ATM of BANK OF PIRAEUS - On your way to village of Plaka.
Credit Cards
Most banks in Crete issue credit cards for their customers, you do not need to bank with a specific financial institution to obtain a credit card, to apply for a credit card, most banks will ask for your passport and your last tax return with the application.

There are alternative cards, a charge card requires you pay your balance in full, or debit cards, which automatically deduct payment from your bank account.

Web Banking
Banks in Crete offer a web banking service that allows you to pay your bills over the internet, check to see if your bank offers this service, it saves a lot of time as its quick and easy.

POST OFFICE SERVICES

The main post-office in Chania has moved to Peridou Street (around the corner of Kydonias Street) and is open from 7.00 am to8.00 pm Monday to Friday and Saturday morning.
Our village is served from the Post office in Kalyves (8 klm from almyrida) or the Post office in Vamos (5 klm).

The mail to and from European countries is quite fast, about 2 to 4 days but some letters can also - inexplicably - take weeks.

If you need to send something in a hurry, I have noticed that by sending it registered (cheap at around Euro 2.50 extra) it seems to get treated as an express letter.

You can also buy stamps at kiosks (and many shops selling postcards) but will need to pay an extra 10%, well worth it if you want to avoid the sometimes long queues at post-office counters.

A letter to European countries (up to 20g) costs Euro 0.90 (2016).

Some mailboxes seem to get emptied only occasionally (and some very rarely) so if you want to play it safe put them in the post-office letterboxes.

Sending something up to 2 kg is considered a letter. If you send anything over 2 kg you will have to submit to an infuriatingly stupid and senseless bureaucratic rule: you must present the packet open at the counter. They are not at all interested in looking at what is inside (there are after all no more customs within the EU) but they have to do it. Then you need to seal it in a hurry because people are queuing behind you.

Doctors
Local Doctors are more than likely to be private and not connected to the National Health.

CHANIA GENERAL HOSPITAL "ST.GEORGE"
MOYRNIES CHANIA, CRETE ΤΚ 73300, GREECE

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tel. Exchange: +30 28210 22000
Emergency Department: +30 28210 22256

NATIONAL FIRST AID AMBULANCE CORPS (EKAV) ...........166
Hospital of Chania ...................................................28210 22000
Naval Hospital .........................................................28210 89307
Health Centre of Vamos ...........................................28250 22580

Kalyves Medical Care

AGIOS ANTONIOS, 539 KALYVES CHANIA, CRETE
TEL.+302825033000