112 reaches everything and works in English from any phone. Greece also keeps a dedicated tourist police line on 1571 and an on-call pharmacy line on 14944.
Emergency numbers
- 112 - the single European emergency number, multilingual, free from any phone including one with no SIM
- 100 - Police (Elliniki Astynomia)
- 166 - Ambulance (EKAV)
- 199 - Fire service
- 1571 - Tourist police, a dedicated unit for foreign visitors
- 108 - Coast guard
- 14944 - On-call pharmacies and duty hospitals
112 is also the channel civil protection uses to push wildfire and severe-weather alerts to every phone in an area, in Greek and English. Those messages are instructions, not advisories.
EU citizens are entitled to necessary care with an EHIC. Schengen visa holders must carry insurance with at least EUR 30,000 of medical cover.
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