Post in Crete…The postal service here in Crete does not ordinarily deliver to your door. Many homes do not have an official address and do not have street names or house numbers, let alone a letter box so your address becomes the nearest Post Office. In very small villages without a post office mail is delivered to the local kafenion!
We just have two plastic boxes that virtually the entire villages mail is placed in. You have to rummage through each box to collect your mail. The mail is supposedly in alphabetical order – Greek alphabetical order - but there are some discrepancies. Our surname begins with the letter Y that comes differently in the order of the Greek alphabet.
But we much prefer a little bit of rummaging once a week rather than the deluge of junk mail we used to receive in the UK through our letter box every day! As well as receiving and sorting mail the local post office will of course take your mail and packages to be delivered elsewhere including overseas and sell you the relevant postage stamps. Also the majority of your bills can be paid at the post office in cash.
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Some villages have sets of numbered blue or green post boxes at the side of roads. They look a little like small lockers with individual keys. The postman opens up the boxes, places your mail in your numbered box and you have a key to open your assigned box. This service is free of charge.