A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days links Istanbul with the Greek islands of Santorini and Mykonos and ends in Athens, so the route crosses two countries in thirteen days. Browse more tours in Greece to compare the day trips that fit between the stops.
This page covers the day-by-day outline, the season, the crossing from Turkey to Greece, Istanbul’s Old City and the Bosphorus, three nights on Santorini, the ferries to and from Mykonos, four nights on Mykonos, Athens, entry and money points, and a short FAQ.
What is a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days, and how does the route run?
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days is one trip with four stops. It has three nights in Istanbul, three on Santorini, four on Mykonos and two in Athens. Day one is the arrival, day thirteen is the departure, and twelve hotel nights sit between them.
The two numbers count different things. Nights are hotel stays: three plus three plus four plus two makes twelve. Days run from arrival to departure, so twelve nights fill thirteen calendar days. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days has no spare night at either end. Each night has a fixed town.
Why join two countries? Wikivoyage calls Istanbul the only major city in the world that straddles two continents. It also notes that Greece borders Turkey. Two travel pages list Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and Istanbul in one trip. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days follows that four-town line.
The route runs from the Bosphorus into the Cyclades and back to the mainland. Wikipedia puts Santorini roughly 200 kilometres off the mainland, as the southernmost of the Cyclades. It places Mykonos 150 kilometres east of Athens. At those distances a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days relies on a flight and two ferries.
Istanbul comes first, so the whole Turkish part sits in one block and the plan crosses into Greece once. Athens comes last because the island ferries end on the mainland. Wikivoyage lists Piraeus and Rafina as the mainland ports for Mykonos. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days then ends beside the capital and its airport.
The rest of this page follows a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days in order. It covers the season, the thirteen days and the crossing from Turkey to Greece. Next come the Old City, the Bosphorus, the two islands with their ferries, and Athens. Entry, money and packing points follow, and questions close the page.
Which season suits a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
Spring and early autumn suit a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. Wikivoyage calls late spring and early autumn pleasant in Istanbul. It names the shoulder seasons as the ideal times on Santorini for milder weather and crowds. That means spring into early summer, then September and October.
Wikivoyage describes Istanbul as oceanic with Mediterranean influences. Summers are very warm and mainly sunny. Winters are cool to chilly, with frequent rain and sometimes snow. Late spring and early autumn are mild, with a good mix of rain and shine. Istanbul’s weather sets the first days of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days.
In July and August Istanbul averages about 26 degrees Celsius by day, says Wikivoyage. The north-east Poyraz wind holds the heat below 32 or 33 degrees in the majority of years. It also brings humid Black Sea air. Wikipedia says the meltemi, a dry north wind, takes the edge off the fierce summer heat in the Aegean.
Wikivoyage describes Santorini summers as extremely hot, with little shade from trees and an extreme UV index. Restaurants and amenities shut during the hottest hours, noon to 15:00. It calls Mykonos extremely crowded in July and August, with 30 degrees by day. July and August are the busiest weeks for a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days.
Island services follow the season. Wikivoyage puts the start of the Santorini season at April 1, or around Greek Easter. By December the bulk of its businesses are shut. In March and April the larger part of Mykonos shops and restaurants stay shut for renovation. The larger part of the Piraeus and Rafina ferries stop by the end of October.
Compare the three Wikivoyage pages and they agree on two windows. One is late spring running into early June, and the other is late September into early October. Mykonos has warm, sunny weather for the beaches until mid-October. Athens, the last stop, is pleasant in spring and late autumn, and extreme summer heat there is rare.
What happens on each day of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days has two city days, three travel days and five free days. The other three days are the arrival, a half-day Athens tour and the departure. The list below sets out all thirteen days in order.
- Day 1 Arrival in Istanbul, a transfer to the hotel and a free evening.
- Day 2 A full day in the Old City with the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome and its obelisk, the Grand Bazaar and Topkapi Palace.
- Day 3 A full day on the Bosphorus with a boat cruise, the Spice Bazaar, Rumeli Fortress, Chora Church, the Bosphorus Bridge and the view from Camlica Hill.
- Day 4 A flight from Istanbul to Athens, a connection to Santorini and a transfer to the hotel on the island.
- Day 5 A free day on Santorini.
- Day 6 A second free day on Santorini.
- Day 7 A high-speed ferry from Santorini to Mykonos.
- Day 8 The first free day on Mykonos.
- Day 9 A second free day on Mykonos.
- Day 10 The last free day on Mykonos.
- Day 11 A ferry from Mykonos to Athens and a night in Athens.
- Day 12 A half-day sightseeing tour of Athens.
- Day 13 Departure from Athens and the flight home.
The pace of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days changes with each stop. Days two and three are full days in Istanbul, so they carry the longest lists of sights. On the islands the plan stops filling the day. Days five and six on Santorini and days eight to ten on Mykonos have nothing booked.
The three travel days are days four, seven and eleven. Each one moves the trip to a new stop, and the plan lists no sightseeing on them. Day twelve is a half day in Athens, and day thirteen is for departure. The shape gives a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days room to rest between its busy days.
How does a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days cross from Turkey to Greece?
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days crosses from Turkey to Greece by air on day four. One flight goes from Istanbul to Athens, and a second flight goes on to Santorini. The ferries start only after that, on day seven.
Istanbul has two international airports, one on each side of the city. Wikipedia names Istanbul Airport as the larger one. It lies in Arnavutköy, on the Black Sea coast. Wikivoyage places Sabiha Gökçen on the Asian side, east of the centre. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days flies from one of them.
The start of day four is transfer time. Wikivoyage gives a taxi ride of around 50 minutes between Istanbul Airport and Sultanahmet. For Sabiha Gökçen it says two hours before the flight is cutting it very close. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days plans the day around that.
Athens is the hub that joins the two countries. Wikivoyage calls Athens International Airport a main hub for three regions: the Aegean, the Balkans and the East Mediterranean. Wikipedia says it serves connecting traffic as well as Athens and Attica. That is why a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days changes planes in Athens.
The second flight is short. Wikivoyage gives a flight time of thirty to forty-five minutes from Athens to Santorini. It calls the island airport very small, and in the gate areas the seating is very limited. In a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days, the island hotel transfer follows the landing.
Wikivoyage Greece says Greece is a member of the Schengen Agreement. It adds that countries applying the treaty normally have no immigration controls between them. Wikipedia lists Turkey as a land neighbour of the area, not a member. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days brings a passport check on arrival. The official pages cover each passport.
What does a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days cover in Istanbul’s Old City?
Day two of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days is a walking day in the Old City. It covers the Hippodrome and its obelisk, the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and the Grand Bazaar. Wikivoyage places the bulk of the city’s sights in this old city.
Wikivoyage says the Golden Horn estuary, the Bosphorus and the Marmara Sea divide Istanbul into parts. The old city lies on the Sultanahmet peninsula, west of the Bosphorus, on the European side. Day two of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days stays on this peninsula.
Wikivoyage places Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and the Blue Mosque around Sultanahmet Square. Wikipedia says the square was once the Hippodrome, a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople. An Egyptian obelisk of red granite still stands there. The Roman emperor Theodosius I raised it again.
The Blue Mosque, formally the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, dates from the seventeenth century. Wikipedia says builders placed it beside the old Hippodrome, to its south-east. It has six minarets and thousands of Iznik tiles in mainly blue colours. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days includes it on day two.
Hagia Sophia stands across from the Blue Mosque. Wikipedia dates its completion to the sixth century, when it became the world’s largest interior space. It is a mosque today, after earlier use as a church and a museum. Check the official page for visiting rules before a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days reaches either mosque.
Topkapi Palace was the main home of the Ottoman sultans until the court moved to Dolmabahce Palace. Today it is a museum under a Turkish ministry. Wikipedia says only the important rooms are open to the public. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days therefore sees part of the palace.
The Grand Bazaar has 61 covered streets and more than 4,000 shops, says Wikipedia. Trams link it with Sultanahmet. Wikivoyage’s walking route allows at least three to five hours for Hagia Sophia and Topkapi together. Day two of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days is therefore a full day.
How does the Bosphorus day fit a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
Day three of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days belongs to the Bosphorus. This strait forms one of the borders between Europe and Asia. The plan pairs a boat cruise with the Spice Bazaar, Rumeli Fortress, Chora Church, the Bosphorus Bridge and Camlica Hill.
Wikipedia says the Bosphorus links the Black Sea with the Marmara Sea. It calls the strait the world’s narrowest one used for international navigation. The strait is 31 kilometres long, with the city on both banks. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days therefore gives it a full day.
Wikivoyage says boats for Bosphorus trips leave from Eminonu, a stop on the T1 tram line. The Spice Bazaar stands in the same quarter, beside the New Mosque. Wikipedia counts 85 shops there, selling spices, Turkish delight, sweets, jewellery, souvenirs, dried fruits and nuts.
Wikivoyage describes a long trip from Eminonu to Anadolu Kavagi, at the northern end of the strait. The boat waits at the village and returns in the late afternoon. Private boats almost exclusively run short tours. Day three of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days can use either kind.
On the European bank, Rumeli Fortress adds a stop to a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. Sultan Mehmed II had it built before the siege of Constantinople, across from the older Anatolian Fortress. Wikipedia lists thirteen small watchtowers on its walls, joining three main towers. The fortress is a museum today.
Chora Church lies in the western Fatih district of the old city. Wikipedia describes outstanding late Byzantine mosaics and frescoes, and it calls the building a mosque for the second time. Check the official page before a visit. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days adds it to day three.
The Bosphorus Bridge, the oldest and southernmost of three, links Ortakoy in Europe with Beylerbeyi in Asia. Camlica Hill rises 288 metres in Uskudar on the Asian side. Wikipedia says its summit overlooks the Golden Horn’s mouth and the southern Bosphorus. Wikivoyage puts a ferry crossing between the two sides at about 20 minutes.
How do three nights on Santorini fit a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days gives Santorini three nights but only two full days. Day four is a travel day, and day seven starts with the ferry. The two free days hold a caldera walk, a sunset and one boat or beach day.
Day four ends at the hotel after a flight, a connection and a transfer. The evening stays slow. Days five and six are free on a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. Wikivoyage says the inner caldera walls are steep, up to 300 m high, with villages built along the ridge.
Wikivoyage describes Fira, the capital, as clinging to the cliff edge 275 m above its port. Imerovigli sits just above Fira, at the highest point of the cliffs. Buses branch out from Fira, so crossing the island means a change there. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days keeps to one side of the island per day.
Wikivoyage reports that crowds gather at dusk in Oia, at the north end, to watch the sunset. The walk from Fira to Oia follows the crater ridge, and the page calls it less nice in reverse. That makes a free day on a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days: ridge walk, then Oia.
The second day of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days can go on a boat. Nea Kameni sits at the caldera’s centre, and the ferry from Thira takes 20 minutes. Visitors climb its slopes to look into the crater, past steam and sulphur vents. Wikivoyage says the cliffs look finest from a ship in the caldera.
That day suits the beaches or the vineyards. Wikivoyage says the caldera edge has no beaches; they lie on the outer side in black, white and red. It also notes EU protected designation of origin for the wines, and winery tours in Megalochori and Pyrgos. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days fits one of the two.
How does the ferry from Santorini to Mykonos work on a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
The ferry on day seven carries a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days from Santorini to Mykonos. It leaves from Athinios, the ferry port of the island, on a high-speed boat. Wikivoyage says fast ferries cut sailing times in half, and it tells travellers to be prompt.
Day seven starts with a ride to Athinios. Wikivoyage names it as the dock for the island’s ferries and lists taxis. It adds that the island does not have enough taxis in high season. A driver can pick up more passengers on the way. The ride is arranged ahead on a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days.
Wikivoyage names two kinds of boats in the Cyclades, the ordinary ferries and the faster speedboats. The Santorini page adds high-speed catamarans as the fast option. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days picks the fast boat. That keeps the sea leg short and leaves more of day seven for the island.
The pages read for this plan give no sailing time, so none is stated here. Wikivoyage lists Santorini among the islands with a daily boat connection to Mykonos. That link serves a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. The Santorini page warns that a reservation can come without a seat.
Wikipedia notes a dry wind from the north, the meltemi. It sweeps the Aegean in summer and rates force 7 to 8 at its peak. Inter-island ferries stay in port in such wind, a risk for a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. Days eight to ten are free, so a late sailing takes one rest day.
Day seven has one job, the crossing. Wikivoyage says travelling by ferry can be tedious in high season, when the ferries are crowded. Its Mykonos page warns anyone prone to seasickness that the sea between the Cyclades turns rough easily. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days plans nothing else for that day.
What can four nights on Mykonos hold in a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
Four nights on Mykonos give a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days its slow stretch. The ferry arrives on day seven, and days eight to ten stay free. They hold time in the lanes of Chora, a swim, one boat to Delos and one empty day.
The windmills give Chora its skyline. Wikipedia counts 16 windmills on Mykonos, seven of them on the hill in Chora. Each mill is round and white, topped by a pointed roof, with tiny windows. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days needs no map, since every point of the village sees them.
Little Venice comes next. Wikipedia dates its first fishing houses to the middle of the eighteenth century. They belonged to rich merchants and sea captains. Small doors at sea level made people guess that the owners were secretly pirates. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days has time for an evening here.
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days gets its swim on the south side. Wikivoyage says those beaches are sheltered from the northern wind. Small boats run from Platys Gialos to Paranga and Elia, though strong wind can cancel them. Megali Ammos sits a short stroll from the town centre and has no sunbeds because of that wind.
Delos lies only two kilometres away. Wikipedia ties the rise of tourism on Mykonos to French excavations that began on Delos in the late nineteenth century. Wikivoyage says the Delos excursion can be booked on your own, guided or unguided. This turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days leaves room for it.
A rest day in a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days needs little planning. Wikivoyage says the Archaeological Museum stays open all year, while the others open from April to October. Wikipedia says the museum was built for finds from a purification pit on Rheneia. A Tinos vase there shows the fall of Troy.
How does the ferry from Mykonos to Athens close a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
On day eleven, the ferry from Mykonos to Athens closes a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. Wikivoyage gives 3 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours 15 minutes to Piraeus, depending on the ferry type. Two nights in Athens and a flight home follow.
Two Athens ports serve Mykonos. Wikivoyage says Piraeus leads as the chief sea port, and Rafina ranks second in size. Rafina also serves Andros and Tinos and lies close to the airport. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days can land at either one. Wikivoyage gives 2 hours 10 minutes to 5 hours 30 minutes from Rafina.
Two kinds of boat make the crossing. Wikivoyage says ferries and high-speed catamarans run daily, and the fast boats take half the time. Two of its pages list different gates at Piraeus, so read the gate on the ticket. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days sails on either.
Check the port first. Wikivoyage names two harbours on Mykonos: one in the town itself and a newer one further north at Tourlos. The fast catamarans still use the harbour in the town. The walk from the new port to town takes about 45 minutes along a busy road. A taxi is the plan for the morning.
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days reaches central Athens by metro from Piraeus. Wikivoyage says the station joins Lines 1 and 3, and the Central Cyclades ferries sail just across from it. Line 1 runs through the city centre. For Rafina, it lists 60 to 90 minutes by taxi from the centre.
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days ends on the mainland, since the flight leaves on day thirteen. Wikivoyage calls weather cancellations very rare in summer, yet the sea decides. If the boat is delayed, day twelve still leaves a margin before the flight.
What does Athens add at the end of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
Athens adds the classical Greek world to a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. The plan gives the city two nights, a half-day sightseeing tour on day twelve and the departure on day thirteen. The Acropolis and the Parthenon anchor that half day.
Wikivoyage names central Athens as the active heart of the city, where the ancient sites and the museums sit. It adds that nearly all the ancient sites lie within 2 km of the Acropolis. After two island stays, a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days returns to short walks.
Day twelve starts on the Acropolis, the rock above the city. Wikipedia says the Parthenon, a former temple of the goddess Athena, dates from the fifth century BC. The Ministry of Culture publishes opening hours as a summer schedule and a winter schedule. The traveller reads the one for the month of travel.
Wikivoyage places the Acropolis Museum outside the security perimeter of the hill, with its own entry. The museum stands above Roman ruins found before building began. Wikivoyage sets a minimum of one hour on the rock and one hour inside the museum. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days reserves two hours for the pair.
On the Ministry of Culture website, the museum’s own page lists closed days. They include the first of January and Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday. It also lists shorter hours on Good Friday. If day twelve falls on such a date, a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days needs another stop.
Syntagma Square suits the free hours of day twelve. Wikivoyage places the Parliament building on the east side, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at its base. The guards change every hour on the hour. The Pnyx lies 500 m west of the Acropolis. Around 507 BCE this hill became the meeting place of the early democratic assembly.
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days ends at the Athens airport on day thirteen. Wikivoyage places it 27 km east of the centre, near Spata. The express bus needs between 45 and 90 minutes and runs around the clock. Wikivoyage advises asking at the metro station the day before which train to catch.
Which entry rules, money and packing points matter on a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days crosses two entry systems and two currencies. Turkey uses the lira and Greece uses the euro. Wikipedia notes that the visa policies of Turkey and the EU differ. The official pages for your own passport decide the paperwork.
Wikipedia says anyone without the right of abode in Turkey needs entry permission. Visa nationals obtain a visa before they travel. Non-visa nationals can visit for up to ninety days within any hundred-eighty-day period. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days has three Turkish nights, yet the passport group counts.
Wikipedia adds a passport rule: an ordinary passport needs sixty days of validity beyond the maximum stay. For Greece, Wikivoyage says a normal visa from one Schengen member is valid in all member countries. It sends readers to Greece’s foreign ministry for the detailed rules of their own country.
Wikivoyage says ATMs are widely available in Turkish cities. Turkey comes first in a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days. Wikivoyage advises exchanging leftover lira before leaving Turkey. In Greece, it says cards are widely accepted in shops and hotels, though not in every restaurant.
Both countries use 230 volt, 50 hertz and Schuko or Europlug sockets, says Wikivoyage. Turkey keeps UTC+3 all year. Greece keeps UTC+2 in winter. Summer time adds one hour between the final Sundays of March and October. In winter a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days turns the clock back one hour on day four.
Day two of a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days includes mosques. Wikivoyage asks for no exposed shoulders or legs for everyone, and covered hair for women. It says a scarf can sometimes be borrowed at the entrance. Footwear comes off before entering, and desks inside keep the shoes.
Island paths need different shoes. Wikivoyage describes Santorini paths as mostly cobblestones with cliffside steps and suggests sneakers or comfortable walking shoes. Wikipedia says a basic travel insurance policy covers emergency medical expenses overseas. A comprehensive policy also covers a cancelled trip, lost luggage and delayed flights.
What else do travellers ask about a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
Can a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days run from Athens to Istanbul instead?
Yes. Two travel pages describe trips that start in Athens and end in Istanbul. Another page runs a 12-night group trip from Istanbul to Athens. So a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days works in either direction.
Flipped, the nights stay the same: two in Athens, four on Mykonos, three on Santorini, three in Istanbul. The ferries then run Athens to Mykonos and Mykonos to Santorini. The air leg starts at the island airport, and the trip closes with the two long Istanbul days.
Wikivoyage says that airport is very small. Luggage can be dropped there only two hours ahead of departure, so plan the last island morning around that rule.
Are 12 nights enough for a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days with four stops?
Yes. One travel page names nine to ten days as the minimum for the core highlights. It names twelve to fourteen days as a pace without rushing. A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days sits inside that range.
Other plans squeeze in more. A 13-day group trip on another page lists ten stops. A 14-day trip on a third page lists twenty-three spots. This plan keeps four bases, and five of its thirteen days are free island days.
When the plan feels full, drop an extra on a free island day first. Next drop the last stop of the Bosphorus day, the Camlica Hill view. Keep the flight day and both ferry days.
Is a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days easy with children or older relatives?
A turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days works with planning, since steps and slopes decide the comfort. Wikivoyage calls the cliffs and low walls on Santorini dangerous for children. Older travellers can struggle with the steps, it adds.
The same page says hotels on the caldera side have stairs and do not all take children under thirteen. It says the beach hotels near Kamari attract families.
In Istanbul, Wikivoyage says the tram platforms are low with gentle ramps. It says almost all metro stations have lifts, while the streets are hard for wheelchair users because of building works. It also says people in Turkey offer a seat to older people and to people with children.
Which Turkish and Greek words help on a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
Four short words go a long way. For Turkey, Wikivoyage gives merhaba (mehr-hah-bah) as hello and teşekkür ederim as thank you. For Greece, it gives kalimera (kah-lee-MEH-rah) as good morning and efharisto (ef-hah-rees-TOH) as thank you.
Wikivoyage also says the letter C sounds like J in Turkish, so camii, the word for mosque, is said JAH-mee. It says lütfen, the word for please, is used much less than in English.
Wikivoyage says English is the foreign language Greeks study and understand more than any other. It expects basic English from almost all workers in tourism and public transport. So a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days needs no language course.
Who helps if a passport or bag goes missing on a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days?
On a turkey and greece tour 12 nights 13 days, call 112 in either country. Wikivoyage says 112 reaches all emergency services in Turkey from any phone, free of charge. It lists 112 as the emergency number for Greece too, with 100 for the police and 166 for medical services.
For a lost passport or a theft in Istanbul, Wikivoyage names the Tourism Police unit in Sultanahmet. It says the staff speak English, German, French, Arabic and Russian. The office stands on Divan Yolu street, 130 metres from the Sultanahmet tram stop.
Wikivoyage calls Greece a safe and friendly destination and asks visitors to take the usual precautions, as at home.