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    • #5328
      Cap’n
      Keymaster

        A Barefooter has brought this to my attention:

        A new Law was snuck in, in January 2024 whereby campervans can only park up in Official Campsites, otherwise they may be subject to a €300 Fine.

        Law 5170 of 2025 in article 27 paragraph 18, effective 20/1/2025, states:

         18. The installation of tents and the parking of trailers, semi-trailers and motorhomes in archaeological sites, seashores, beaches, edges of public forests and in general public areas, as well as the free hosting of more than one trailer by private individuals, without prejudice to article 34 of the Road Traffic Code (Law 2696/1999, A’ 57) are prohibited . Violators are punished with imprisonment for up to three (3) months or with a fine as provided for in the following paragraph, provided that no heavier penalty is provided for by another provision, ordered at the same time by the court of their forcible expulsion. The procedure set out in articles 417 et seq. is followed. of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the investigation and trial of in-crime misdemeanors. Violators are punished with a fine of three hundred (300) euros per person or per campsite or per means of transport, imposed by the police or port authority that confirms the violation and collected, in accordance with the provisions of article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In inspections by mixed teams, the penalty of the fine is imposed by the police authority present during the inspection. When parking the above vehicles, where permitted by the Road Traffic Code, it is not permitted to occupy space in addition to the vehicle.

        As amended by Paragraph 2, Article 27, Law 5170/2025, effective 20/01/2025

        The Hellenic Motorhome Club (ELAT) is fiercely Opposing this as it believes that this is a misinterpretation of the Law, but several people have been fined already. Here are a couple of articles about it. they are in Greek, Dutch and English – Google Translate is your friend.

        https://www.autotypos.gr/auto-news/akatanoito-ypo-diogmo-trochospita-kai-aftokinoumena-stin-ellada/

        https://parakalo.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/controversiele-nieuwe-camperwet-leidt-tot-woede/

        https://news.gtp.gr/2025/05/05/greece-tightens-motorhome-rules-sparking-backlash-camper-community/

      • #5337
        Tpebop
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          close to part of Faliraki beach on rhodes are 5 caravans. occupied all year & been there many years .other vans can be found all over the island .numbers
          increase in summer .there was an official camping site near Faliraki but it closed over 16 years ago .no official site now on the island

        • #5338
          Tpebop
          Participant

            Just to add Faliraki camping closed in 2003. now studio/appartments there

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