Travel Info

USEFUL INFORMATION

About Crete

http://www.culture.gr/maps/crete/rethimno/rethimno.html
http://www.cc.uch.gr/crete/CRETE.html

Ferry Lines

RETHYMNIAKI
RESERVATIONS: (0831) 55518, 29221, 26876, Fax 55519

ANEK Central Offices
RESERVATIONS: 01-4197420, 0831-29874, http://www.anek.gr/

MINOAN Central Offices
RESERVATIONS: 01-6898340, TLX.:215582 FAX: 01- 6898344, http://www.minoan.gr/

Airlines

Olympic Airways, 0831-27353, http://www.olympic-airways.gr/
Air-Greece, 081-284512, 0821-66304, http://www.ellada.com/airgreece.html
Cronus Airlines, 081-222217, 0821-51100, http://www.ellada.com/cronus.html
Aegean Airlines, 081-243405, 081-330475, 081-341306

For further information contact your local travel agent or RETHYMNO TOURS: Τel.: (+ 30 831) 22480, Fax: (+ 30 831) 54977

Manager: Mr. Tsagarakis Stelios, e-mail: rethymno-tours@ret.forthnet.gr

Approaching Rethymno

You can travel to Rethymno:

by airplane to Heraklio or Chania airport and then take a bus or a taxi to Rethymno, or

by boat directly to Rethymno port or to Heraklio and Chania port and then take a bus or a taxi to Rethymno

From the airport of Heraklio or Chania you can:

Take a taxi to Rethymno. It costs about 12.000 drs from the airport of Heraklio and 10.000 drs from the airport of Chania, but we advise to arrange the exact fare with the taxi-driver before getting in. The duration of the trip is about 1 hour (more from Heraklio, less from Chania).
Take a taxi to the local bus station, then a bus to Rethymno. The fare of the taxi from the airport to the bus station is around 2.500 drs. The bus fare is 1.500 drs from Chania to Rethymno and 1.550 drs Heraklio-Rethymno. The duration of the trip is around 1 hour and 30 min. The buses depart every hour till 20:30 pm.
Hire a car from the airport. The cost is around 10.000-15.000 drs per day.

From Pireaus port

The boat to Rethymno departs at 19:30 p.m every day (except for 30-09-99 and 02-10-99). The duration of the trip is about 10 hours. The cost is from 7.000 to 25.000 drs, depending on the class. Two ferries also sail to Heraklio daily at 7:45 p.m. and the cost is from 7.000 to 23.900 drs. Two ferries also sail daily to Chania at 8:30 p.m. and the cost is from 5.400 to 18.800 drs. The ships are very good but the sea can be rough at times.

Transportation from Rethymno to the University Campus

By bus. The bus fare is 260 drs. There is a bus station every 500 m. and the departures are as follows: 07:40 – 09:00 – 10:30 – 12:00 – 14:00 – 16:30 – 18:00 – 19:30.
By taxi. The cost is around 800 drs, plus 400 drs for the telephone call and plus 600 drs for an appointment.

Other useful information:

note that 1 ECU is about 330 drs,
as to the weather, it is sunny enough, but we've already had the first autumn rain. The temperature is on average 25 Celcious degrees but a jacket is necessary especially at night.

We wish you a pleasant travel!