Three islands in seven days is doable. Five islands in seven days is a punishment. Here is the honest, ferry-aware guide to building a Greek-island-hopping itinerary that holds up.
Read articleFolegandros, Amorgos, Symi, Karpathos, Kythira, Ikaria. Six Greek islands that have not yet gone the way of Santorini — and what makes each worth a longer ferry.
Read articleAegina, Hydra, Poros, Spetses — the four Saronic islands are all within an easy half-day of Athens. Here is the honest pick-your-island guide for a day trip or a weekend.
Read articleMost Greek islands have both an airport and a port. Here is the honest comparison — cost, time, comfort, luggage, and the surprising winner for short trips.
Read articlePiraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe. It is also confusing, hot in August and badly signposted. Here is the honest first-timer's guide — gates, fast vs slow, tickets, food.
Read articleCorfu was Venetian for four centuries and British for 50 years before joining Greece. It shows — in the architecture, the food, the cricket pitch, and the green northern landscape. Here is the honest guide.
Read articleRhodes Old Town is one of the largest inhabited medieval cities in Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The rest of the island is a beach-resort holiday. Here's the honest guide to both.
Read articleCrete is the size of a small country. The east is dry, beachy and Minoan; the west is mountainous, lush and Venetian. Here is the honest comparison — and the case for sticking to one side.
Read articleSarakiniko looks like the moon. Kleftiko looks like a pirate hideout (it was). Milos is the Cycladic island where geology has been having the most fun. Here is the honest visitor guide.
Read articleParos is the rising star of the Cyclades — proper villages, a famously beautiful chora, real food, and excellent kitesurfing. Antiparos is the quiet one across the strait. Here is the pair, honestly.
Read articleBig enough to keep you busy for a week, mountainous enough for hiking, with proper sandy beaches, real food and a famously walkable chora. The Cycladic island Greeks themselves visit.
Read articleYes, Mykonos has €25 cocktails, €120 sunbeds and a famously camera-shy mayor. It also has the best Cycladic chora in Greece, real fishing villages and quiet northern beaches. Here's the real guide.
Read articleSantorini is genuinely beautiful, genuinely overcrowded, and not at all the romantic dream the cruise-ship photo suggests. Here is the honest guide — when to go, where to stay, and what most visitors regret.
Read articleThere are more than 200 inhabited Greek islands. The honest answer to 'which one' depends on what you're really after — partying, hiking, romance, archaeology, doing nothing. Here's the decision guide.
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