There may be those who will tell you that you must open a local Greek bank account. This is not true in my experience. I have retained my Dutch bank account and transferred all payments for the building of my house online with no problems.
Accordingly, my personal opinion is that you shouldn’t hasten to open a local bank account unless you have a very good reason. I find that every bureaucratic step in Greece is needlessly complicated, so I prefer to avoid any local bureaucracy if it’s not entirely essential. I am happy to have retained my Dutch account, which luckily for me resides in a country with a bureaucracy that I find much quicker, easier and where I can arrange virtually everything online.
