Cyprus, Greece & Malta
CYPRUS
Dialling Code
+357
Currency
€
Time Zone
GMT+2
GREECE
Dialling code
+30
Currency
€
Time Zone
GMT+2
MALTA
Dialling code
+356
Currency
€
Time Zone
GMT+1
insider tip:
Take Five
(
7 Arkoleontos, +357 281
022 6564
) Relax at this
pavement café and bar
situated beside the
shady El Greco park.
Drinks aren’t cheap but
the price includes tiny
meze dishes.
3
Corfu
€12
insider tip:
Café Akteon
(
Esplanade Square,
Corfu Town
) Occupying
perhaps the best site in
Town, Akteon, with its
goldfish-bowl windows,
overlooks the moat
and steep walls of the
Old Fortress. Be sure
to sample
tsipouro
, the
local grappa-style spirit.
4
Heraklion
€14
Buses run
every 10 minutes to the
city centre.
Tickets: €1.10
5
Kalamata
€42
insider tip:
Grigoris
€
€€€
(
Pylos,
+30 27230 22621
) This
local favourite has a
lovely garden, where
traditional, baked dishes
such as
briam
(Greek
potato and courgette
bake) are served. Much
of the menu changes
daily and there’s always
a warm welcome.
1
Athens
€60
Bus
number X93 goes to
Kifissos Coach Station,
X95 to Syntagma, X96
to Piraeus and X97 to
Dafni Metro Station.
Tickets: €5
insider tip:
Varoulko
€€€€
(
80 Piraios Street,
Keramikos, +30 210
522 8400
) Celebrity
chef Lefteris Lazarou
continues to impress
gourmets at home and
abroad with his seafood
magic, proving that his
restaurant’s Michelin
star is well deserved.
2
Chania (Crete)
€30
Buses
run every two hours
between 6.15am and
9.50pm. Tickets: €2.30
insider tip:
Explore the old Turkish
Quarter of
Splanzia
behind Chania’s central
market. Here, the
narrow alleys house
fascinating Venetian
and Turkish buildings,
including Chania’s two
remaining minarets.
Special rates!
Book your car rental and airport transfers at easyJet.com or visit the Europcar desk on arrival
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