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Useful Official Contacts for
"Brits in" Greece - Crete - UK
"Irish in" Greece - Crete - Eire


GREECE

British Embassy, Athens
British Embassy Athens Greece
1 Ploutarchou Street 106 75 Athens
Tel: (+30) 210 7272600
Fax: (+30) 210 7272720
Telephone Enquiries: Tel: (+30) 210 7272600
Open Monday – Friday 08:00 – 15.00

British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
25 Vas. Sophias Avenue,
106 74 Athens,
Greece
Tel: + 30 210 7210361 - 7210493
Fax: + 30 210 7212119
Email info at bhcc dot gr

British Council in Greece
British Council in Greece Athens
17 Kolonaki Square,
106 73 Athens,
Greece
Telephone +30 210 369 2333
Fax +30 210 363 4769
E-mail customerservices at britishcouncil.gr

Embassy of Ireland
7 Leoforos Vasileos Konstantinou,
106 74 Athens,
Greece
Telephone +30 210 723-2771
Fax +30 210 729 3383
E-mail athensembassy at dfa.ie


CRETE

British Vice Consulate, Crete
British Vice Consulate Heraklion Crete

British Consulate Heraklion Office BuildingPhoto: Candia Tower, new British Consulate offices Iraklio. Gerald Brown ©

Address:
Candia Tower,
17, Thalita Street,
Agios Dimitrios Square,
Heraklion, Greece GR-71202
Tel: 2810-224012
Fax: 2810-243935
Email:crete at british-consulate dot gr

 

 

 

 

 

The location is in the centre of the old walled city and is off 25th August Street, the pedestrian walkway. Take second turning on the right up from the port, then having turned right, you glance right and you can see the brand new blue glass office building opposite the little Agios Dimitrios Church in the square. (New address from June 6, 2007)

British Consulate Heraklion Office BuildingPhoto: ©Gerald Brown 2008
British Consulate, Heraklion, located on the 5th Floor of Candia Tower.Open:
Monday – Friday
08:30 – 13.00
Consular Services provided by the Crete Consulate
* Make a passport application
* Notary Public Work for official documents such marriage and death certificates
* General notarial work (sighting documents)
* Arrange emergency passports



FOR BRITISH PEOPLE: EMERGENCIES IN CRETE AND ANYWHERE IN GREECE

British residents and visitors to Greece, should be aware that the whole of the country is covered by an out-of-hours emergency telephone hotline manned by a duty officer:

The emergency telephone number is +30 210 7237 727

Emergency Response Time: The Duty Officer will respond to emergency calls within one hour.




Honorary Consul of Ireland (in Heraklion)
c/o Hydrotherm S.A.
Leoforos Knosou 278,
GR-71409, Iraklion,
Crete,
Greece
Telephone: +30-2810-215-060
Fax: +30-2810-326-200
Honorary Consul: Ioannis Xenikakis


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Greek Customs and Excise (Crete Division)
Heraklion
Crete
Tel: + 30 2810 302620

Crete's Emergency Services
Police (Astonomia): Tel: 100
Ambulance (Known as EKAB: Tel: 166
Fire Service/Department: Tel: 199
Forest Fire Brigade: Tel: 191
Coastguard: Tel: 108

Crete's Hospitals
Heraklion Hospitals
Venizelio (on the road to Knossos Rd): 2810 - 368000
University (on the road to Moires in the direction of Makro): 2810 - 392111

Lassithi
Agios Nikolaos: 28410 - 25221
Ierapetra: 28420 - 90222
Sitia General Hospital : 28430 - 24311

Rethymnon
Rethmnon: 28310 - 87100

Chania
Chania General Hospital : 28210 - 22000 / 27000

Crete's Airports
Heraklion - Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport
(IATA Code - HER):
Tel: 2810 397800
Heraklion - Kazantzakis International Airport, Crete
Chania - I.Daskalogiannis Airport
(IATA Code - CHQ):
Tel: 28210 63224
Sitia Public Airport
(IATA Code - JSH):
Tel: 28430 26506 (Domestic only)

Crete's Tourist Police
(Each Prefecture Separate)
Tourist Police Tel: 171
Heraklion Tourist Police: Tel: 2810 283190
Chania Tourist Police: Tel: 28210 53333/25902
Rethymno Tourist Police: Tel: 28310 53450/28156
Lassithi Tourist Police: Tel: 28410 56900

Crete's Traffic Police (Each Prefecture has its own force)
Heraklion Traffic Police: Tel: 2810 247791/2
Chania Traffic Police: Tel: 28210 25905/6
Rethymno Traffic Police: Tel: 28310 28891
Lassithi (Aghios Nikolaos) Traffic Police: Tel: 28410 91422/3

KTEL Heraklion Bus Station
(for Rethymno, Chania/Xania, Sitia, Ierapetra, Agios Nikolaos)
Tel: 2810-245019
Catching a KTEL long distance bus: ticket and schedule information here

Useful Stuff, Information and References on Crete in Wikipedia

UNITED KINGDOM
Official and Emergency Links - For Ex Pats Moving to and From Abroad, or already Overseas

Home Education Advisory Service
Advice for teaching children at home and while abroad.

UK Government Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Consular Directorate - Greece and Greek Islands Desk
Tel: +44 20 7008 0141 (in case of emergency)

UK Job Centre Advice:
Before Coming, Going to Crete, check the UK's web site and the section with advice on working in Greece

Advice for Britons moving abroad or coming back to UK.

Directgov - all in one place for what you should know and what to do.

Help for UK nationals who are considering moving or retiring to Crete or anywhere else overseas, and for those returning from abroad.

Employed or self-employed in another EEA country - extensive info.

Getting Long-Term Benefits - Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, widow's benefits, bereavement benefits or State Pension when you are living in another EEA country

Living (but not Working) in Another EEA country - Health Cover, What You Should Know

The UK's Pension Service.
Information about how to claim your pension overseas. Claiming your pension in Crete.

National Association of Funeral Directors
618 Warwick Road
Solihull B91 1AA
Tel: +44 121 711 1343
Fax: +44 121 711 1351
E-mail: info at nafd.org.uk

Note: Dying in Crete - How to Handle Death of British National in Greece. The article by BritsinCrete is practical guidance in the event of an unexpected death in Greece and Crete, and the useful contacts and advice you can get and what to do. (Irish Citizens: See section further down this page.)


Greek Embassy, London
Greek Embassy
1a, Holland Park
London W11 3TP

Tel: +44 (0) 207 2216467
Tel: +44 7795 961519 Emergency Number (outside office hours)
Fax:+ 44 (0)207 2433202
Email: consulategeneral at greekembassy dot org dot uk


Republic of Ireland Useful Contacts
Official and Emergency Links - For Expats Moving to and From Abroad, or already Overseas

Greek Embassy in Dublin (no website)
Greek Embassy (Consular)
1 Upper Pembroke Street,
Dublin 2
Tel: +003531 6767254, 6767255, 6760831
Fax: +003531 6618892
E-mail: embgr (at) eircom dot net
Commercial Section:
Herbert Place 9,
Dublin 2
Tel.: +003531 6617058
Fax: +003531 6617060
E-mail : oeydublin (at) eircom dot net

Funeral Directors
Irish Association of Funeral Directors
Mespil Business Centre
Mespil House
Sussex Road
Dublin 4
ÉIRE

Freephone: 1-800-927111 (local call rates in Ireland)
Email: info at funeralnet.ie

Coroner's Office
Dublin County Coroner
Bella Vista
21 Summerhill
Dun Laoghaire
Co. Dublin
Dublin
IRELAND

Tel: +353 1 230 1774
Email: info at futurenetservices.com

Death Registration in ÉIRE
General Register Office
Government Offices
Convent Road
Roscommon
Roscommon
IRELAND
Tel: +353 90 663 2900
Locall: 1 890 25 20 76
Fax: +353 90 663 2999
Web site : http://www.groireland.ie/

HelpDesk at Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
Consular Services
Department of Foreign Affairs
Hainault House
69-71 St. Stephens Green
Dublin 2
IRELAND

Tel: +353 (0)1 4780822
or +353 (0)1 4780822
Web site: http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=301
E-mail: consular at dfa.ie

Note: For Irish Citizens

Advice on Bringing a Deceased Person's Body to Ireland for Burial or Cremation
( in co-operation with Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, Eire)
Edited by BritsinCrete team for the region of Greece and Crete. To read that special downloadable article BritsinCrete has prepared to guide Britons through how to handle an unexpected death in Greece and Crete, and the useful contacts and advice you can get and what to do.


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