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With a sense of social responsibility towards the country’s rural population, OPEKA continues and expands the operation of the Rural Home Account (LAE).

The purpose of the Rural Home Account is to organise programmes for social tourism throughout Greece, holidays and excursions, to provide free theatre tickets and books to farmers, and to grant financial assistance to mothers in farming families with three or more children.

From Tuesday, 10 June through Friday, 20 June, people interested in the Rural Home programmes may submit their applications at Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP) throughout the country.

For 2025 seven (7) programmes are being implemented:

  • SOCIAL TOURISM 6 days of holidays (5 overnight stays) for 50,000 beneficiaries. The programme is valid from 2 July 2025 to 30 April 2026.

    • Beneficiaries of the social tourism programme who use their vouchers at tourism accommodation providers contracted with LAE/OPEKA in the Municipalities of Istiaia–Aidipsos and Mantoudi–Limni–Agia Anna in the Regional Unit of Evia, as well as in the Regional Unit of Evros, are entitled to up to eleven (11) days and ten (10) overnight stays.

  • THERMAL TOURISM 6 days of holidays and five (5) standard spa treatments for 3,500 beneficiaries. Beneficiaries may use this programme and the participating accommodation from 2 July 2025 to 30 April 2026.

    • Beneficiaries of the thermal tourism programme who use their vouchers at tourism accommodation providers contracted with LAE/OPEKA in the Municipalities of Istiaia–Aidipsos and Mantoudi–Limni–Agia Anna in the Regional Unit of Evia, and in the Regional Unit of Evros, are also entitled to up to ten (10) free standard spa treatments, in addition to eleven (11) days (ten overnight stays), at legally operating thermal spring and hydrotherapy facilities contracted with LAE/OPEKA in those municipalities and regional units.

    Note: Beneficiaries of the social and thermal tourism programmes who choose destinations in the Regional Unit of Evros or on islands in the North and South Aegean Regions where breakfast is not provided will take their holidays without any additional accommodation charge.

  • CHILDREN’S CAMP PROGRAMME. Up to 16 days for 1,500 children of Rural Home beneficiaries.

    • The children’s camp programme is valid from 16 June 2025 to: a) 31 August 2025 (last date for departure from the camp) for children with typical development, and b) 10 September 2025 (last date for departure from the camp) for children with a disability rating of 50% or higher. The programme applies in every regional unit of the country.

    EXCEPTION: Applications for the children’s camp programme must be submitted through the OPEKA website www.opeka.gr under Rural Home → Electronic Services: (https://opeka.gr/agrotiki-estia/ilektronikes-ypiresies/ ) from 2 June through 9 June 2025.

  • EXCURSION PROGRAMME. Four-day excursions for 7,000 beneficiaries through contracted travel agencies. The programme may be used from 2 July 2025 to 30 April 2026.
  • FREE BOOKS. The programme covers 130,000 beneficiaries, who may select books worth EUR 20 per beneficiary and EUR 40 per beneficiary’s child from contracted bookshops and publishers throughout the country. The programme is valid from 2 July 2025 to 30 April 2026.
  • FREE THEATRE TICKETS. The programme covers 10,000 beneficiaries attending theatre performances in all major cities in Greece. It is valid from 2 July 2025 to 30 April 2026.

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