These links have been selected to assist the Institute’s members in planning and realizing their trip to Greece, but many of the linked sites will be relevant to anyone with an interest in Greece’s heritage.
Useful information will be found for travel to and within Greece, and on the archaeological sites, monuments and museums of Greece. For those intending to spend a little longer in the country, there are links to scholarships for study in Greece, information on residence permit requirements, and links to Greek language courses, English-language Greek media, and much more.
Flying Canada-Athens direct
Air Canada
Air Transat
Flying within Greece
Athens International
AirportOlympic
AirAegean Airlines
Buses, Trains, Ferries in Greece
Athens Public Transport
Intercity Buses
Intercity Trains
Ferries (Greek Travel Pages)
Ferries (Ferries.gr)
General Information
Matt Barrett’s Travel Guide
The CIG is one of seventeen institutions recognized by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture as a Foreign Archaeological School or Institute. These institutions are charged with primary responsibility for archaeological research in Greece carried out by their nationals.
The privileges extended to the Foreign Archaeological Schools/Institutes include the right to apply each year for permission to carry out excavations and archaeological field survey, for permission for members to study museum objects, and for passes allowing members free entry to all archaeological sites and museums in Greece.
The obligations of each Foreign Archaeological School/Institute include employing a Director and year-round staff in Greece, maintaining a library in Greece which is available for use also by Greek scholars and students, and the presentation and publication of the results of the institution’s research.
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
Austrian Archaeological Institute
Belgian School at Athens
British School at Athens
Danish Institute at Athens
Finnish Institute at Athens
French School at Athens
Georgian Institute at Athens
German Archaeological Institute
Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens
Italian Archaeological School at Athens
Netherlands Institute in Athens
Norwegian Institute at Athens
Swedish Institute at AthensSwiss
School of Archaeology in Greece
Nordic Library at Athens
Canadian Scholarships for research in Greece
The Canadian Institute in Greece
Greek Scholarships available to Canadians
Hellenic State Scholarships
FoundationA. G. Leventis
FoundationAlexander S. Onassis
Public Benefit Foundation
Other Scholarships available under certain conditions
Archaeological Institute of America
Institute for Aegean Prehistory
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
British School at Athens
French School at Athens
Residence Requirements
Any non-European Union citizen planning to stay within the Schengen area for more than 90 days will need to apply for a residence permit.
In law 3386 of 23 August 2005, the Greek government clarified the residence situation for members of Foreign Archaeological Schools and Institutes such as CIG. Thus, the application process for Canadian Institute members has now been simplified into a two-step process:
Before leaving Canada, you need to obtain a special visa from a Greek consulate
Requirements for Visa
Upon arrival in Greece, you need to apply for a residence permit
Requirements for Residence Permit
Relevant parts of Law 3386/2005 (in Greek)
Athens: Bookshops for Classics-Archaeology
Andromeda Books
Archaeological Receipts Fund
Archaeological Society of Athens
Athens: Greek language courses
Athens Centre
Hellenic American Union
Institut Français d’Athènes
Lexi-Logos
Greece: Media
XPAT ATHENS
Kathimerini English Edition
Odyssey magazine
GreekReporter.comInfoGrece.com
Greece: Cultural Information (in Greek)
Athens Voice
Athinorama
liFO
Hellenic Ministry of Culture
The website of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture includes practical information such as opening hours for all archaeological sites, museums and monument throughout Greece. The Ministry’s General Directorate of Antiquities page includes links to all of the Archaeological Service’s regional authorities (ephoreias) as well as the major museums:
Hellenic Ministry of Culture
General Directorate of Antiquities
Private and Semi-Autonomous Museums
Benaki Museum
Canellopoulos Museum
Museum of Cycladic Art
National Art Gallery
New Acropolis Museum
Research Foundations
Foundation of the Hellenic World
The National Hellenic Research Foundation includes institutes focusing on Greece’s cultural heritage
Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity
Institute for Byzantine Research
Institute for Neohellenic Research
Museum Collections
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Royal Ontario Museum
Societies
Classical Association of Canada
Société des Études Anciennes du Québec
Studying
Classics in Canadian Universities
Further Links
Canadian Archaeological Association
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Graduate courses related to Hellenic Studies and ancillary fields offered by CIG’s participating institutions
University of Alberta
Department of History and Classics
M.A. in Classical Archaeology
M.A. in Classical Languages
M.A. in Ancient Societies and Cultures
Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology
Ph.D. in Classical Languages
University of British Columbia
Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies
M.A. in Classics
M.A. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
M.A. in Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity
M.A. in Religious Studies
Ph.D. in Classics
Ph.D. in Religious Studies
Brock University
Department of Classics
M.A. in Classics
University of Calgary Department of Greek and Roman Studies
M.A. in Greek and Roman Studies
Ph.D. in Greek and Roman Studies
University of Manitoba
Department of Classics
M.A. in Classics
University of Montreal
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Scholarships
University of New Brunswick
Department of Classics and Ancient History
M.A. in Classics (either literature-based or with a component in classical art and archaeology)
University of Ottawa Department of Classics and Religious Studies
M.A. in Classical Studies (specialization in Late Antiquity)
M.A. in Religious Studies
Ph.D. in Religious Studies (specialization in religions of the Graeco-Roman world)
University of Toronto Department of Classics
M.A. in Classics
Ph.D. in Classics
Ph.D. in Ancient Greek and Roman History (in collaboration with York University)
Ph.D. in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Victoria Department of Greek and Roman Studies
M.A. in Greek and Roman Studies
Ph.D. in Greek and Roman Studies
University of Waterloo Department of Classical Studies
M.A. in Classical Studies
