Large families: privileges and discounts
These apply to families with three or more children; some only to families with four or more. Families with four or more usually show the large-family certificate of ASPE, the national confederation of large families. Families with three show a family status certificate from the municipality.
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From the state and municipalities (123)
Across Greece
Transport
50% off ferry tickets for large families
Reduced public-transport fares for large families
50% off tickets and unlimited-travel cards on OASA, OSETH, urban and intercity KTEL for large families
Culture
EUR 10 tickets for three-child and large families at the National Theatre (not in the premium zone)
Free Entry to State Museums, Monuments and Archaeological Sites (Designated Days)
Free entry for everyone to state museums and archaeological sites on the set free-entry days
ΚΟΘ: €5 reduced ticket for large families (full price €20, €15 or €10)
€8 discount ticket for large families (full price €25, €20 or €15)
Reduced tickets for large families at the NTNG
Tickets from EUR 6 for large families at the Athens Concert Hall
Reduced/Free Museum Entry — Social Categories
Free entry to state museums for parents of large and three-child families (until the child is 25)
Electricity
Social Household Tariff — Large-Family Tariff (KOT C)
Social tariff C for large families: EUR 0.10/kWh off the electricity supply charge
Water, fees and taxes
Registration Tax Exemption for Parents of 3+ Children
Full registration-tax exemption for one car up to 2,000 cc (50% above 2,000 cc) for parents of 3 children
Reduced or no municipal cleaning and lighting charges, as your municipality decides
Lower income tax by number of children (e.g. 0% for 4+ children in the EUR 10,001-20,000 band)
In more than one region
Free or reduced fees set by each municipality; e.g. Thermi: large families exempt up to €40,000 income, 50% off above it
Region of Attica and Region of Central Macedonia
Free and Reduced Public Transport Fares: OASA (Athens) and OSETH (Thessaloniki)
Reduced EUR 0.50 fare (instead of EUR 1.20) on Athens public transport for large families (not three-child families)
Region of Attica and Region of Central Macedonia
Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Municipality of Alexandroupoli
50% off water and sewerage fees
Municipality of Didymoteicho
Reduced water tariff: EUR 0.32/m³ up to 50 m³ in town (Didymoteicho)
Municipality of Doxato
50% or 75% off, or no charge, on water and sewerage fixed fees and the first 240 m³ of 2026, by category and income (Doxato)
Municipality of Drama
60% off the bill (large families), 50% (disabled people in the DEYAD groups), 30% (three-child and single-parent families, income limit)
Municipality of Thasos
DEYA Thasos – Reduced water tariff (70% off) for vulnerable groups (2026-2029)
70% off the price of each category A band (water and sewerage); not on fixed charges; one supply
Municipality of Iasmos
Full exemption or 50% off the cleaning and lighting fees, depending on the group and income
Municipality of Kavala
Water: Disability above 80%, large families and the unemployed 50%
Municipality of Nestos
DEYA Nestos – 50% off water for families with 3+ dependent children and disability above 67%
50% off total water consumption, for one meter
Municipality of Xanthi
DEYA Xanthi – Social water tariff for vulnerable groups
50% off the water used at your main home, not the fixed fees (Xanthi)
Municipality of Topeiros
20% off 2026 water charges (disability 80%+, large families, single parents), 15% (three-child families) or 10% (disability 67-80%)
Region of Attica
In several municipalities
EYDAP – Water discount for families with three or more dependent children
Water at EUR 0.35/m³ with no water or sewerage fixed fee for families with three or more children
59 municipalities in the region
Municipality of Agia Varvara
50% off one class of the municipal culture and sports courses for three-child and large families (Agia Varvara)
Municipality of Athens
Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Athens)
Full exemption from the cleaning and lighting charges on the first (main) residence for 2026
Municipality of Vrilissia
Vrilissia: exemption or 50% cut in cleaning and water fees for vulnerable groups
Full exemption or 50% off the cleaning fees and the water charge for the first 30 m³, depending on the group and income (for 2026)
Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona
Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona)
Full exemption from the cleaning and lighting charges on the main residence for one year
Municipality of Lavreotiki
50% off the household water charge
Municipality of Marathon
Marathon municipal cleaning/lighting and water fee reductions for vulnerable groups
30% off cleaning and lighting charges and 30% (three-child) or 40% (large families) off water (Marathon)
Municipality of Moschato-Tavros
Discounted or free municipal sports programmes, Municipality of Moschato-Tavros
50% off municipal sports classes for three-child and large families, income-tested (Moschato-Tavros)
Municipality of Paiania
Flat low water price of €0.70 for large families and the needy (Municipality of Paiania, 2026)
Flat €0.70 per m³ for all consumption (general tariff: €0.70-2.55 in bands)
Municipality of Pallini
Pallini: reduced water price of €0.65 per cubic metre for vulnerable groups (2026)
Water at EUR 0.65/m³ instead of EUR 0.80 for 21-60 m³ per four months (Pallini)
Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi
Rafina-Pikermi vulnerable-groups tariff: reduced water and 50% off municipal fees (2026)
Water at about half price and 50% off cleaning and lighting charges (Rafina-Pikermi)
Municipality of Spetses
50%-100% cut in water fixed charges and bands for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Spetses, 2026)
50%-100% off water fixed fees and first bands, by category (Spetses)
Municipality of Troizinia-Methana
60% cut in the cleaning-lighting and water-sewerage charges of the main home (2026)
Municipality of Hydra
Cleaning/Lighting Fee Reduction or Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Hydra)
No charge or 50% off cleaning and lighting charges for 2026, by category and income (Hydra)
Municipality of Oropos
30%-70% off, or no charge, on water, cleaning and lighting charges, by category and income (Oropos)
Region of the North Aegean
In several municipalities
50% off up to 80 m³ or 30% off up to 60 m³ per quarter, by category (Lesvos)
Municipalities: West Lesvos and Mytilene
50% Discount on Mytilene Urban Bus (KTEL) Tickets for Three-child Families (Lesvos)
50% off Mytilene urban KTEL tickets for three-child families
Municipalities: West Lesvos and Mytilene
Municipality of Chios
DEYA Chios: 50% off the whole water bill for low-income households
50% off the whole water bill (2026 tariff policy)
Region of Western Greece
Municipality of Agrinio
DEYA Agrinio – Special water tariff for large and three-child families, disabled and needy people
Water: 50% off (large and three-child families, disability 67%+)
Municipality of Aigialeia
Water: 50% off the value of water used (large families, disability)
Municipality of Aktio-Vonitsa
50% off the water charge; and 50% off the sewage-treatment charge in the Anaktorio and Palairos municipal units
Municipality of Amfilochia
50% off the water and sewerage tariff (first-home meter, up to 100 m³ per four months); full exemption for kidney patients
Municipality of Andravida-Kyllini
50% off water consumption for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Andravida-Kyllini)
50% off water consumption charges (not the fixed charge)
Municipality of Erymanthos
Exemption or 50% cut in water charges for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Erymanthos)
Exemption (up to 240 m³ a year) or a 50% cut in the water charges of the main home, depending on the group and income
Municipality of Zacharo
Social Water Tariff – Zacharo Municipal Water Utility (DEYA Zacharou)
Admission to the social (reduced) water tariff for one year; the size of the discount is not stated in the DEYAZ decisions
Municipality of Ilida
Water: 40% off up to 60 cubic metres a quarter (large and three-child families)
Municipality of Nafpaktia
Water: 50% off use up to 100 m³ per six months (large, three-child and single-parent families, disability, kidney patients)
Applications closed
Municipality of Xiromero
Xiromero: 50% off the water standing charge for single parents, disability 80%+ and large families
50% off the water standing charge (standing charge €20 per supply per four months), for 2026
Municipality of Patras
Water: €1 standing charge per two months and off water use: 40% for large, three-child and single-parent families
Region of Western Macedonia
Municipality of Grevena
DEYA Grevena – Social water tariff (50% off)
50% off the water consumption charge, for up to two meters; not on fixed charges
Municipality of Kastoria
Water: 30% (large and three-child families, long-term unemployed, pensioners over 67)
Region of Epirus
In several municipalities
50% off the Association's water charges (household price €0.80 per m³)
Municipalities: Dodoni, Zitsa and Ioannina
Municipality of Arta
DEYA Arta – Special social water tariff (50% off)
50% off water consumption from the first cubic metre
Municipality of Dodoni
50% off the first-band prices of every tariff per four months, household use only
Municipality of Zagori
50% off the water standing charge and use, only for the first home's supply
Municipality of Ziros
Ziros: social tariffs for water, sewerage, cleaning and lighting for vulnerable groups
Water: 45% to 55% off (large and three-child families) or 50% (other groups) the sewerage charge and the cleaning and lighting fees
Municipality of Metsovo
30% off the water charge, for one household meter
Municipality of Parga
50% off the water and sewerage charges; one reduction per person
Municipality of Preveza
DEYA Preveza – Social water and sewerage tariff (40%-50% off)
Water: Off water and sewerage: 50% for large families, kidney patients and disability 67%+
Region of Thessaly
Municipality of Almyros
50% off the first water and sewerage band, fixed fee and maintenance charge for large families; 50% off the charges for three-child families
Municipality of Alonnisos
Reduced EUR 0.90 fare (instead of EUR 1.80) on the Alonnisos municipal bus for large and three-child families
50% off water, cleaning and lighting and septic-tank charges for large and three-child families (Alonnisos)
Municipality of Zagora-Mouresi
Zagora-Mouresi: 50% water tariff cut for large families and no standing charges for disability 67%+
Water: 50% off the home water tariff (large families)
Municipality of Larissa
DEYA Larissa — Social Water Tariff for Vulnerable Groups (sample municipal water utility)
Reduced water price on the social tariff (the rate is not published) (Larissa)
50% off the Larissa Art Gallery free-workshop fees for three-child and large families
Municipality of South Pelion
Reduced tariff at 50% off water consumption (e.g. €0.25 instead of €0.50 per m³ for 0-50 m³ in Sipiada-Argalasti-Afetes)
Municipality of Skopelos
50% off the first 60 m³ of water each period, with the sewerage charge (Skopelos)
Municipality of Trikala
DEYA Trikala – Social water tariff (50% off)
Water: 50 m³ per two months in town for three-child families and disabled people, 60 m³ for large families)
Region of the Ionian Islands
Municipality of North Corfu
DEYA North Corfu – Social household water tariff (50% off)
50% off the household tariff for the first 35 m³ per two months (main home)
Municipality of Zakynthos
Water: 50% off (large families, disability 80%+, long-term unemployed), 70% (the needy) or 10% (EEE recipients)
Municipality of Lefkada
Social water tariff: €0.18 per cubic metre up to 50 cubic metres, €0.19 from 51 to 100, €0.38 from 101 to 200, €0.48 from 201 to 300
Region of Central Macedonia
Municipality of Amphipolis
Amfipoli: 50% water and sewerage fee cut for the needy, people with disabilities and large families
50% off the water and sewerage fees of the main home's water meter
Municipality of Dion-Olympos
DEYA Dion-Olympos – Special water tariff for large families and disability above 80%
50% off the first 100 m³ per four months (main home)
Municipality of Thessaloniki
Tuition Discounts and Waivers at the Municipal Conservatories of Thessaloniki (2026-2027)
For 2026-2027 the Municipal Conservatories of Thessaloniki give 10% to 50% discounts and free tuition in some categories: single-parent, three-child and large families, students with disabilities, university students, unemployed people, children of unemployed parents and others, with income limits per category.
Municipality of Kassandra
50% (large families) or 30% (three-child families) off water and sewerage charges, up to 200 m³ a year (Kassandra)
Municipality of Katerini
Katerini creative-activity centre (KDAP): income-based fees, free for low incomes and large families
Free day-centre place for large families (vacant places, children without a voucher)
Municipality of Kilkis
Water discount: 40% on the first 20 m³ (3 children), 50% on the first 25 m³ (4 children), 70% on the first 35 m³ (5 or more) (Kilkis)
Kilkis: 80% off cleaning and lighting fees in 2027 for large and three-child families
80% off cleaning and lighting fees in 2027 (full exemption for people with an 80% disability)
Upcoming
Municipality of Paionia
Water: 90% (large families with 7+ children, needy Minimum Income recipients)
Municipality of Serres
70% off water for three-child and large families (Serres)
Municipality of Chalkidona
€0.25 per cubic metre up to 40 cubic metres per four months (instead of €0.49), about half price in every band
Region of Crete
In several municipalities
The Region of Crete gives free school supplies and stationery to 500 kindergarten children of large and three-child families across the Rethymno regional unit for the 2026-2027 school year. Distribution is organised with the Rethymno Primary Education Directorate.
Municipalities: Agios Vasileios, Amari, Anogeia, Mylopotamos and Rethymno
Municipality of Heraklion
Water: Large families, three-child families and people with disabilities: 40% off the household water tariff
Municipality of Kantanos-Selino
DEYA Selino: 30% off water and sewerage for disabled people, the needy and large families
30% off the water price and sewerage use fees (household tariff)
Municipality of Malevizi
Water: 50% off (67% disability, large families) or 25% off (3 children) the household tariff price of the permanent home
Municipality of Minoa Pediada
DEYA Minoa Pediada social water tariff: 25% to 100% off for vulnerable groups
Water: 25%, 35% or 50% off depending on the group on the first 100 m³ per four months (150 for large families)
Municipality of Lasithi Plateau
Water: Off the water use charge (not the standing charge): three-child families 20%, large families 30%, disability 40%, the needy 50%
Municipality of Sitia
50% off water prices (e.g. €0.13 instead of €0.26 per m³ in the first band), for one household meter, in 2026
50% reduction in cleaning and street lighting charges, the tax on electrified premises and the Property Levy (TAP) on the main residence
Municipality of Chania
Social Water Tariff of the Chania Water Utility (DEYACH) for vulnerable groups
Water: No water charge up to 60 m³ (very large families with 5+ children up to €22,000 + €1,500 per dependant
Municipality of Hersonissos
40% off water and sewerage use fees up to 120 m³ per four months; the needy: first band 0-25 m³ free with no standing charge
Region of the South Aegean
Municipality of Anafi
Anafi: 50% off cleaning-lighting and water-sewerage fees for vulnerable groups
50% off the main home's municipal cleaning, lighting, water and sewerage fees (for 2026)
Municipality of Kea
Kea: 60% (85% in extreme poverty) cut in cleaning-lighting and water-sewerage fees
60% off cleaning and lighting and water and sewerage charges on your main home (Kea)
Municipality of Kos
Free Travel Card and Social Fare Discounts on Kos Urban Buses (Municipality of Kos)
Kos urban buses: large families free (100%), three-child families 50% off
Municipality of Leipsoi
Water: Off the water and sewerage charges: 20% (large families)
Municipality of Leros
Three-child, large-family and disability water tariff at 50% off (Municipality of Leros, 2026)
50% off the household water tariff (e.g. €0.13 instead of €0.25 per m³ for 1-10 m³)
Municipality of Naxos and Lesser Cyclades
Naxos & Small Cyclades: 50% (80% in extreme poverty) cut in municipal and water fees
Water: Water up to 30 m³ a month (large families) or 25 m³ (others) (for 2026)
Municipality of Patmos
60%-100% relief from water and sewerage charges for vulnerable groups (Municipality of Patmos, 2026)
60% or 100% off water and sewerage charges, by category (Patmos)
Municipality of Serifos
Full exemption from water and sewerage charges, with a consumption limit of 120 m³ a year
Municipality of Sifnos
Sifnos: 50% water and sewerage fee reduction for vulnerable groups
50% off the water and sewerage fees of the first or main home, for one year from the application (decision for 2026)
Municipality of Syros-Ermoupoli
Lower price in the first two water bands: EUR 1.15 instead of EUR 1.55 up to 30 m³ per quarter, from Q4 2026 (Syros)
Municipality of Tinos
Water at half price (e.g. EUR 0.54 instead of EUR 1.07/m³) and 50% off water and sewerage charges (Tinos)
Municipality of Chalki
Water: 50% for disability with income €6,000-12,000 and large families with income up to €20,000
Region of Peloponnese
Municipality of East Mani
Water: Large families: €0.49 per cubic metre up to 80 cubic metres
Municipality of West Mani
West Mani: full exemption from the fixed water charge for vulnerable groups
Full exemption from the fixed water charge of the first home
Municipality of Epidaurus
Municipality of Ermionida
DEYA Ermionida water and sewerage fee reductions for large families, disabled people and the needy
Water: 50% off (large families, disability over 80%, the needy) or 30% off (disability 67%-80%) water and sewerage fees
Municipality of Megalopoli
Water: 50% off (large families, the needy, people with disabilities) or 20% (three-child families) the water price, not the standing charge
Municipality of Monemvasia
Monemvasia: 30% water discount for large families, people with disabilities and three-child families
Water: 30% off for use up to 200 cubic metres per six months (large families, disability) or up to 150 cubic metres (three-child families)
Municipality of Pylos-Nestor
50% off the standing charge and all water and sewerage fees of the permanent home
Municipality of Sparta
DEYA Sparti – Special water tariff for disabled people, three-child and large families and the needy
Water: 50% off the water charge (disability 80%+, three-child and large families)
Municipality of Tripoli
Water: 65% off (large families, disability) or 35% (three-child families) on the water and sewerage charges and the standing charges
Municipality of Trifylia
Charged at 50% of the ordinary consumption tariff (quarterly bills)
Region of Central Greece
Municipality of Aliartos-Thespies
Free water up to 200 m³ for large and three-child families within income limits; the fixed fee stays (Aliartos-Thespies)
Municipality of Delphi
Water: 50% off the first 70 cubic metres for three-child families with adult children
Municipality of Dirfys-Messapia
Water: Billing at 50% of the water use tariffs (and of the household sewerage fees for large families, kidney patients and disabled people)
Municipality of Istiaia-Aidipsos
Water: Tariff for the needy (Gialtra) and large families (Ilia)
Offers from businesses (5)
These are not state benefits. The business that makes each offer sets its terms and may change them without notice. The businesses did not pay for these listings. The order does not depend on payment.
Blue Star Ferries: discounts for three-child families (50%), military staff (25%) and NAT pensioners
Three-child families 50% in economy and numbered seats (25% in premium class and cabins)
Private offerLast checked: 28 October 2026
50% off for members of large families
Private offerLast checked: 18 October 2026
Three-child families 30% in economy (50% on subsidised lines)
Private offerLast checked: 28 October 2026
Large families and three-child families with an association card: €25 instead of €50 (€50 instead of €80 return)
Region of Attica and Region of Central Macedonia
Private offerLast checked: 28 October 2026
KTEL in Heraklion and Lasithi: three-child families 25% on all routes with a validated card
Region of Crete
Private offerLast checked: 28 October 2026