closure & national holiday

Closures

All archaeological sites and museums in Greece are closed on legal holidays when businesses and public sector offices across the country shut down and, as friends discovered first hand, on election days.
January 1: New Year’s Day
March 25: Evangelismos/Annunication, Greek Independence Day
April 24: Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday*
May 1: May Day, commemorating workers’ rights
December 25: Christmas
December 26: Boxing Day
*Greek Orthodox Easter falls on a different Sunday each year between March to May, and is sometimes different than the date for western, Jewish and Catholic religions.

Free Admission Days

Free admission or ‘open door’ days for 2011 occur on the dates below, some Sundays and national holidays.
March 6: Melina Mercouri, actress and former culture minister. Date of her passing.
June 5: International Environment Day
April 18: International Monuments Day
May 14: European Night of Museums (select locations only)
May 18: International Museums Day
September, last weekend of month: European Heritage Days
September 27: International Tourism Day
Sundays: All Sundays from November 1 to March 31; and first Sunday of every month except July, August and September. If the first Sunday during this period is a national holiday (already free) or legal holiday (closed), then admission is free on the second Sunday of the month.
National holidays: See “National Holidays” section to understand when and what they are.


Free admission is also granted year round to:
• Journalists with an official press pass
• Greek citizens serving in the Greek military, with military ID
• Tour guides with a professional license issued by the ministry
• Archaeologists and archaeology students
• Members of Greek Parliament and official guests
• Young persons from EU countries aged 18 or under
• Children from non-EU countries aged 5 and under
• Anyone with a free admission card
• EU and non-EU persons with disabilities and a person assisting them
• Teachers accompanying primary and secondary school children on educational trip
• Students from EU countries with an ISIC card.


Reduced admission is available year round to:
• Non-EU students with an ISIC card
• Young persons from non-EU countries aged 18 and under
• Greek and EU citizens aged 65 and over.


National Holidays
National holidays are different than legal holidays in that tourist sites open to the public during normal or abbreviated hours and, as stated above, admission is free.
January 6: Epiphany
March 7: First Monday of Lent, Shrove Monday*
April 22: Holy/Good Friday*, usually 8:30-12:00 or 12:00-17:00
April 23: Holy Saturday*, usually 9:00-13:00 or 10:00-15:00
April 24: Easter Monday*, usually 8:30-15:00
June 12: Pentecost/Holy Spirit/Trinity Day*
August 15: Dormition/Assumption of the Theotokos
October 28: Oxi Day
*Dates shown are for 2011 but change each year according to the date of Easter Sunday or Pascha. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism did not make an announcement, which is why I listed typical hours of years past.

Credit link: //livingingreece.gr/2011/01/28/hours-sites-museums-greece/#ixzz1UGN6SMAK

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