Postal services
Post offices are open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 2pm, though certain main branches have hours until the evening and on Saturday morning. Airmail letters from the mainland take three to seven days to reach the rest of Europe,...

Phones
Making telephone calls is relatively straightforward, though the OTE (Organism Tiliepikinonnt Ellhos, the state-run telecom) has historically provided some of the worst service in the EU. However, since the mid-1990s this...

Mobile phones
Mobile phones are an essential fashion accessory in Greece, which has the highest per-capita usage in Europe outside of Italy - in a population of roughly 11 million, there are claimed to be 6.5 million mobile handsets in use. There are three ...

Email and internet
Email and internet use has caught on in a big way in Greece; electronic addresses or websites are given in this guide for the growing number of travel companies and hotels that have them. For your own email needs, you're best off using the various ...