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Athens Acropolis Athens
57 Reviews It’s on all those annoying lists of ‘places you must see before you die’ but the city’s centrepiece, the Parthenon, and the Acropolis, the rocky hill on which it stands, really do live up to the hype....
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Fira Town Santorini Island
14 Reviews We arrived nearly midnight here at Fira. It was dark and there were locals leading us to the bus that takes everyone to the little town called Fira. We got on the bus and packed with young students so...
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Towns and Villages Crete Island
11 Reviews Bali is a small, picturesque village between Heraklion and Rethymno. People go there usually when they buy the whole package (flight, hotel, food etc) Bali used to be a fisherman village, but now...
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City overview Thessaloniki
14 Reviews this tip is not about a "favourite thing" nor a "fondest memory". it is only here to give you a link to this website http://www.thessaloniki360.com an excellent work that gives 360 degree images of...
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Museums Ioannina
9 Reviews You shouldn't miss the VRELLIS WAX MUSEUM! If you have heard of Madam Tysseu's museum in London then you'll get to know that its only Greek counterpart are to be found in Ioannina! But in contrast...
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Exploring Towns and Cities Prefecture of Heraklion
2 Reviews Matala is still charming, although the beach is full of tourists, even at the end of October... About one hour by car south of Irakleio, you may feel how hippies in 1960's were enjoying their lifes......
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Plaka Athens
23 Reviews Starting at the foot of the Acropolis, the old area of Plaka is a maze of narrow, cobble-stoned, medieval streets that twist through ancient sites, tourist-packed squares and lovely Byzantine...
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Oia Village Santorini Island
13 Reviews Our accommodation was in Firostafani Village only 10 minutes walk from Fira Town. It would have been easy to remain in this comfort zone and have a memorable holiday on Santorini , however we made the...
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Exploring Cities Crete Island
22 Reviews Chania (Hania) is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and the second biggest town in Crete, with a population of 60.000 inhabitants. As for me Chania is one of the nicest towns in Crete...
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Upper (old) city (Ano Poli) Thessaloniki
5 Reviews Take a long walk at the Old Town It's one the pretiest areas of Thessaloniki. With old houses, small alleys and a beautiful view its worth it. Especially when you realise that you are totally lost but...
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Lake and island Ioannina
3 Reviews visit the ISLET ON THE LAKE. A Very picturesque place. Frequent boat departures from 'molos' (every half an hour during the summer). You can visit the house where Ali-Pasha's killing and decapitation...
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Ancient Civalisations Prefecture of Heraklion
2 Reviews Faistos, 63 km south of Irakleio, was the second biggest administrative, economical and religious city of minoan Crete. The excavations by Italian archaeologists in 1900 gave away the history of the...
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City Scenes Athens
19 Reviews Time schedule is posted here: http://www.sunshine-express.gr/ The train departs from Ermou Street, which is at the bottom of the Square. The departure point is in front of Geniki Bank, across the...
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Beachs Santorini Island
12 Reviews The photo I place in my tip is to show you on the map where the most popular beaches of Santorini are found. My fondest memory was the beauty of the island, its architecture, but to be honest being a...
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Exploring the Island Crete Island
17 Reviews Cretean spring is beautiful. After months of bad weather, relative cold and rains the plants burst with life. Crete becomes a blooming place and the fresh greens give a great shade against strong...
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Food and Drink Thessaloniki
9 Reviews Usually the Greeks dont have a breakfast at home but most of them every morning eat bougatsa (a pastry constiting of custard, cheese, or minced meat filling between layers of phyllo)accompanied with...
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Castle/Old town Ioannina
2 Reviews A Stroll Around the Frourio: The Walled Old Town & Citadel / For many of the centuries that Ioannina fell under the occupation of foreign conquerors, city walls enclosed all the most important...
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Athens Museums and Galleries Athens
30 Reviews This small museum is situated on the Acropolis, just next to the Parthenon. It contains finds from the Holy Rock. The exhibits are put chronologically. You'll see the characteristic Kouri and Kores,...
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Nea Kameni - The Volcano Santorini Island
11 Reviews The present-day funny shape of the island is created by a huge eruption of the ancient supervulcano, which dates back more than three thousand years. The 30-40 kilometers high eruption cloud was seen...
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Beaches Crete Island
10 Reviews While staying in Stalis although the beach there is not bad I prefer sissi , sissi is a very picturesque village and a lot of boat trips come here and stop for a swim and lunch. we drove the short...
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White Tower (Lefkos Pyrgos) Thessaloniki
8 Reviews There are three floors inside the White Tower, their shape is circular. You can see in a few minutes some such byzantine icons. Thessaloniki is the richest city of Greece in byzantine temples, Agios...
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Cave of Perama Ioannina
1 Review visit PERAMA CAVE (located in the homonymous village, 4 km north of the city of Ioannina) The Cave was incidentaly discovered during the Greek-Italian war of 1940 by a resident of the village who was...
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Panathenaic Stadium Athens
11 Reviews This Stadium is called "KALIMARMARON" which means "Beautiful marble stadium". It was built in the 4th century BC. It has been restored twice and its capacity is 70.000 spectators. In 1896 the first...
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Minoen Ruins Crete Island
5 Reviews The Palace of Minos at Knossos in Heraklion is unmissable. Much of it has been reconstructed but it does give you a better idea of the true scale of some of the ruins once you've seen how the ground...
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Aristotelous square Thessaloniki
6 Reviews Aristotelous square is just beautiful. It's full of cafes and shops and the best place to meet friends..it's a large square that connects the bigest street in Thessaloniki, 'Egnatia Odo' with the sea...
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The recept; serves about 4/6 people. 1/2 cucumber.1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil.2 tablespoon chopped fresh mint.1 tablespoon white vinegar.Salt.3 garlic cloves, crushed.1 pound plain yogurt.Chopped fresh mint for garnish. Grate the cucumber and smash the garlic cloves. Add the yoghurt and stir up to cream. Add the oil without stirring. Sprinkle on the salt.
If you're coming to Cephalonia, or Greece for that manner, it is a must that you read Louis De Berniere's Captain Corelli's Mandollin, an absolutely fantastic novel about WWII in Cephalonia. Truly a great read, educational and entertaining. The movie, however, does not give the story justice and should be avoided altogether.
Are the happiest dogs on Earth!! They are friendly (they don't so much approach you as they just flat out ignore). There was an incident in Greece's past where several shelters were exposed for abusing stray dogs, so all the stray dog shelters were shut down, leaving all the strays to fend for themselves in the streets. They quickly gained numbers at an alarming rate, alerting the government. They let the dogs remain to roam the streets, but take them all in for neutering, which is assisting in decreasing the numbers. In the meantime, they are happy and fun to watch.
Tourist PoliceThe Tourist Police is a Service of the Greek Police Force staffed with specially trained, foreign-language speaking personnel. Within the framework of its duties and functions, it provides the following services: It provides information to Greek and foreign visitors and offers them assistance in settling any issues arising with tourist businesses. It cooperates with locally competent Directorates of Tourism and local authorities in order to deal with tourism issues. It ensures that the tourist legislation in force is applied in all tourist areas, businesses and media, such as hotels, apartments and rooms to let, tourist shops, tourist agencies and coaches, car and motorcycle rental agencies, archaeological sites, tourist guides, ski resorts, spa towns, mass arrival/departure stations, sanitary facilities operating in tourist businesses and sites of free camping, etc. It...
Ski centre in Greece:Maybe Greece is famous for the sea and the beaches but in the winder we have snow in the mountains, so we have also and ski centre.Agriolefkes, Chania village (Oros Pilio)Elati (Trikala Prefecture)Arachova (Parnassos Mountain)3-5 Pigadia (Imathia Prefecture)and many more
Whilst relaxing on holiday in Greece, most of us like to have a good book onboard.."The Greek For Love",by James Chatto is a real life tale about buying and falling in love with a ruin on Corfu and is a great read. Be prepared for sadness, however!!"It's All Greek To Me", by John Mole is about Evia and house re-building. Both books are amusing and the trials and tribulations that go with the new lives these two families lead give a good insight into village life and tell of how they finally manage to become part of the local scene. Both books are very enjoyable, I've just read them whilst on holiday in Greece this May. Read these books on holiday in Greece and you'll feel you are there with the characters.
I'm not sure about Mykonos but I can speak for Athens, Santorini & the Peloponnese. The cheapest meal is a soulvaki/gyro to go. Make sure you get it to go. It should only cost between 1.80-2.50 Euros. Most of the ones I ate cost me 1.80 Euros. If you eat it at the restaurant, they triple charge you and it can range from 8-12 Euros for the same meal. Crazy!! Also, you can get Panini sandwiches for a decent price like 2.50-3.50 Euros. They look like french bread sandwiches and then they press them in a sandwich presser. Those are good on the go. Sorry I can't answer your questions about the cheapest restuarants. P.S. At restaurants they charge you for bread. Usually 1.50 per person. For two that adds up. Make sure you tell them "no bread". Hope this helps!
Greek people will really appreciate if you try to speak a few words in Greek while talking to them, you will see their faces smiling, for this reason below you will find few of the main words you "have" to know when traveling in Greece:Odos = StreetAnikto = OpenKleisto = ClosedEisodos = EntranceExodos = ExitSignomi = Excuse meEfharisto = Thank you(if you are several people - being served in a restaurant or cafe:We thank you (is better) = EfharistoomayGood morning = KalimeraGood afternoon, Good evening = KalisperaGood night = KalinihxtaSee you / Hello / Hi = YassasHow much is this? = Posso Kanay Afto?How far is it? = Posso makria eenay?Excuse me, where is....... = Signomi, poo eenay.......? Do you have a toilet? = Eheeyete Too-aletta?One room for (five) nights. = Enna domatio ya (penday) vradiaCan we see a menu? = Boroomay na doomay enna menooCan we pay the bill? = Boroomay na...
Greek people will really appreciate if you try to speak a few words in Greek while talking to them, you will see their faces smiling, for this reason below you will find few of the main words you "have" to know when traveling in Greece:Salad = SalataPotatoes = PatatesWine = Kras-siBeer = BirraGreek coffee = EllinikoNo sugar = SketoA little sugar = MetrioSweet = GleekoJuice = XhimoOrange = PortokaliFruit = FrootaCheese = TireeBread = Pso-mee Hotel = Ksenodohxio Rooms for rent = DohmatiaAirport = AirodromioPort = LimaniCar = Afto-kinito Mobile (phone) = kinitoPetrol = Benzeeni1 = Enna 2 = Dio3 = Tria4 = Tessera5 = Penday6 = Exi7 = Efta8 = Ohxto9 = Ennaya 10 = Deka11 = Endeka12 = Dodeka13 = Deka-tria14 = Deka-tessera15 = Deka-penday16 = Deka-exi17 = Deka-efta18 = Deka-ohxto19 = Deka-ennaya20 = Ekosi30 = Trianda40 = Saranda50 = Peninda 60 = Exinda70 = Evdominda80 = Ohxdonda90 = Eneninda100 =...
I would suggest not to leave the airport!The Athens International Airport is a pleasant place to spend your time: all shops, restaurants, as well as, travel agencies stay open day and night and at least, you will have a place to sit, to eat and buy your tickets.Certainly, it is not comfortable to sleep on an airport seat, but it is better than nothing!I would not suggest you to spend your night on the port of Piraeus, it is quite uggly!At around 04:00 a.m., you can catch your bus from the Airport to Piraeus.It takes one hour and a half, so you will have plenty of time to walk around and find your boat.Do not be afraid about buses: the Airport is connected to Piraeus, as well to Athens, with a continuous and efficient bus service, every 20 minutes, day and night!BUT, pay attention to your tickets, which you have to buy in advance, before your arrive in Greece, because if you buy them,...
Grand Bretagne Hotel Athens Athens
17 Reviews and 640 Opinions Every visitor to Athens cannot fail to notice this huge hotel. It's right on Syntagma Square,...
Astra Apartments & Suites Santorini Island
1 Review and 404 Opinions My husband and I finished off our honeymoon at the Astra Apartments, an all-suite hotel. The website...
Marni Village Crete Island
1 Review and 220 Opinions Stayed in October 2006, and really have no complaints about the accomodation,Very friendly and...
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Q: Hi! Last holiday I had to give up on Greece but this year I ve decided to visit there. I am planning to go on mid-October , but I...
A: I have been to Athens during the winter months and it can sometimes be quite pleasant weatherwise but colder in the evenings even in October.. It is a capital city...
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