Links - Liens - Links

Associations & clubs:
www.vvwnieuwpoort.be :(Vlaamse Vereniging voor Watersport: VVWNieuwpoort)
www.cruising.org.uk (The Cruising Association)
www.ffvoile.net/ffv/web (Fédération française de Voile)
www.leganavale.it (site of the Nat. Italian Sailing Org; in Menu "Dove siamo" , "link diretto" -> "sezione / delegatione"; very usefull site, also to contact local del., phone numbers, e-mail, ...); in our experience they were always very helpfull and friendly
http://www.eio.gr/ (Hellenic Sailing Federation)
www.viw.be (Vlamingen in de wereld)

Our neighbour-friends from Nieuwpoort:
www.shetwins.com

Around the world or cruising in the Med:
on land:
http://belgianaboriginalsrtw.blogspot.com ( the sabbatical of Joke and Nico, Kaat's brother, in Dutch )
at sea, and other cruisingsites:
www.zeilen.nl/vertrekkers (links to many NL- and B-cruising-sites, "In preparation", "Underway", "Back", Dutch)
www.ziltewereld.ziltmagazine.com ( Zilte Wereld, vertrekkerssite van Ziltmagazine)
www.stw.fr (links to -, French)
www.vela.be (we have followed the voyage of Femke and Peter from Gent to Turkey on their s/y Vela with great interest; their website provided us a lot of information when we were preparing our voyage; numerous links, Dutch & English)
www.sv-lizzy.nl (usefull inforation, canals & Med & coasts of Africa & Caribbean, Dutch)
www.seacrest.nl(still usefull inforation, canals & Med, English)
whitewizardworld.blogspot.com blog of Steven Desloovere, around the world on his White Wizard

We met them during our voyage:
at sea:
http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather: not only the well-known weather-website but also the story of Frank's Med cruising
http://fleurdelunex332.blogspot.com (cruising of s/y Fleur de Lune, from Brittany to Ionian Greece, met Lefkada November 2009, French)
www.sunsula.de (cruising of s/y Sunsula D, from Croatia to Turkey, met Galaxidi September 2009, German)
www.yucatan.nu ( Med-cruising of s/y Yucatan NL, met Aegina September 2009, Dutch)
http://www.supercargo.co.za/brown/ ( the voyage of m/v Venturer, from Turkey to the North through the canals, met Lefkada, winter 2008-2009)
http://miggyandneal.blogspot.com ( the cruising blog of the s/y Bella of Lymington )
on land:
www.birthfromthebackseat.blogspot.com (blogspot of Elisabeth and Jason, motorbiking from London to Cape Town, met Zagorochoria June 2010)

Meteo / Weather:
http://france.meteofrance.com (sailing & general)
www.meteoconsult.com (sailing & general)
www.windfinder.com (surfing & sailing )
www.windguru.com (surfing & sailing )
www.dwd.de (sailing & general)
www.metoffice.gov.uk (sailing & general)
www.weatheronline.co.uk (sailing & general)
www.meteonice.com (general)
www.meteo-nice.org/previsions.php many links to met. Paris, Lille, Grenoble, Nantes, France, Europe, World , Meteofrance, Weatheronline)
www.lachainemeteo.com (general 12 days - free)
www.passageweather.com (sailing)
www.accuweather.com (general -15 days forecast - free)
Gribfiles
www.grib.us - (download free Ugrib)
www.ziltmagazine.nl/software or www.ziltmagazine.com/software - (download free: zyGrib, from the site of the NL free internet sailing magazine Zilt)
Meteolinks
www.meteopagina.nl
www. uksail.com/weather.htm
http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather: in our opinion the most complete site!
www.filo.nl/users/kortweer/indexeng.htm
Italia
www.meteoam.it
Hellada
www.hnms.gr (Greek homepage) and http://www.hnms.gr/hnms/english/index_html? (English)
w www.poseidon.ncmr.gr
www.meteo.gr (spec. detail & v. gd for Korinthiakos kolpos & Patraikos Kolpos, in Greek with English pages)
Monitor aardbevingen- moniteur sismique - earthquakes monitor.
www.iris.edu/seismon/
www.emsc-csem.org
Air quality
www.buldair.org (France)

Pilot - & chartsites (coasts, harbours, marinas, for Greece see also: http://www.visitgreece.gr or click here
www.leboat.fr/guide-fluvial and www.librairiefluvial.com (French canals-pilot Navicarte guide fluvial)
www.4-oceans.com (French canals-pilots: Vagnon, Chagnon)
www.pilotecotier.com (Pilote côtier, updates)
www.imray.com (charts, pilots, almanachs, books, updates)
www.acblack.com ( go to "Nautical": Adlard Coles Nautical)
www.tidesend.com ( Bellingham chart printers, nautical charts, electronic charts, nav.software, chart copies, portfolios)
www.pagineazzurre.com (online-pilot for Italy, It/Engl.version; on-line version of the paper version, avaible in Italy and on-line)
www.eagleray.gr (chart-pilots and nav.aids Greek seas, in Greek & English, with up-dates)
http://guidemediterranee.com/index.php3 ( on-line pilot, diff. countr. in the Med; CDRom avaible; in F/ E)l
www.noonsite.com (links, in E)
www.sailingissues.com (very good information an, reglementation a.s. Greece, Turkey, links, in E)
www.stw.fr (Association Sail the world, French)
www.sea-seek.com

Canals:
www.vnf.fr (official French canals-site, vignette, locks, times, ...)
www.canalmidi.com (Canal du Midi, very beautifull site, culture, history, navigation, rents)

Sailing magazines (see their usefull cruising information!)
www.zeilen.nl (Zeilen, NL, monthly; link to on-line version)
www.pbo.co.uk (Practical Boat Owner, GB, monthly)
www.varen.be (Varen, B, monthly, link to on-line version)
www.ziltmagazine.nl (Zilt digitaal magazine voor zeilers, NL, bimonthly)

Our harbours & marinas and our stop places:
www.blueflag.org (with "blue flag beaches/marinas", also links to the harbours/marinas)
France:
www.escales.com (links to many French harbours and stop places)
www.camargue.fr (Tourist site for the Camargue, links to several towns and harbours)
www.marseille-tourisme.com (site of the Tourist office of Marseille)
www.cntl-marseille.com (CNTL, Club Nautique et de Tourisme du Lacydon, Marseille, Vieux-Port)
www.lanautique.com (SNM Société Nautique de Marseille, Vieux-Port)
www.cassis.fr (site of Cassis, link to the harbour -"Port")
www.bandol.fr/ (site of Bando, link to harbour - "Port")
www.porquerolles.com (Info Bureau Porquerolles)
www.portcrosparcnational.fr (Parc National de Port-Cros)
www.ville-bormes.fr (site of Bormes-les-Mimosas)
www.portdebormes.com (harbour/marina of Bormes-les-Mimosas)
www.lelavandou.eu (site of Le Lavandou)
www.ot-lelavandou.fr (site of the Tourist Office of Le Lavandou, link to the harbour)
www.lelavandou.eu/port2001/index.htm (Harbour of Le Lavandou)
www.frejus.fr (site of Fréjus and Port-de-Fréjus harbour/marina)
www.portlanapoule.fr (site of the harbour/marina of La Napoule-Mandelieu)
http://portvauban.net (site of the harbour of Antibes-Port-Vauban)
www.riviera-ports.com ( site of the harbours of Cannes, Golfe Juan, Nice, Villefranche-sur-mer)
http://otbeaulieu.free.fr (site of Tourist Office of Beaulieu-sur-mer)
www.portdebeaulieu.com (site of the harbour/marina of Beaulieu
Menton:
www.menton.fr (official site of Menton)
www.portdementongaravan.fr (harbour of Menton-Garavan)
www.lavoirtheatre.org (Théätre Lavoir, one of our cultural Favorites!)
www.riviera-francaise.fr (site van de Communauté de communes van de Riviera, alle diensten o.a. busdiensten)
www.sahm06.com (Société d'Art et d'Histoire du Mentonnais, editor Ou Païs Mentounasc)
Italy:
www.leganavale.it (site of the nat. org; in Menu "Dove siamo" , "link diretto" -> "sezione / delegatione"; very usefull site, also to contact local del., phone numbers, e-mail, ...); in our experience they were always very helpfull and friendly
www.marinadialassio.net (Marina di ALASSIO)
www.marinadivarazze.it (Marina di VARAZZE)
www.portocarloriva.it ( Porto-marina di RAPALLO)
www.marinadelfezzano.it (Marina del FEZZANO DI PORTO VENERE, LA SPEZIA)
www.circolonauticofocececina.it ( Marina di CECINA)
www.marinacalagalera.com (Marina di Caga Galera, ERCOLE)
www.rivaditraiano.com (Porto di RIVA DI TRAIANO)
www.portoturisticodiroma.net (Porto turistico di Roma, OSTIA)
www.pontilecoppola.it (Pontile Coppola AMALFI)
www.marinadinettuno.it (Marina di NETTUNO)
www.basenautica.com (Base Nautica Flavio Gioia, GAETA)
www.portodicamerota.it (Porto di CAMEROTA)
www.portoditropea.it (Porto di TROPEA)
www.portodelletna.com (Porto di RIPOSTO, SICILIA)
www.portodileuca.it (Porto di SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA)
Greece:
www.medmarinas.com (K&G Med.Marinas Group: Gouvia M., Lefkas M., Kalamata M., Zea M., Ag.Nikolaos M.)
www.medmarinas.com/MarinaDisplay.asp?ITMID=21 (Lefkas Marina)
www.olympicmarine.gr/index-en.htm (marina near Athens situated just NE of Cape Sounion, at 2 NM south of LAVRION)

About Italy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html ( Vatican Museums )
http://www.manliograziano.eu/index.php?lang=en#cv ( Prof. Manlio GRAZIANO about the political essence and roots of Italy , in I, E, F )

About Greece:
in het nederlands:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griekenland
en français:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grèce
http://www.info-grece.com/
in English:
http://www.culture.gr/war/index_en.jsp (general site of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture)
http://odysseus.culture.gr/index_en.html (www server of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece
www.in2greece.com
www.visitgreece.gr and www.gnto.gr (Greek official tourist service, very usefull informations for sailing in Greek waters click here)
http://www.greeklandscapes.com
http://odysseus.culture.gr/index_en.html and http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh21.html and http://odysseus.culture.gr/map/CulturalMap_en/cultural_map_en.html (map)
http://livingingreece.gr/ (a practical guide with news, insider tips & personal stories written by an American working in the EU since 1997)
http://www.lefkaslife.blogspot.com/ about the community life and Lefkas
Other interesting and cultural sites:
http://www.artiria.gr/ Artiria, cultural centre in Marina Lefkadas
http://www.horto.net Summer Meeting in Horto Mt Pelion, 1984, org. by the non-profit cultural foundation "G.Angelinis - Pia Hadjinikos"
http:// www.duovivo.com pianists and members of the cultural foundation "G.Angelinis - Pia Hadjinikos"
http://www.smarogregoriadou.com website of Smaro Gregoriadou, classic guitar solo, co-founder of the Choriambos Theater Company
http://pelionwalks.wordpress.com/ blog by the Friends of the Kalderimi of the South Pelion, walks on and maintenance of the old paths ; see also: www.facebook.com/southpelion and www.pelionwalks.org

Official & tourist sites:
www.belgium.be (Belgian Federal site)
www.mobilit.fgov.be (Belgian Fed. Mobility site, see WATER, in Dutch and French)
www.vlaanderen.be (Flemish Community & Government site, Dutch)
www.flanders.be (Flemish Community & Government site, English)
www.visitflanders.com
www.nieuwpoort.be (Off. site Nieuwpoort, in Dutch)
www.service-public.fr (Official public service site of France)
www.enit.it (Italian Tourist Organization)
www.visitgreece.gr and www.gnto.gr (Greek tourist service, very usefull informations for sailing in Greek waters click here )
www.greekembassy-press.be/en/homeen.htm
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/gr.html (links to websites of governmental institutions and political parties in Greece

Travelling:
Airlines:
http://www.skyscanner.net/flights-from/gr/cheapest-flights-from-greece.html?di=1
http://www.brusselsairlines.com/com/
http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book/index.asp
http://www.olympicair.com/Home.aspx?a_id=549
http://www.ryanair.com/en
http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/Pages/index.aspx?Country=GB
http://www.athensairport-2001.gr/
http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/flightinfo/
Rail:
http://www.b-rail.be/main/
http://www.tgv-europe.com/en/home/
http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c79686605528a110VgnVCM1000003f16f90aRCRD
Ferryboats:
http://www.anek.gr/ (Anek Lines, ferry boats Italy-Greece & some Greek Islands)
http://www.minoan.gr/index.asp?a_id=226 (Minoan Lines, ferry boats Italy-Greece & some Greek Islands)
Coaches & busses:
http://www.xo.gr/default.aspx?pid=23&la=2&catID=4236&a=ktel&c=&l=&fWhere=&fWhat=&ss=false
Car rentals:
BudgetCar, www.budget.com
Europcar, www.europcar.com
Hotels & houses:
France:
http://www.accorhotels.com (Accor Hotels France)
http://www.etaphotel.com/fr/home/index.shtml (Etap Hotels France)
http://www.hotelformule1.com (Formule 1 Hotels, France)
http://www.booking.com (On-line hotel booking, France and Europe)
Italy:
http://www.venere.com/italy (On-line hotel booking, Italy and Europe)
http://www.hotel-stellaalpina.com (Hotel Stella Alpina, Venice)
http://www.hotelgardeniaverona.it/ (Hotel Gardenia, Verona) on-line booked http://www.booking.com/hotel/it/gardenia-verona
Greece:
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/greece/GR120.htm (Tony's house in Apolpena, Lefkas, GR, our rental in 2010 during the boat maintenance)
http//www.gamilarocks.com (Gamila Rocks,adventure resort: our hotel for the visit of the Zagorochoria and the Vikos Gorges) at 44004 Aristi
http://www.nicolaspelion.gr (app/rooms and restaurant in Hortó, Pilion)
http://www.meliespelion.com/ (app/rooms in Hortó, Pilion)
http://www.saronhotel.com (hotel Saron, close to Olympic Marina, 2 km south on the road to Sounion )
http://www.jollyhotel.gr/indexeng.html ( Igoumenitsa, Jolly hotel, easy in case of arriving late or early-morning departure, now rather basic but very good welcome, breakfast buffet )

Gluten-free:
http://vcv.coeliakie.be (site of the Flemish (B) celiac ass.- Vlaamse Coeliakie Vereniging, in Dutch)
www.afdiag.org (site of the French celiac ass., Association française des intolérants au gluten, in French)
www.celiachia.it (site of the Italian celiac ass, Associazione italiana celiachia , in Italian)
www.koiliokaki.com (site of the Greek Celiac Society, in Greek and English)
www.celiac.com (many links en usefull information)
www.celiactravel.com (usefull information for travelling)

Uusefull media/news sites:
www.vrt.be (site of the Belgian, Flemish radio & television, and Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal)
www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws (newssite of the Belgian Flemish radio and television)
www.demorgen.be (site of daily Belgian newspaper De Morgen, in Dutch)
http://www.standaard.be/ (site of daily Belgian newspaper De Standaard, in Dutch)
www.tijd.be (site of daily Belgian economic and financial newspaper De Tijd, in Dutch)
www.rtbf.be/info/ (site of the Belgian, Frech radio & television)
www. radiofrance.fr (French radio)
www.francetelevisions.fr (French television)
www.lemonde.fr (site of the daily Frech newspaper Le Monde, in French)
www.rai.it (Italian radio & television)
http://www.omogenia.com/ and http://www.greekedirectory.com/greektv.aspx (links to Greek radio & television)
www.athensplus.com (site of weekly Greek newspaper AthensPlus, in English)
www.ekathimerini.com (site of the daily Greek newspaper Kathimerini (supp. only avaible inside The International Herald Tribune, in Greece & Cyprus, in English)
http://www.greekherald.com
http://www.athens-times.com
www.ert.gr/filia/index.php?lang=fr (news, Greece, Filia/ERT radio, in French)
http://french.amna.gr (news, Greece, Athens News Agency, in French)
www.ert.gr/filia/index.php?lang=en (news, Greece, Filia/ERT radio, in English)
http://www.amna.gr/english/ (news, Greece, Athens News Agency, in English)

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