VISIT MOUNT ATHOS: USEFUL INFORMATION - PILGRIMS OFFICE

In order to visit Mount Athos you need to plan the precise date of your entrance in it.Then you must contact the pilgrims office of Mount Athos in 
Thessaloniki so that you can issue the necessary  \"DIAMONITIRIO\".

Telephone number : 2310252575 - fax : 2310222424.

Adress: Egnatias 109   Zip code : 54635  Thessaloniki.

Personal details asked at the office are : name, surname,
father\'s name, birth date, identification number or passport,
date of issuing and issuing authority.The man in charge will
inform you in detail about your entrance in Mount Athos.

The procedure before you visit Mount Athos : 

You have to contact the Mount Athos Pilgrims' Office in  Thessaloniki so that you can settle all the details. The working hours  are 09:00 - 16:00 for Monday to Friday and 09:00 - 14:00 for  Saturday.  The telephone number for the whole country of Hellas is :   2310-25.25.75,   but  if you are a foreigner or it just happens to be abroad, you will  call : 2310-25.25.78.  You can take your necessary permission ("Diamonitirio")  from the Mount Athos Pilgrims' Office in Ouranoupolis, short  before you board on the ship. Only if you wish to travel at 06:30,  call them the day before, and they will have your permission  waiting for you, just before boarding the ship.  The working hours of the Office of the Holly Mountain  in Ouranoupolis are 08:10 - 14:00, daily. Tips for your trip :

For Sundays :  You can purchase your permission after 07:20 in the morning,  attend the Sunday Service in Ouranoupoli's church and depart  at 10:30 with the ferry AGIA ANNA or at 11:00 with  our highspeed.  For the weekdays :  If you are in Ouranoupolis in the early morning, depart at 06:30  with our ferry AGIA ANNA and gain valuable time,  or a little bit later at 08:00, with our highspeed  MIKRA AGIA ANNA. For those who won't be ready  so early, or will take the bus of 08:30 from Thessaloniki,  we remind you the second route of our highspeed  MIKRA AGIA ANNA at 11:45.

Mount Athos pilgrim's directives :   1. Your presence and clothing must be decent, as it should at  any holy place.   2. Your mobile phones should be switched off in the Church,  the Dining Room and the yard        of the monasteries and the other Holy Camps.   3. Do not walk without permission in other buildings, out of  your hospitality area.   4. Behave quietly in the Church and the Dining Room and  respect the program of each Holy Camp.     5. The usage of TVs, radios or music players is prohibited.   6. Smoking, is generally not allowed.   7. Camping in the countryside is strictly forbidden.   8. Hunting is prohibited and you are not allowed to carry  guns and dogs.   9. Video recording is strictly prohibited and all such  material and devices will be confiscated. 10. Taking photos of monks and inner places is not allowed  without any former permission. 11. The duration of your hospitality is four days (3 nights),  while at each Holy Camp is one day. 12. If you own a special Diamonitirio, e.g. you are invited  by a Holy Camp, do not ask for       hospitality elsewhere, because that violates the  hospitality rules of Mount Athos.   *   Groups over 5 persons are not allowed, except for  Military Schools and Church Lyceums.

Useful telephone numbers :

1. Central Bus Station of Halkidiki in Thessaloniki: 
2310-316.555 / 2310-316.565

2. Mount Athos Pilgrims' Office in Ouranoupolis :

2377-071.422
3. Mount Athos Pilgrims' Office in Thessaloniki  

-- For the whole country :

2310-25.25.75

-- Foreigners / Greeks being abroad:

2310-25.25.78

4. Port Police of Ierissos :

2377-022.666

5. Port Police Station in Ouranoupolis :

2377-071.248

6. Municipal Parking of Ouranoupolis :

2377-071.212

Interesting web-pages :

1. Weather forecast for Mount Athos :By meteo.gr
2. The official page of Halkidiki Buses :Halkidiki Bus Service