Finding Free Wi-Fi Internet in the Greek Islands

A few years ago, it was rare to find even high-speed Internet in the Greek Islands. If I remember correctly, it was all dial-up except for one cafe I found in Iraklio, Crete. Things have changed, and now Wi-Fi Internet can easily be found in the Islands.

There are a growing number of places in the Greek Islands that offer Wi-Fi Internet. Just ask your hostel, hotel or campground — if they don’t offer Wi-Fi they should be able to point you in the right direction. Otherwise walk by cafes and look for a sign that says “Wi-Fi” — or just ask.

In the main town of Paros there is at least one cafe along the waterfront with Wi-Fi (1 euro connection fee, otherwise free to use with purchase).

I stayed at Camping Koula on Paros which offered free Wi-Fi to guests. Non-guests paid a low hourly rate.

On Naxos, Soula Hotel offers free Wi-Fi for guests.

There is also free Wi-Fi at Cafe Musses next to Poseidon Hotel at St George’s Beach (Tel: 22850 25078), as well as at several cafes along the waterfront of Naxos Town.

I highly recommend the friendly Rental Center in Naxos (Tel: 22850 23395). I paid €2 per hour for Internet access with my laptop (sometimes Wi-Fi, sometimes plugged in). If you don’t want to buy a drink, €2 per hour can be cheaper than going to a cafe/bar.

In Paleochora, Crete, there is a friendly Internet Cafe called Coronet Internet. It’s 10 euros for a 6 hour pass, but sometimes it’s cheaper to pay for Internet access than to keep buying overpriced drinks at a bar to use a bar’s “free Internet.”

In Agios Nikolaos, Crete, try Starbites at Kondilaki 1 by the lake (Telephone 28410 22224). They offer free Wi-Fi Internet and cheap sandwiches 24 hours a day. There’s also a bar next to the lake called Cafe du Lac that has free Wi-Fi and Internet access on desktop computers.

Basically, you can find free or inexpensive Wi-Fi of some sort everywhere in touristy areas of the Greek Islands. Just ask at any Internet Cafe or tourist-oriented cafe.

There are also rumors of free Government-sponsored Wi-Fi coming to every Greek town:

The government in Greece are implementing public Wi-Fi hotspots in every town; the local government on the island need only implement this free Wi-Fi program. According to the taxi driver, ‘Connex’ are the current service provider for the nationwide scheme and the default Wi-Fi code to log on is 1234567890–123 or 4 I never got the opportunity to test this myself so I’d welcome any input from others.

If anyone has more information on the free Government Wi-Fi in Greece, please leave a comment below.