Thermal Tourism
The 2023 thermal tourism programme covers 3,500 beneficiaries, who are e-EFKA-OGA pensioners, including pensioners under the Uninsured Older Persons Account pursuant to Article 1 of Law 1296/1982, as in force. Each beneficiary receives an individual thermal tourism voucher.
The programme is valid from 10 July 2023 to 30 May 2024 (the last departure date from the accommodation) and applies throughout the country under the same procedures as the social tourism programme.
Beneficiaries may use the thermal tourism voucher for accommodation only (up to five overnight stays) through 30 May 2024. During their stay, they may also receive up to five free standard spa treatments, either at a hydrotherapy centre within a contracted hotel or at a contracted thermal spring facility.
The following special provisions apply to Northern Evia: Thermal tourism beneficiaries using vouchers at LAE/OPEKA-contracted accommodation in the Municipalities of Istiaia–Aidipsos and Mantoudi–Limni–Agia Anna in the Regional Unit of Evia are also entitled, in addition to ten overnight stays, to up to ten free standard spa treatments at legally operating thermal spring and hydrotherapy facilities in those municipalities.
The procedure for booking accommodation, registering the booking, and receiving thermal tourism vouchers is the same as for the social tourism programme.
