How to get to us

Kalamata is our nearest airport, about one hour’s drive away.  It is served by charter flights from the UK, currently on Sundays, from Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and East Midlands.  Alternatively you can fly to Athens and take an air-conditioned coach to Kalamata (four hours).  Transfers from Kalamata are included in the price of your holiday.

Car parking is available if you have your own transport. The drive from the south of England to here takes about four days with ferry from Ancona to Patras being the easiest.  A great drive !

Travel Suggestions

There are many different website and discount travel companies who offer cheap charter flights.  You can simply type “charter flights to Kalamata” into a search engine on the website or try some of the sites or companies listed below.  The charter flights run from beginning of May to mid October and go from Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and East Midlands.

Scheduled flights to Athens go mainly from Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton although there are flights from many regional airports (mainly with British Airways).  You can book online at their website www.ba.com and they often have competitive fares.  www.easyjet.com is also often very competitive with fares from Luton and Gatwick. Olympic airlines are also very good and you can book direct with them at www.olympicairlines.com

To give you an idea of cost for travel midsummer, a return charter flight from Gatwick to Kalamata averages £230.  A return flight on Easyjet to Athens is around £140.  A scheduled return flight to Athens on British Airways averages £170.  Prices do vary, dependent on how much in advance you book and the time of year you travel.  Bargains are often available!

We must stress that from experience the flights get fully booked from May to September and it is not a good idea to leave booking until the last minute, the prices also are cheaper if you book in advance normally but these days it pays to keep a watch for bargins.

Buses

Buses from Athens to Kalamata run every hour in the mornings and every 2 hours in the afternoon, costing approx. £12 one way.

Companies to try for competitive priced flights:

www.flycheapuk.com 
www.go-nowtravel.com 
www.wecanbookit.com 
www.greektourismtravel.co.uk 
www.mytravellite.com 
www.lastminute.com 
www.cheapflights.co.uk
www.charterflights.co.uk 
www.skydeals.co.uk  (tel: 0800 298 0912)

Argo Holidays 0870 0667070

The Greek National Tourism Organisation has a website with useful information: www.gnto.gr