Welcome to Matt’s Greece Travel Guide

Hi. My name is Matt Barrett. I have been traveling or living in Greece since 1968. In one thousand nine hundred ninety six I began my Greece Travel Website and have been adding information, photos and stories ever since. During this time it has become one of the most popular travel sites on the web with all sorts of free information that you would have to otherwise search for. I created my Greece Travel Guides to help you avoid some of the problems people have while traveling in Greece and also to share my skill of the country, and because I love writing and taking photos. You can go after links to stories and articles I have written on various Greek subjects, from my Guides to the Greek Islands, to my famous Athens Survival Guide and uncountable pages on hotels, restaurants, beaches, history, Greek food and more. This page can lightly serve as your basic guide to Greece and you can go after the links to more information, all of it given loosely. You can also e-mail me with any questions and I usually react pretty quickly. Two thousand seventeen is my 21st year and I am pretty excited. Yes the world seems like it is coming apart at the seams but there is something about going to Greece that helps me put it all in perspective. The sun, the sea, the food, the people and the fact that despite the insanity we see every day in the news, we are still able to love ourselves in a profound way that keeps us coming back in the best and the worst of times.

This index will give you an idea of what sections are on each of the main Greece pages. If you are a very first time visitor the best way is to skip this index for now and scroll down so you don’t miss something significant. Very first read my article: Why Greece? If you are looking for something in particular you can Search Matt Barrett’s Greece Travel Guides

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Introduction: My Greece Websites

Athens Survival Guide

Athens is a Wonderful City when you get to know it. But most guidebooks are as confusing as Athens seems to be for those unacquainted with it. Not my Athens Survival Guide. My Athens Guide makes the city and surrounding areas plain and pleasurable by following my steps and just doing what I do. It includes restaurant reviews , hotels (including areas to stay and areas to avoid), archaeology sites , beaches, Photo Tours that will help you understand the city, reliable travel agencies, day-trips, shopping, nightlife, and hundreds of other subjects, all in beautiful Technicolor. You can print out the entire thing and take it to Greece or use it on your iphone or whatever media device you bringing with you. It is the only Guidebook you will need and it is free and effortless to use. Recommended by Travel Guru Rick Steves and even used by Athenians themselves.

Visit my Athens Survival Guide BEFORE you visit Athens

Greek Island Guides

I have written a brief review on all the islands and turned it into a web page that links to more detailed Greek island information including recommended hotels, beaches, restaurant reviews, archaeological sites, history, nightlife and museums and whatever else there is to do on the islands, plus which islands are effortless to get to from which other islands, an significant thing to know when you make up your itinerary. If you don’t know much about the Greek Islands this will give you some idea of what each has to suggest. Visit my Greek Island Synopsis which has a paragraph about each island and then a link to my guide for that island. Or you can just go to my Greek Island Guide which lists the islands by group with a photo and a link to the page for each island. If you know which island you want to visit, then you may find that page lighter to use. If like many travelers to Greece you are just attempting to find information about Mykonos and Santorini you can just click on those links. But you may be missing out if you think that these are the only islands worth visiting in Greece.

Many people use the Greek Island Guide to research their journey before going to my Create-an-itinerary page where they can pack in a form that tells which islands, how many days, category of hotel, tours and so on and an agent comes back with a price for that tour. It’s a pretty creative way to plan your holiday and you are under no obligation to buy so at least you will know what it is gonna cost and which islands you can get to without too much hassle.

For those who know there is more to Greece than the islands have a look at my Greek Mainland Guide.

Index of My Greece Websites

I am continually adding and updating this page and the hundreds of other Greece pages to which it is linked. There were over five thousand pages of information last time I counted, so for effortless navigation there is an index at www.greecetravel.com which has all my pages, or most of them anyway. It is the best way to find your way around my site. Many people use it as their home page when they are researching their journey to Greece. If you have a moment click on the logo and then save it to your dearest places or as your homepage. Yes I know it is confusing that there is a Greecetravel.com and a Greektravel.com but the site grew organically and by the time I discovered that this was not the way things are done, there was too much info to switch so I just left it. By the way, I do all my pages individually, by palm and there are no pop-up ads, cookies, or tricks to make you click on something you don’t want to. I am a real person who goes to Greece regularly, not a computer program designed to promote Greece, or some dude who visited once for a week and wrote the ultimate guide.

My Hotels of Greece Project

After Sept 11th when nobody was traveling and I had slew of time on my forearms I put together a Directory of hotels in Greece with photos and descriptions. It was kind of tedious but I think I was sort of in a state of limbo and needed something mechanical to do for awhile until people determined they were going to travel again. I was kind of proud of it in a plain workmanship way. It is not every hotel in Greece but it is every hotel that has been recommended by the agencies and travelers as well as hotels I have stayed at and recommend myself. I have attempted to link them to the travel agencies that have the best prices for that particular hotel. For those who still want to just showcase up and book hotels as you go I still recommend at least booking your hotel in Athens in advance even if you don’t book any others. By the way the way I support this site is through the commissions I get from the hotels, the agencies that book them and Booking.com so if you appreciate my site and all this free info, PLEASE use the links I have provided to book your hotel and if you are not ready to book save them to your beloved places and come back when you are ready. See www.hotelsofgreece.com or the sister page which is my Search Greek Hotels Guide which I did with Booking.com that looks the same but is a million times better than the page I did on my own (tho’ some of my hotel reviews are funnier, like the Grande Bretagne for example).

Greece Hotel Search and Automated Booking

For those who have been wondering if I was ever going to get an automated hotel booking site in my guide for people who don’t want to go through a travel agency you can stop wondering. Through my friends at Booking.com you can now book hotels from my site and not feel guilty about getting all my free information and booking elsewhere. I still urge travelers to use reliable Greek travel agencies but if you want to do your own hotel arrangements at least you now have that option and the prices are as low as you will find anywhere and many of the hotels you can cancel with no cancellation fee. Plus they donate to my site whenever someone books. So if you appreciate the work that went into this website please book using the links to my recommended travel agents and Booking.com. If you want to get a 2nd and third opinion save the hotel page and come back to it after you are sated that this is where you want to stay. See Matt Barrett’s Booking.com Hotel Search and you can find exactly the hotel you need or close to it.

Are you staying in an Air BnB or another apartment rental service? Read A Serious Message to Air BnB Users in Greece

Significant Note: There is a lot of information on my website and it is all free to anyone whether you booked through the travel agents, the hotels or Air BnB. But it is the commissions I get from hotel bookings on my affiliate website with Booking.com that supports this website and enable me to proceed doing the work I love. So my request to you is that if you are using other sites to book hotels and apartments and using my websites for everything else and are grateful for the information you have received from it please think about donating whatever you can afford so I can proceed to be creative. You can use Paypal and send whatever you like to [email protected] with a note so I know who you are and I can thank you. You can also send a check or money order to Matt Barrett at one hundred two Old Pittsboro Rd, Carrboro, North Carolina, USA. 27510.

What’s Fresh on Greece Travel for 2017?

Fresh Economical Greece Packages

Fantasy Travel has put together a number of packages that suggest quality hotels for economical prices. Most packages that seem too good to be true are actually not as good as they seem, often using hotels that are in areas you truly don’t want to stay in, to keep the price down. But Fantasy’s economy packages feature hotels in and around the Plaka in Athens and are all good quality hotels. I recommend Fantasy Travel’s program The Pursuit of Pleasure which is twelve Days and eleven nights in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini including hotels, ferries, transfers, tours, admission to archaeological sites and breakfast commencing at nine hundred forty euros per person. You can’t strike the price for these hotels and this itinerary. Or their eight day package that includes a 4-day cruise plus Athens-Delphi-Meteora which starts at five hundred ninety five euros per person. For these and more visit Fantasy Travel’s Special Offers Page

Aegean Blue: Athens-Naxos-Santorini

This Special suggest 10-Day program is available to book only until January 31, (however it can be booked for anytime during the season). It features three of the best hotels in Greece and many extras at a very low price embarking at $1149 per person.

Two nights in Athens in 4-star Herodion Hotel

three nights in Naxos in 4-star Iria Beach Hotel

four nights in Santorini in 4-star Tholos Resort (Volcano-caldera sea view room)

Ferry tickets Athens – Naxos –Santorini

Air Tickets Santorini – Athens

Transfers roundtrip, Athens Airport – Hotel

Transfers roundtrip, Naxos port – Hotel

Transfers in Santorini Port-Hotel, Hotel–Santorini Airport

Caldera Sunset Sailing cruise

Athens Private Walking Tour (with professional guide, Four.Five hours duration)

Economical Cruise Packages

I admit that I am not a big fan of cruises. Not that I have ever been on one. But in my opinion visiting a bunch of Greek islands for a few hours each is not that way to do it, no matter what your travel agent tells you or what you read in a travel magazine. I think you need at least two or three nights on an island if you want to indeed practice it. On a cruise you are just sort of looking at it. But Fantasy Travel’s Wise seven cruise permits you to spend three nights in Mykonos at the beginning of your cruise and three nights in Santorini at the end of your cruise. The cruise is four days and includes Kusadasi, Turkey, Patmos, Rhodes and Crete which would be unlikely to see in such a brief period of time otherwise. Plus you can add on extra islands or tours of the mainland with Fantasy’s low rates. Take a look at Fantasy Travel’s Wise seven Program

Far from the Maddening Crowd-Stay at the Beach in Athens!

In response to the travelers who are jumpy about demonstrations in Athens or who just don’t like cities, Fantasy Travel has put together several Greece mainland and island package which includes a tour of Athens and all transfers and ferry tickets. What makes them unique is for the Athens part of the journey you will be staying by the beach in Faliron, just twenty minutes from downtown by taxi or thirty minutes by bus or coastal tram. The islands available are Mykonos, Santorini and Sifnos or the option of a cruise. For more information see Far from the Maddening Crowd. Fantasy can adjust the above tour so you can stay even further out of the city. The further out you go the nicer the beaches are and you are never more than an hour or so from downtown Athens.

For those who are interested in staying outside of Athens I have added a fresh section in my Athens Survival Guide about the coastal suburbs or what some people call the Athenian Riviera so you can stay at the beach instead of in the center of the city. See my Athens Coast page and if you want to stay in the leafy cool suburbs in a beautiful old classical hotel see my Kifissia page.

Matt’s Greece Travel Blog and Facebook Group

For the latest on what is happening with me in Greece read my Greece Travel blog or else go to Matt Barrett’s Greece Travel Guides Group on Facebook for comments, photos and other joy stuff where you can interact with other travelers and people who live in Greece or go there regularly. But the reaction to the question that many people are asking is “Yes people are traveling to Greece.” The numbers for Americans traveling seem to be down but that has as much to do with the American economy as it does with Greece. Europeans, Australians, Indians, Chinese, Canadians, Brazilians and of course Greek-Americans proceed to spend their summer holiday in the Greek islands and tourism is one of the bright catches sight of in the Greek economy. If you have any questions about private safety, refugees, terrorism, the economy or whatever you have read in the news that might make you not want to go to Greece you can e-mail me or go to Matt Barrett’s Greece Travel Guides Group on Facebook where there are other knowledgeable people sharing information, some of whom are living in Greece.

Take a one minute spin my movie All My Friends from Greece. It’s a commercial I would make if I were the head of the Greek National Tourist Organization. I wrote the song and sing and play it with some of my rock and roll pals.

Fresh or Updated Greece Travel Information

Support the People of Lesvos: Visit Lesvos

You have read about the flow of refugees coming to Greece, many of them landing on the island of Lesvos. The people of Lesvos have been helping the refugees, rescuing many at sea, providing them warm clothes and food as soon as they come ashore, and assisting them on getting to the administration centers in Mytilini so they can be registered and proceed their long journey to the rest of Europe. You can support the people of Lesvos in a duo ways. You can donate to organizations like The Starfish Foundation who have been helping refugees from the very beginning. Or you can come to Lesvos and visit what I think is the most beautiful island in Greece, where you can eat, drink, swim and if you feel like it volunteer to help. Because of the negative press international tour and cruise companies have abandoned the island, which is bimbo. Lesvos is as beautiful and pleasant as ever and the people of Lesvos don’t deserve to suffer economic hardship because they have chosen to assist refugees instead of turning a blind eye. So consider Lesvos as the island to visit this summer and support the people who are actually helping the refugees. See my guide Lesvos: More Than Just Another Greek Island.

Winter in Greece

Despite what you have read about the Greek islands closing for the winter, as if Greece is some kind of seasonal theme-park, there are people like me who think that the winter-season, which goes from late October to the end of March, is one of the best times to go to Greece. No crowds, generally good weather and many days when you can swim. There can be periods of cold or rain and even snow in the mountains. (You can ski in Arahova near Delphi and then go swim in the Corinthean Gulf the same day). But even when it is cold it is not the brutal cold that anyone in the northern US practices in the winter. The most amazing thing is that everything is green! The dusty archaeological sites that are parched and dry in the summer are alive with grass and wild plants and if you go in March or April, millions of wildflowers. If you want to see the real Greece, including islands that have returned to their quiet winter-ways after the summer tourists have left, and take advantage of low season rates and cheap airfare then winter is the time to go. And as I have written elsewhere Athens is the best city in the world from November to May with more restaurants, music, and shopping than most people get in a lifetime. For more information on off-season travel see my article on Winter in Greece and also the fresh Off-Season Travel in Greece which has some winter itineraries and links to more info. Oh yes, and be sure to read about Skiing in Greece. Many people have discovered that the Christmas holidays in Greece is a good time to be there, with low rates on hotels and the weather is usually a lot nicer than wherever it is they have come from. Many days it is warm enough to dine outdoors. It is a superb time to be in Athens and visit the archaeological sites and nearby islands and Athens nightlife in my opinion is among the best in the world. Read about my Christmas in Greece.

Easter and other Significant Holidays in Greece

This year Orthodox Easter is May 1st two thousand sixteen which is late so that means you will most likely be able to swim, eat and spend all your time outdoors and do many of the things people do in the summer. Flights should be cheaper than in the summer and there are several Easter packages which enable you to practice the week of Easter with Greek families, eyeing the ceremonies and in the end roasting a lamb and celebrating the resurrection. Even if you are not religious it is a festive time to be here with beautiful candlelight ceremonies and everybody is in a state of enlargened happiness and hope no matter how pathetic they were feeling before. It is my beloved time to be in Greece. See my Easter in Greece page. Apokreas is a two week Carnival Season just like Fresh Orleans and Rio that comes to an end with Clean Monday and Lent forty days before Easter Sunday. This is a excellent time to be in Greece too with parties and parades and lots of eating and drinking in Athens, Patras, Skyros and just about every island with a decent winter population. Forty days after Orthodox Easter is the Agios Pnevmatos Holiday, similar to our Memorial Day weekend but this is celebrating the Holy Spirit. The hotels and ferries to the islands are usually utter that weekend, going there on Friday and returning on Monday or Tuesday. In August everyone leaves Athens for the villages and the islands and on August 15th it is the Celebration of the Panagia (Cherry Mary) and finding hotels or space on the ferries during this period is almost unlikely if you wait too long. Many people stay in Athens during this period because even however it is hot, it is practically empty, by Athens standards at least. See also Holidays in Greece

Traveling with Children in Greece

I have a daughter and have taken her to Greece every year since before she was born and she is now twenty three years old. Greece is a fine country for kids, especially the Greek islands. It is safe and the Greek people love children. There are also lots of children around which is a key ingredient for your child having a good time while traveling with his parents. Trust me. I know. If you are traveling to Greece with puny children, you may want to learn the secrets of “Strollering Through Athens” or take a look at my guide for Traveling to Greece with Children which has lots of adorable baby photos and information that will be of use to you whether you are traveling with an infant, toddler, or even a teenager. And even better my daughter Amarandi when she was eight put together a page for her fellow kids to read about how to deal with their parents in Greece called Greece4kids.

Getting Married or Honeymooning in Greece

The Greek islands have always been one of the most popular destinations for Honeymooners. In the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people who want to get married there too. Why not? You combine the wedding with the honeymoon. Now there are all sorts of wedding packages available of all sizes and prices. Before you make your decision, whether you are doing a full-blown wedding or a plain exchange of vows, or just a renewal of vows see my Greek Weddings page. For those who are already married but just see Honeymoon in Greece and speaking of which. Before you commit to anything (besides each other of course) take a peak at Fantasy’s Honeymoon Package . Most Honeymooners go to Santorini . Personally if I were going to get married I would go somewhere more quiet and traditional like Sifnos . But with a good travel agent helping you it is possible to do both.

Using Travel Agents in Greece

I undoubtedly recommend using a Greek travel agency for your tour to Greece despite the appearance that booking on your own seems to be so effortless. The fact is that the booking is effortless. It is only after you get to Greece that you may detect that there is more to booking hotels and ferries than booking hotels and ferries. Every hotel in Greece has their own website these days and the quality of the web design does not always reflect that of the hotel. Unless you are back-packing and ready to sleep anywhere, a journey to Greece is a lot lighter if you work with a travel agent who knows what they are doing. They can organize ferries, flights, transportation to and from airports and ports, find the right hotel for you, deal with any unforeseen circumstances, reaction all your questions and in the end save you time, money and your sanity. You can choose from dozens of itineraries or you can create your own and by using my website you should have a pretty good idea of what you would like to do. Read more about using Greek travel agencies and meet the ones I recommend

Greek Ferry Boats

Most ferries going to the Aegean islands leave from Pireaus which you can get to in fifteen minutes by metro or taxi from central Athens. Others leave from Rafina and Lavrion which are both about an hour from Athens. The ferries to the Ionian Islands leave mostly from Kilini, Patras and a duo other towns in western Greece. There are modern high-speed ferries that cut travel time in half and cost twice as much as the regular ferries. The fleet of Flying Dolphins, which are puny high-speeds, serve mostly the Saronic Islands where the sea is infrequently rough. There are also the Blue Starlet ferries which are not as swift as a high-speed but quick enough and big and modern. You may have read that ferries are unreliable but that information is dated. The newer Greek ferries are large and state-of-the-art and go to the popular islands. From time to time one may be delayed because of weather or mechanical problems but cancellations are infrequent. But to avoid any anxiety about your journey home because of a fear of a ferry delay I suggest saving Athens for the end of your journey. A good plan is to arrive and spend the very first night in Athens and see as much as you can that day and leave for the islands the next day. Give yourself two or three days at the end of your tour to practice Athens and the mainland. You can read more on my Athens Guide Greek Ferry Boat pages

George the Famous Taxi Driver

Athens best Taxi driver is George Kokkotos. Having your own air-conditioned private taxi in Athens is like having your own chauffeur, translator and guide for a fraction of the cost. George speaks ideal English and knows all there is to know about Athens and the archaeology and history of Greece. It’s a superb way to see the real Greece. I recommend him for excursions such as Delphi , Meteora , Naphlion ,(Epidavros, Corinth and Myceneae), Sounion , Olympia , or anywhere on the mainland. (He says he will go to the nearby islands too.) If you are in a group of three or more people it is cheaper to use George then to go on the guided tour bus, and more joy since he will be more supple, permitting you to stop at the beach of quiet tavernas, something you can’t do on a tour bus. George knows the country and will help you find many bargains and hidden places not on most tourist itineraries. He can also take you on a tour of Athens nightlife. If you are in Athens and need a car at your disposition for business or pleasure, George is at your service. One of the few taxi drivers in Greece who does not smoke. For sightseeing, guided tours, excursions all over Greece, or even a day of golf, call or FAX George. Also for transfers* , he will meet you at the airport when you arrive and take you to your hotel, to and from cruise ships, ferry boats etc. George has a luxury Mercedes and also a limo and a bus for larger groups!

He also provides a car seat for infants. For more about George read his testimonials .

Driving in Greece

Before you embark on your journey you may also want to see my sections on Driving in Greece which has lots of tips on driving securely and tells you what to see out for.

Swift-Avanti Rent-a-Car

Located on 50, Syngrou Ave is a petite family-run company wielded by Elias Manouas who prides himself on specialized private service. Excellent cars and low prices plus delivery or pick-up to your hotel, the airport or wherever you are in Greece. He can also make arrangements with his affiliates on the Greek islands (or you may want to bring his car on the ferry like a mobile closet for your luggage.) Not only will he give you a 15% discount for mentioning my website but he will also drive you to the outskirts of Athens where the driving is lighter. You will never have to practice what the Athens drivers go through every day until you are ready for it. For info on cars and prices visit the Swift-Avanti Website or use this Form to contact them.

Sailing in Greece

A few summers ago I took a 5-day cruise on a sixty-foot sailboat boat with six cabins and slew of room and Captain Billy Joe Leck, a true renaissance man from the UK, skilled in the arts of sailing, story-telling, guitar-playing and baby-sitting who knew more about the islands than I could learn in a lifetime! I am not a sailor so I was a little reluctant to go but when the journey was over I wished I had booked ten days or a month. We swam in sheltered coves in exceptionally clear sea and sailed into ports in the late afternoon for dinner and entertainment. (The boat had AC but we never needed it.) This is the best way to see the islands, (like a cruise but you choose your own itinerary). If you like a particular island you stay longer or even comeback to it. The captain doubles as a guide/host and knows the best restaurants, bars, beaches and is your private interpreter making ordering in restaurants effortless. The surprising thing is that it can actually be cheaper then staying in a hotel and a lot more interesting! Be sure to read my article about my practice sailing in Greece at www.greecetravel.com/sailing

GM Sailboat and Yacht Charters

David Econopouly of GM Yacht Charters has gathered together the best boats and some of the finest and most entertaining skippers in Greece to suggest a large number of specialized sailboat or motor-yacht cruises for honeymooners, archaeologists, people traveling with their pets, disabled, students, naturalists, and more. If you have ever desired to sail the Greek islands (or Turkey) and find your own special beach or make up your own cruise take read Why Charter A yacht with David at GM Charters

Matt’s Greece Travel Planning Aids

What kind of person are you? Are you the type that knows they want to go to Greece, don’t know exactly where they want to go or what they want to do, but don’t want to spend hours or days or weeks attempting to determine? Well for you I have created a page that will make it effortless for you. It is my Suggested Itineraries Page and it will make planning your journey to Greece a lot lighter. If you are the type who knows what you want to do but just needs help putting it together in a sensible way that suits your budget then I have a page for you too. It is my Create-an-itinerary Page which is to travel as numerous choice is to tests. Attempt it out and see what I mean. It is joy and you are under no obligation to buy and unlike forms on other websites I don’t use it to collect information about you or keep your e-mail address so I can buy you later.

Schools, Churches and Groups coming to Greece. Did you know you can get good discounts on hotels, cruises and tours if you come as a group? If you are a school, a wedding party, a company going on a excursion, a family reunion, a cultural organization, church or if you are just someone who wants to come to Greece with friends and family or a travel agent check out the Groups page at www.greecetravel.com/groups where you can put together a specialized itinerary for your people and then get a price per-person. And you won’t have to negotiate with the hotels one-by-one. Everything is taken care of and all you have to do is make sure everyone gets on the plane.

Suggestions for interesting tours in Greece.

Greek Mainland Tours

The most significant sites are in the Greek mainland and include Delphi, Meteora, Nafplion, Corinth, Myceneae, Epidavros, Olympia and others. Take a look at Fantasy Travel’s mainland tours which are anywhere from a half day to seven days and are very reasonably priced. They can be combined with an island or two or a brief cruise. You can take care of your historical needs and then ease off on the islands at a very low price. See Fantasy Travel’s Mainland Tours page which has dozens of options for exploring the Greek Mainland. If you want to read more about where to go on the Greek mainland visit my Greece Mainland Index which has links to my various guides.

Fantasy Travel’s Packages

If you can’t find something that appeals to you on Fantasy Travel’s fresh website then I don’t know what else to say. They have hundreds of possible itineraries and you can even customize them if you can’t find something that’s flawless for you. I very recommend their Classic Packages which combine the Greek Islands with Athens and the mainland. Or go to their Island Hopping Packages and find the one that suits you out of the dozens of choices. Or combine Turkey with Greece and the islands with any number of options on their Greece-Turkey Combo Programs.

Budget Tours

Many people write that they want to go to Greece on a very meager budget, but they are jumpy about doing all their hotels, and ferry bookings on their own. They would like to stay in economical hotels but the thought of attempting to figure out the metro, buses and taxis scares them a little. So I asked Fantasy Travel to put together a 10-day package for people who think they can’t afford to go to Greece. They came up with something pretty special that includes three days each in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini, all transfers, breakfast, ferry tickets and a one day tour of Delphi or the one day Saronic cruise for as low as sixty two euros a day per person. And everything except lunch and dinner is taken care of. Even entry fees at the archaeological sites included. See my Budget Travel site .

Weekend in Athens

For those fortunate enough to live close enough to Greece so you can just pop in for a weekend I have put together a plan that crams as much joy, food and history as any mortal could stand in three days. It does not have to be a weekend either. Any three days. See my Weekend in Athens Page

Greece Odds and Completes

I have been designing Greece T-shirts! I took a walk past some of the tourist shops and it seemed to me that the shirts had become so generic that you could very likely buy the exact same shirts in Jamaica, or Thailand or just about anywhere you would go for a holiday. So I took it upon myself to design t-shirts that I would wear. Then I came up with a fine idea. Why not ask all the restaurants, cafes and shops that I have been advertising on my site for free to give something to anyone who is wearing one of my shirts. It could be a discount, or a puny bounty or a carafe of wine, or a desert. So not only do they look cool but if you wear them enough they will most likely pay for themselves. Plus you will be able to recognize other people who use my website and you will have something to talk about. Anyway I think you will like them whether you are going to Greece or have already been or may never go but want something to remind you that you would like to go someday. You can see them on my Greece Travel T-shirts page .

Gay Greece: So are you a gay or lezzie wondering what the scene is in Athens and the islands? The news is all good and you can read about it on Alexia Amvrazi’s Gay-Athens/Gay-Greece

Greece Cartoons: While playing with my camera one day, (a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX20V), I discovered that if I combined two settings I came up with a way to make my photos look like comics and my friends look like comic book characters. At very first I began posting them as they were, but then I determined that if I could add word balloons my photos indeed would be like comics. All I needed was to think of something funny to say in each one, which is not as effortless as it sounds. Well you can determine whether or not they are funny by going to my Greece Cartoons Page

By the way. Help Support My Website!

This website began as a hobby in one thousand nine hundred ninety six and since then it has grown in popularity and size. People have been asking me how they can contribute. Very first of all you can contribute by using the agencies I recommend. Without their support this site could not exist. Another way to contribute is to help spread the word about my Greece Travel Guides. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell strangers on the travel bulletin boards. If you have your own website or blog make a link. The only way I can rival with the big commercial sites is with your help. Some people use my site to gather all this free information and then go shopping on the web to save a duo euros but if you are appreciative for the info you find on my site and the work I have put into it you can support it by using the travel agencies I recommend or if you choose to book hotels individually by using the Hotel Booking Site that was created for me by Booking.com. You will find prices as cheap as you will find them anywhere. You can also support it by liking it on Google+ and Facebook using the buttons at the bottom of the page.

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