Originally Posted by
slawecki
i just purchased tickets to athens. do the atm's now work? i had read that athens was so short on cash that the atms were not filled. i would get the euro when we transfer planes, but do not know if there are any atm's in lhr that dispense euro. just need money for daily stuff, not to pay for room or car.
There are euro ATMs in LHR, but they will bill you in pounds and use a rate of 1.25 or something like that.
AFAIK, ATMs in Greece were not filled for only one or two days. Any restrictions applied only to Greek cards.
I was there 3 weeks ago and bought a few thousand euros with my UK cards at ATMs. I recall a sign saying Greek cards were limited to withdrawal of ~400 euros per day.