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From: 9234dwz@houxf.UUCP (The Rev. Peak)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Airport safety
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Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 08:56:48 EDT
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RE : Travel via Athens airport.

    1) Athens has two terminal buildings, one for Olympic Airlines
       and the other for the rest, I suspect that security at the
       Olympic terminal would be far superior.

     2) If things don't calm down or security isn't SHOWN to be better
        there are other ways of getting to Greece.
         a) Fly into Italy and catch the ferry from Brindisi to Patras 
            (about 3 hrs from Athens), I believe that it is about a 12
            hour trip, and ferrys run 2/3 times a day. You can also 
            connect at Patras to Athens(Piraeus actually) by boat as
            well.
         b) Travel overland through Yugoslavia, this is slow going as
            roads can be pretty primative.
         c) Fly to Istanbul,Israel or Egypt and take cruise ship to
            Greece(Egypt might be your best bet if Crete is your
            destination).

I've also HEARD about the supposedly lax security at Athens airport but
I'm not in a position to judge how accurate the info is. All we are 
hearing from is the State Dept. who also has an axe to grind with the
Greek govnmt. due to conflicts over Greeces' role in NATO and also who's
to say whether the State Dept.s' policy is due to the fact that the Greek
govnmt won't TELL what the security arrangements are. It could well be 
that it's a bit of both.

DO NOT LET THIS STOP YOU ENJOYING GREECE ! I've found it to be the best vacation
spot in Europe.

NB - Hotels & cruises are MUCH CHEAPER if booked in Greece.

    Dave Peak
    @  !hotel!dxp

"My buddy..................Buddy Bear !" - Jimmy Buffet