Tourist police Visitors' Help Office opens in Athens

Inaugurated on Saturday, the new help desk seeks to assist tourists visiting Greece, providing them with necessary guidelines and information of a police and more general tourist interest. It is also envisaged as a service to manage and rapidly response to the more common problems or incidents that arise involving foreign visitors, such as loss of travel documents, thefts and the issue of necessary certificates, reports and other documents. The Help Office is manned by specially trained staff that speak foreign languages and is located near Klafthmonos Square in central Athens, in an arcade at 4 Dragatsaniou Street. It will operate on a full-time basis throughout the year, between the hours of 7:30-22:00, and can be contacted at the telephone numbers 210 3222230 and 210 3222232.