Holiday hotspot declares WAR on pricey beach sunloungers as ‘Towel Movement’ protests launched against ‘£100-a-DAY beds’
GREECE is cracking down on beach sunloungers this summer after locals have said they've "taken over".Win one of 8 incredible holidays to Florida, Spain, the Caribbean and a Kent safari by voting in The Sun's Travel Awards -Pensioner Evgenia Rapti, who has as holiday home near Pefkochori Beach, said it was "completely different" when they bought the house 40 years ago.
Deck chairs and umbrellas must be at least four metres from the sea, and rentals are not permitted on any beaches with less than four metres of sand.Swimming in the sea after midnight- fines up to £1,020Hitting as high as €100 on the more popular islands, hundreds of locals staged sit ins on the beach against them.: "The problem is real. We want to solve it and we will not allow any arbitrariness to exist on our island.
"We are checking the businessmen for possible illegal occupation of part of the beach, the relevant expert reports have been sent to the State Real Estate Company, the agency to which all Greek beaches belong."And hotel sunlounger wars are ramping up again, with desperate tourists caught queueing as early as 6am to nab the best one by the hotelafter being spotted lying on at least three deckchairs each, piled on top of each other and covered in towels.
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