 months ago, according to the Post Office Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer...independent travellers can easily put their own packages together using flights London-Kalamata or London-Athens-Kalamata on the mainland. Holiday rooms and hotels down up to 20% per night.
Youtube Greece,the city of the sun - Song "It's all right" by East 17.
New discount brand to be launched in Greece
Under the "Red Market" brand, the first discount supermarket of the Greek retailer AB Vassilopoulos (Delhaize Group) will be opened in 2011. Earlier this year ALDI had announced market exit from Greece.
The development of the new discount brand of Greek retailer AB Vassilopoulos (Delhaize Group), Red Market, will start in 2011. The group now has two pilot stores under the name "Lion Food Stores" and the opening of the first Red Market supermarket is to be completed by the end of the year.
AB Vassilopoulos is interested for its future development in the supermarkets of Aldi Group, which is leaving Greece in December ... The group, which has invested 29 million euros and opened four new stores in the first half of 2010, plans to expand its network with 6-8 new locations by the end of the year (including duty free outlets).
New discount brand to be launched in Greece
Under the "Red Market" brand, the first discount supermarket of the Greek retailer AB Vassilopoulos (Delhaize Group) will be opened in 2011. Earlier this year ALDI had announced market exit from Greece.
The development of the new discount brand of Greek retailer AB Vassilopoulos (Delhaize Group), Red Market, will start in 2011. The group now has two pilot stores under the name "Lion Food Stores" and the opening of the first Red Market supermarket is to be completed by the end of the year.
AB Vassilopoulos is interested for its future development in the supermarkets of Aldi Group, which is leaving Greece in December ... The group, which has invested 29 million euros and opened four new stores in the first half of 2010, plans to expand its network with 6-8 new locations by the end of the year (including duty free outlets).
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