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Coronavirus update for travel to Greece - Greece has managed to flatten the curve more so than any other country in Europe , with stringent measures and vigilance. As per 4 May 2020 the lockdown in Greece ends. What is known so far is that on May 18, the government plans to allow free movement on the mainland. In practice, this means that everyone will be able to drive wherever they want.  However, the same will not apply on the islands. Now the plan stipulates that free movement on the islands will be allowed as of June 1 and will be accompanied by the opening of restaurants, cafes and year-round hotels.  Summer holidays in the aftermath of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic can be possible as long as vacationers keep safe distances and follow basic hygiene rules, according to infectious diseases expert Nikolaos Sipsas.  According to Sipsas, people will still be able to swim and go to the beach but keeping distances and making sure to do whatever it takes to protect themselves and others against the deadly virus will be the new “normal”, he said. Sipsas went on to add that Greece is set to open to travelers from abroad with authorities examining ways to ensure that there will be no Covid-19 carriers entering the country. These may include on-the-spot antibody tests, “immunity passports” or health certificates.  Even though the Greek government is gradually easing COVID-19 restrictive measures nothing is certain. Therefore it is best to keep checking daily updated websites on travel during the COVID-19 outbreak from organizations like the WHO and National Public Health Organization of Greece. See the list with links below.  Terms & Conditions in times of Coronavirus - for people that booked  You can postpone your trip and rearrange it now or later. At Natural Greece we’ll hold your booking for as long as you need. We contacted everyone likely to be affected.   If you have booked your trip and would like to discuss

Kythnos, as one of the 21 major islands of the Cyclades, has the privilege of preserving typical Mediterranean nature in all its beauty and wilderness. The two characteristics that make Kythnos one of the greatest places to experience nature in Cyclades is that first, mainstream tourism hasn’t yet discovered the island so everything here is the same as it was decades before, and second, Kythnos is still an island with very few visits by scientists and the great discoveries of flora and fauna are yet to come. Kythnos is 100 square kilometers (39 square miles) in area and has a coastline of about 100 kilometers (62 miles) with more than 70 beaches, many of which are still inaccessible by road. The relief of the island is sharp, with small valleys among rocky outcrops. The coast line is rugged, with numerous small bays and a lot of caves. These sea caves are used as refuges by the monk seals Monachus monachus. At the altitude of 200 meters there is a large plateau. It is covered by aegean phrygana and maquis vegetation (a shrubland biotope found in the Mediterranean region, typically consisting of densely growing evergreen shrubs). Throughout the island we can find traditional stone walls and terracing, the, so called “xerolithies”. These terraces were made from the ancient years in order to hold the soil for cultivation. Nowadays they are refuges for many species of the herpetofauna (reptiles), and habitats for rare flowers from bee-orchids to fritallaries. In the west, there are two shallow inlets with a special geomorphological formation called “tombolo”. The tombolo, which is named Kolona, is joined with the mainland by the islet of Aghios Loukas. This tombolo is one of the few (only about twenty) in Greece. In these two inlets there is a narrow sandy beach