INFORMATION ABOUT TRAVEL TO
GREECE AND TURKEY

1. U.S. State Department travel information as well as advisories for Greece and Turkey;
2. Passport information;
3. Visa information;
4. Possible student fares to Greece;
5. Informational/travel pages for Greece;
6. Informational/travel pages for Turkey;
7. Greek and Turkish language pages,
8. Links concerning monetary exchange rates, and
9. Weather reports for some major cities in Greece and Turkey.

• Program in Greece and Turkey Home Page
  

1. STATE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

• Greece Info/Advisories
• Turkey Info/Advisories
• Travel Publications

2. PASSPORT INFORMATION

3. VISA INFORMATION: For spring 1999, US citizens did not need a Visa to enter Greece for the program--as long as they were staying less than three months. A Visa was necessary for Turkey. This could be obtained at the point of entry; the cost was 45 US Dollars, payable in CASH only. Visas could also be obtained by application from the Turkish embassy or consulates, prior to departure.

• Current Turkey Page concerning Visas
• Visa application form

4. POSSIBLE STUDENT FARES TO ATHENS

The following travel pages are just a few of the many sites available; these will get you started, but you may find better sites. If so, let us know: email: greece@lfc.edu

5. TRAVEL PAGES for locations often visited in GREECE

• Greece: Basic travel information and more
• Crete--site of Bronze Age Minoan Civilization
  • Heraklion
• Santorini
• Peloponnese
  • Argolid and Nauplion, base for exploration of sites for Bronze Age Mycenaean Civilization
• A couple of sites for Athens and Attica: (1) and (2)
  
• Mykonos and Delos
• Thessaloniki

6. TRAVEL PAGES for locations often visited in TURKEY

• Turkey: Links on subjects from cuisine to history
• Aegean Turkey--site of Greek city-states, such as Miletus and Ephesus, which flourished from the Archaic Age.
• Istanbul--previously Constantinople, capital of the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire; before that, Byzantium, a relatively minor Greek city-state.

Both governments also have web pages, which include links on a variety of issues: Greece and Turkey.

For information on historical and archaeological sites, see the section on Greek civilizations. If you'd like to see what's news in Greece and Turkey, check online versions of English-language newspapers, e.g., Athens News and Turkish Daily News. Unfortunately, the Turkish Daily News page will only display headlines unless you subscribe. Again, each government has established pages that summarize news articles: Greece and Turkey.

7. LANGUAGE PAGES--Note that you may need additional software to take advantage of any audio components.

• Greek
• Turkish

8. EXCHANGE RATES
For a fairly current report on the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Greek Drachma, try this link. We have not found a clear and current listing for the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Turkish lira, but this currency converter will enable you to derive the rate easily.

9. WEATHER REPORTS

• Athens
• Thessalonica
• Istanbul
• Europe weather satellite map