Thermal Tourism

The 2026 thermal tourism programme covers 2,513 beneficiaries, who will be granted a personal thermal tourism voucher that can be used at contracted accommodation throughout the country. It includes holidays of up to six days (up to five overnight stays) and five simple baths, during the period from 10 June 2026 to 28 February 2027 inclusive.

Beneficiaries of the thermal tourism programme who choose to use their vouchers at tourist accommodation 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 Units of Evros, Magnesia, Karditsa, Larissa and Trikala are entitled to up to thirteen (13) days – twelve (12) overnight stays, and up to eleven (11) simple baths free of charge at lawfully operating thermal spring and hydrotherapy facilities of the above Municipalities of the Regional Unit of Evia and of the Regional Units of Evros, Magnesia, Karditsa, Larissa and Trikala, contracted with LAE/OPEKA.

Note:

Beneficiaries of the thermal tourism programme who choose destinations in the Regional Unit of Evros and on the islands of the North and South Aegean Regions without breakfast will take their holidays without private contribution for accommodation.

Specifically, members of the beneficiaries’ families (spouses and children with healthcare entitlement derived from the beneficiary) are granted social tourism vouchers.

From Monday 7 September 2026, from 10:00 a.m., the redistribution of unused vouchers of the LAE/OPEKA 2026 Thermal Tourism programme begins.

The redistribution will take place on a first-come, first-served basis at any KEP (Citizen Service Centre) in the country, until the vouchers run out.

Eligible for the redistribution of unused vouchers of the Thermal Tourism programme are applicants to the 2026 programme who were not selected in the draw.

Beneficiaries selected in the draw who did not collect their vouchers by 31 August 2026 inclusive are not entitled to take part in the redistribution.

In the Thermal Tourism programme, the following are essential requirements:

a) the order of preference and

b) the first choice in the application for participation

For the thermal tourism programme, beneficiaries who were not selected in the draw must, in order to collect any unused vouchers:

contact the contracted accommodation of their choice in good time and book a room there; the accommodation must send them a booking confirmation (voucher),
register, themselves or through any KEP, the details of the room booking (accommodation and dates of stay), in accordance with the above booking confirmation (voucher), in the online application “Room booking registration”, which is available on the OPEKA website,
once 30 minutes have passed since the booking was registered in the online application, they may go to any KEP to collect their vouchers on the same day.

Otherwise, beneficiaries will lose their vouchers, which will become available again.

Beneficiaries receive vouchers showing the details of the tourist accommodation where the booking was made. The vouchers are valid only for the accommodation whose details are pre-printed on them.

Thermal Tourism vouchers that do not bear the pre-printed details of the business when printed at the KEP are considered INVALID.

To collect the vouchers, the direct beneficiary must appear in person and must bring:

a) A copy of their application for participation or any document showing their Social Security Number (AMKA),

b) their Police Identity Card.

The vouchers are strictly personal and may not be used by other persons, even if they are members of the beneficiary’s family.

Applications for participation in the LAE/OPEKA programmes were submitted at KEPs throughout the country from Tuesday 5 May to Monday 25 May 2026 inclusive.