No visa needed

Do citizens of Greece need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe?

Citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe and can stay up to 15 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Greece: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Athens — São Tomé: ≈ 4,530 km, about 6 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 15 days

Can I travel to Sao Tome and Principe without a visa on a Greece passport?

Yes, citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe for up to 15 days. A valid passport is enough.

Sao Tome and Principe visa rules at a glance

With a Greece passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Greece passport ranks 17th of 199.
Greece passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Greece and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Kosovo, Palestine, Rwanda, Gambia, Angola, Seychelles, Zambia, South Africa, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Malaysia, Singapore, Bahamas, and Haiti.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Greece. Greece visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Athens — São Tomé: about 4,530 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −3 hours.
Local time: Athens 12:00 — São Tomé 09:00.
Local currency: São Tomé & Príncipe Dobra.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ STN 21.
Sao Tome and Principe is the 97th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Greece.