Driving abroad
Driving in Greece means driving on the right, with a drink drive limit of 0.05 percent, 0.02 for new and professional drivers and motorway speeds of 130 km/h. Everything below is the practical version, the things that actually cost visitors money or time.
Slower traffic drifts onto the hard shoulder to let you past. It is normal, but do not rely on the shoulder being empty.
Once the paperwork is sorted, this is what you came for. Zagori and Vikos Gorge Road, Katara Pass, Mani Peninsula Road are among the highest scoring roads we hold in Greece, and all of them are open to any road legal car.
Motorway limit
130 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h
Built up areas
50 km/h
Drink drive limit
0.05 percent, 0.02 for new and professional drivers
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. A planning summary, not legal advice. Check the national road authority before you travel. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 5 May 2026
The detail
Frequent barrier tolls on the main motorways, cash and card both work.
Chains may be needed in Epirus and the Pindus mountains.
Athens runs an alternating plate scheme in the central ring.
UK and EU licences are accepted.
Reflective jacket, Warning triangle, First aid kit, Fire extinguisher
112
Now the good part
Epirus
Stone villages and arched bridges above the deepest gorge in Greece.
Pindus Mountains
The old road over the Pindus watershed, abandoned by lorries and perfect because of it.
Peloponnese
Tower houses, bare rock and the Aegean on both sides of a stone finger of land.
Crete
Through a slot gorge to a coast where the mountains drop straight into the Libyan Sea.
Common questions
Motorways 130 km/h, main roads outside towns 90 km/h, and built up areas 50 km/h. Lower limits are posted and always take priority.
Frequent barrier tolls on the main motorways, cash and card both work.
0.05 percent, 0.02 for new and professional drivers. Roadside testing is routine and the safest approach on a driving tour is nothing at all before you drive.
Chains may be needed in Epirus and the Pindus mountains.
Reflective jacket, Warning triangle, First aid kit, Fire extinguisher. Emergency number is 112.
UK and EU licences are accepted.