Age Limits
Age Limits
European Youth Card
The General Secretariat for Youth and the Institute for Youth of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs in cooperation with the European Youth Card Association (EYCA), promotes a unique tool of information, communication and entertainment, the European Youth Card.
European Youth Card: strictly for young people!
The European Youth Card is available for all young people aged between 13 and 30. It is valid for one year, it costs 10 euro and you can renew it every year until you become 30. This is not a credit nor debit card; It is a discount card.
Discover Europe with the European Youth Card
With the European Youth Card you can enjoy special benefits and services in Greece, and in 37 other countries! (Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom).
Over four million young people in Europe use the European Youth Card and enjoy more than 100,000 deals!
How to obtain the card:
- Submit the online application and receive notice from the post office to receive the card by paying 10 euros.
- Send the application along with a small sized passport/identity photo at the following address:
FOR THE NEW EUROPEAN CARD
INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH
ACHARNON 417
11 143 Athens
and take notice from the post office to receive the card by paying 10 euros.
- Come to the Institute for Youth offices of Youth Institute and acquire the card.
For more information, please contact
+30 210 2599444, +30 210 2599422
Drinking & Driving Age Limits
There is no legal drinking age in Greece if you are drinking in private. However, if you want to purchase alcohol and drink in public, you must be 18 years of age. Drinking and driving is illegal in Greece as it is everywhere. Winding, dark roads, unfamiliar cars, unexpected obstacles, and narrow lanes all combine to provide Greece with the highest road fatality rate in Europe, whether you're drinking or not.
Liquor may be of cheap quality sometimes, it may even be dangerously cut with pure industrial alcohols. If that drink deal is too good to believe, it is. And just because it gets poured from a top-brand bottle doesn't mean it started out in one. For this reason, many partiers will stick to bottled beers which usually are what they claim to be.
The legal limit for Drinking and Driving is lower in Greece than in the United States or United Kindgom. Just 0.05 will classify you as legally drunk, compared to 0.10 in the United States and the United Kindgom.
Determined to drink a bit too much in Greece? Stake out a table at a taverna within walking or taxi distance of your hotel. Better yet, drink as the Greeks used to and some still do - as an accompaniment to an array of mezes, little snacks which slow down the intoxication process and may give you the sense to say "no" to that last proffered bottle.
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http://www.euro26.org/opencms/opencms/euro26_org/data/public/header/homepage/ |
http://europeanyouthcard.gr/index.php?lang=en |