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A Union Jack flies proudly next to a framed photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II, while an iconic red telephone box is perched on the corner of the Britain Resto Lounge as cars with UK licence plates zoom past.
Since Albania opened its borders in the 1990s, residents have left en masse, desperate to escape hardship and taxi Volos Airport airport to piraeus price isolation after weathering brutal oppression at the hands of the country's communist dictatorship.
The 76-year-old former half of Simon and Garfunkel had last month announced a farewell tour that will take him across North America and Europe, although New York was notably absent from his initial
But the town of Has in Albania's northeast, minibus taxi Thessaloniki dubbed 'Little London', now serves as a homage to the country that has taken in so many of its citizens, despite plans in Westminster to crack down on the influx of more than 12,000 migrants this year.
Klodian Kastrati, private day tours in Volos Airport greece a sociologist who works in Has, said: 'Emigration is an epidemic that affects all young people here contaminated by the idea of leaving for Volos Airport escorted tours Britain in the hope of creating a better future'.
Speaking in his office where British and Albanian flags stand side by side, Has mayor Liman Morina told AFP that 80 per cent of his constituents 'survive thanks to the hard and honest work of their relatives in Britain'.
A week's B&B costs from £1,059pp, with flights and transfers (Sunvil also runs holidays to Ikaria in the Aegean, which is one of the world's Blue Zones - places where people live the longest as a result of their healthy diet and easy-going lifestyle. There are superb sea views, too, from rooms at Pedi Beach Hotel, which is right on a pebbly beach in the pretty village.
Better still, head over for lunch at one of the tavernas on Paxos's smaller, vine-covered neighbour, Antipaxos. Hire a boat to see the best day trips from Volos Airport bits, pottering around the coast to stop at Galazio beach, which is accessible only by water, and to marvel at the natural rock arch of Kamara.
Stay on an organic olive oil farm on the island's shores, with just four eco-luxe villas on the seven-acre Levendis Estate. A ferry ride away, Ithaca may be famous for being the home of the legendary hero Odysseus, but it is much sleepier than neighbouring Kefalonia.
With pretty villages, lush forests and hidden beaches, the area where Mount Pelion drops into the sea has a sprinkling of small pensions - or guesthouses - rather than big hotels. Greeks come here to ski in the winter and to swim in the summer.
But it is worth it to be greeted by superb views of one of the most picturesque harbours in the Aegean, with its colourful red-roofed houses, all of which are listed buildings. Arriving at the laid-back Dodecanese island of Symi is part of the experience - too small for its own airport, it is reached by ferry from Rhodes.
Enjoy a massage using herbs grown on the estate, practise yoga in the pavilion, or walk to the nearby beach. On a hillside with sea views, the villas are set within their own gardens and taxi online Volos Airport greece share a pool, open-air cinema and a large library. A villa for best day trips from Volos Airport two costs from £2,200 a week, or £2,500 for four, with car hire but excluding flights (oneoffplaces.co.uk).
Here, a group of 19 individually owned and decorated villas are available for hire, each with sea views. A network of footpaths weaves among the lemon and olive trees - it's a mile-and-a-half hike to the village of Spartia. There are sunloungers and shade at the rocky shore, or taxi fare piraeus to Volos Airport airport it's a five-minute drive to a sandy beach.
With plenty of wood and stone, the stylish cottages - some contemporary, others more traditional - share a pool surrounded by rocks, and a restaurant on the site of an old monastery that uses produce from Thalori's own farm. Stay in the Erofili Hotel by the fishing village of Armenistis, Volos Airport guided tour and take a dip in the seawater pool or in the sea at nearby Livadi Beach. A walking trail through the pine forest starts here, linking four villages and spanning 15 miles. Seven nights' B&B costs from £978pp with flights and transfers (It may be one of Greece's most popular holiday destinations but Crete still has some off-the-beaten-track areas. In the remote, rugged landscape of the Asterousia Mountains in the south, a collection of 20 cottages form Thalori Retreat, which takes its name from its position between the sea (thalassa) and mountain (ori).
A week-long trip, with flights, transfers and car hire, costs from £971pp (The tiny islands that will make a huge impression Ionian Island Holidays has a number of villas in the area, including the simply furnished two-bed Villa Jason, online taxi Thessaloniki with private pool in the village of Horto.
Inntravel has a ten-night walking trip in September starting in Athens, including B&B but not flights, from £1,095pp (inntravel.co.uk). On volcanic Milos, explore the lunar landscape and soft sandy beaches along a shoreline that also features sea caves.
