Road signs in Greece
Road signs in Greece are regulated by the Ministry of Transport and the Hellenic Traffic Police.
Signs follow the general European conventions concerning the use of shape and colour to indicate function. Thus signs indicating dangers are triangular with a red border, those giving orders are almost all circular (white on blue for mandatory instructions, black on white with a red border for prohibitions), and those providing information are rectangular. Most signs use pictograms to convey their particular meaning.
As is customary in European countries, all signs are partly or fully reflectorized or are provided with their own night-time illumination. Signs used for temporary regulations may have a yellow background colour, as is illustrated with the road works sign.
Greek road signs depict people with realistic (as opposed to stylized) silhouettes.
Warning signs
- Warning signs
- Dangerous curve to right
- Dangerous curve to left
- Dangerous curves, first to right
- Dangerous curves, first to left
- Steep descent (10%)
- Steep ascent (10%)
- Road narrows on both sides
- Road narrows from the right side
- Road narrows from the left side
- Opening or swing bridge
- Quayside or ferry berth
- Bumpy road
- Speed bump
- Gutter
- Slippery road
- Loose chippings
- Falling rocks from the right
- Caution, fog likely
- Pedestrian crossing
- Children
- Cyclists and moped riders on carriageway
- Animals (cows etc.)
- Wild animals (deer etc.)
- Roadworks
- Traffic signals
- Low-flying aircraft
- Crosswind from right
- Crosswind from left
- Two-way traffic
- Other Dangers
- Level crossing with gates
- Level crossing without gates
- Distance to level crossing
- Single-track level crossing
- Multitrack level crossing
- Traffic queues
- Soft verges (left)
- Soft verges (right)
- Tunnel
- Intersection with tramway line
- Parallel pedestrian and bicycle crossings
- Common pedestrian and bicycle crossing
Priority signs
- Priority signs
- Intersection with right-of-way
- Intersection with a road the users of which must give way, 90° left and 90° right
- Intersection with a road the users of which must give way, 90° left
- Intersection with a road the users of which must give way, 90° right
- Intersection with a road the users of which must give way, 135° left
- Intersection with a road the users of which must give way, 135° right
- Roundabout warning
- Yield
- Stop
- Priority road
- End of Priority road
- Priority for oncoming vehicles
- Priority over oncoming vehicles
Prohibitory signs
Prohibitory signs are round with white backgrounds and red borders.
- Prohibitory signs
- No entry
- Closed to all vehicles in both directions
- No motor vehicles
- No motorcycles
- No bicycles
- No mopeds
- No lorries
- No trailers
- No pedestrians
- No animal-drawn vehicles
- No handcarts
- No tractors
- No power-driven vehicles
- No motor and animal-drawn vehicles
- Width limit (2 m)
- Height limit (3.5 m)
- Weight limit (5t)
- Weight limit in one axle (2t)
- Length limit (10 m)
- Minimum distance between vehicles (70 m)
- No left turn
- No right turn
- No U-turns
- No overtaking
- No overtaking by lorries
- Speed limit (90 km/h)
- No horn
- Passing without stopping prohibited at customs
- Passing without stopping prohibited at toll post
- End of all prohibitions
- End of speed limit (60 km/h)
- End of overtaking restriction
- No parking
- No stopping
- Alternative parking (prohibited on the odd months of year)
- Alternative parking (prohibited on the even months of year)
- No parking zone
- End of no parking zone
- No vehicles carrying explosives or flammable goods
- No vehicles carrying goods which could pollute water
- 50 km/h zone
- End of 50 km/h zone
- No vehicles carrying dangerous goods
Mandatory signs
Mandatory signs are always round and blue
- Mandatory signs
- Direction to be followed. Left only
- Direction to be followed. Right only
- Direction to be followed. Forward only
- Direction to be followed. Turn left or right.
- Direction to be followed. Turn left
- Direction to be followed. Turn right
- Direction to be followed. Turn left or continue straight ahead.
- Direction to be followed. Turn right or continue straight ahead.
- Pass this side. Either side
- Pass this side. Left
- Pass this side. Right
- Roundabout
- Track for cycles and mopeds
- Footpath
- Bridleway
- Snow chains compulsory
- Compulsory track for pedestrians, cyclists and moped drivers. Dual track
- Compulsory track for pedestrians, cyclists and moped drivers. Dual track
- Compulsory track for pedestrians, cyclists and moped drivers.
- Beginning of lane reserved for scheduled buses etc.
- End lane reserved for scheduled buses etc.
- Reserved lane for buses, trolleybuses and bicycles
- End of reserved lane for buses, trolleybuses and bicycles
- Controlled Parking
- Parking for TAXIs
- Parking for disabled (Special license required)
- Parking for specific disablet person (Special license and registration number required)
- Direction to be followed for vehicles carrying dangerous goods. Turn left
- Direction to be followed for vehicles carrying dangerous goods. Turn right
- Direction to be followed for vehicles carrying dangerous goods. Turn left
- Direction to be followed for vehicles carrying dangerous goods. Turn right
- Water protection area
- Beginning of lane reserved for trams
- End lane reserved for trams
Informatory signs
- Informatory signs
- E-road numbering
- Pedestrian crossing
- Hospital
- One-way street ahead
- One-way street
- Dead end ahead on 90 degrees roads
- Dead end ahead on non-90 degrees roads
- Dead end
- Alternative direction
- Expressway
- End of expressway
- Motorway
- Motorway (alternative)
- End of motorway
- End of motorway (alternative)
- First aid
- Workshop
- Telephone
- Petrol station
- Hotel
- Restaurant
- Refreshments
- Picnic site
- Hiking trail
- Caravan site
- Camping site
- Youth hostel
- Information
- Bathing
- Toilet
- Radio station for road and traffic information
- Built-up area
- End of built-up area
- Disabled persons
- Sharp bend, Right (alternative)
- Sharp bend, Left (alternative)
- Sharp bend, Right
- Sharp bend, Left
- Motorway numbering
- National road numbering (used on motorway signs only)
- National road numbering (used on every road type but motorways)
- Direction sign in Expressway intersections with two directions
- Direction sign in Expressway intersections with one direction
- Direction sign on usual roads
- Direction sign on roads of local road network
- Direction sign on tourist roads
- Direction sign on tourist roads
- Direction sign
- Direction sign
- Direction sign to Airport
- Advance direction sign, diagrammatic type
Rare, special or unoffficial signs
- Acropolis museum direction sign
- Bilingual direction sign without km
- Motorway exit
- Direction to airport
- No parking
- Pedestrian cross direction sign
- Continuous pedestrian crossings
- Direction arrow
- Speed bump
- No lorries turning left
- No lorries turning right
- Other dangers (temporary)
- Fog likely (Alternative)
- No parking
Retired signs
- Dangerous curve to right
- Dangerous curve to left
- Dangerous curves, first to right
- Dangerous curves, first to left
- Children
- Other Dangers
- Traffic queues
- Roundabout warning
- Yield
- No motorcycles
- No left turn
- No right turn
- No U-turns
- No overtaking
- Passing without stopping prohibited at customs
- Passing without stopping prohibited (control)
- No parking
- Alternative parking (No parking on the side of the number I on odd days and on the side of the number II on even days)
- Alternative parking (No parking on the side of the number I on odd days and on the side of the number II on even days)
- 50 km/h zone
- End of 50 km/h zone
- No vehicles carrying explosives or flammable goods
- Beginning of lane reserved for scheduled buses etc.
- End lane reserved for scheduled buses etc.
- Slow