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6. GREEK TELEPHONE NUMBERS
All Greek telephone numbers now have a total of ten digits, including the area code,
which you should use even when dialling from within the respective area.
7. MOBILE PHONES
All Greek mobile numbers begin with 69 and have a total of ten digits.
8. INTERNET CAFES
Cafés with web access are springing up all over the city. The best in the central area
are Deligrece Café at Akadimias 87 (tel
210 330 1895
) and Bits and Bytes at Akadi-
mias 76, which is open 24 hours. Free public Wi-Fi is available in the centre of
Athens around the areas of Syntagma Square, Thission and Kotzia Square (connect
to “athenswifi”). In Piraeus, try Netmania, at Vasileos Pavlou 135, below Kastella.
9. BUSINESS FACILITIES
The Athenaeum Inter-Continental and the Hilton have well-equipped business
centres with telephones, fax machines, Internet connection, printers and photocopi-
ers, as well as secretarial and translation services.
10. GREEK LANGUAGE COURSES
The most highly regarded language schools for learning Greek are the Athens Centre
and the Hellenic American Union. Both of these schools offer courses of varying dur-
ation (3-10 weeks) and intensity.
Athens Centre • Archimidous 48 • 210 701 2268 •
www.athenscentre.gr
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Hellenic American Union • Massalias 22 • 210 368 0900 •
www.hau.gr
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