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The cruise ship. The curse of Santorini.
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Taxis Athens

26 Reviews To put it bluntly they are ba#%$^%&'s Rude, over bearing, arrogant, and out to prise every cent out of you they can. I found it best by far to NOT ask a price or bargin, but just to get in and get...

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Sunset in Oia Santorini Island

5 Reviews The sunsets in Santorini are awsome! However because of the crowds of people it is hard to enjoy them. The alleys are filled and people are found standing for hours waiting for the moment the sun...

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Excursion's Crete Island

3 Reviews One of the best excursions you can do while in Crete is visiting the old Venetian Castle Island of Spinalonga. It is a short sail accross the lively town of Agios Nikolaos and the village of Elounda...

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Taxi fares Thessaloniki

7 Reviews I live in Thessaloniki and I have to warn you that taxi drivers are RUDE and they will try to cheat you, they will tell you to pay more than the real fair. Do not trust them cause they r trying to...

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Plaka Athens

12 Reviews This is a scam that I foud multiple times on Athens. If you are eating at a restaurant, the waiter will open a large bottle of water and put it on your table. Then will charge you for it, even if you...

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Cruises Santorini Island

2 Reviews Since the volcano has no main crater, which would make a tour more spectacular, we have decided to take a ride just around Nea Kameni. However, most of the trips were offered only in package, where...

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Popular Places Crete Island

5 Reviews Usually most popular Cretean beaches are overcrowded in full season. This sometimes can make sunbathing and/or swimming annoying and tiring. Try and find less popular beaches. Ask locals -...

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Overpriced restaurants Athens

6 Reviews Many restaurants pretend that they have made a mistake and they over charge your bill. They do it purposely because usually people don't check and pay what they have been asked. If you see that you...

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Cable Car Santorini Island

2 Reviews We showed up at the Cable car at 11am, we neeed to catch our boat for the day. We waited in the steaming heat for about one hour and a half. The boat wasnt going to wait for us as there was another...

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Acropolis Athens

5 Reviews Actually I would not consider all acropolis as a tourist trap, just northern slope and Parthenon. I arrived to visit it at 10 am, not so early but also not so late and it was not a public holiday. No...

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different prices--for tourists

by oogi1

i f you are going for shopping..and you do not see the prices then you can be sure it depends much on you also..what the price is going to be.Sure if you ask the price in other language than Greece..the prise i more high than for locals.. So when you are going to Greece, study how to say .."How much does it cost?" - "Poso Kanee?" in Greece..and if they answer (usually they say only numbers) just use the dictionary..i made it secretly ..i do not know why? :) for example..if the price is like 10 EUROs say you have only 7 EURO-s and just maybe make sad face..and ask is nt there possibilitie to have it with that money..it is loud..and not cruel ..because it is not fare also that there is no exact price for all...

TAXI DRIVERS yet again .......................

by freya_heaven

TAXI DRIVERS yet again I'm afraid! Ashamed to say we got ripped off from the Airport to Plaka in central Athens. 10 fold! Lots of excuses we were tired, had not even looked at the Greek money before we got out of the taxi etc etc non of it made us feel better especially when we realised just how broke we were the next day (both forgot our credit cards!) We payed £35.00 for a £3.50 trip. No wonder he sped off so quickly! A lesson learned.............

Imaginary highways

by antoanellarom

Those who travel by car have to forget the meaning of highway because the greek highway is only a 2 line normal road with a half line for broken cars.And on this normal road one have to deal with trucks and thousands of cars.There is also a normal highway but for half of the distances shown on maps as motoroad there is only a 2 lane road.Oh, and even across the normal highway there are not many parking places which is awful especially for those traveling by motorbike ( for instance near Termopile ). Sorry, but these are the best roads.Imagine the remote roads, steep and almost impracticable for motorbikes - see Pelion.

streetsellers

by oogi1

in Thessaloniki was quite a many people who just followed you in the streets and were selling things( like Armani sunglasses and Hugo Boss cosmetics) of course they are fake..so do not by them ,even when they are sayeing it s so cheap..but it s fake and non-legal Just do not answer..if you really, really want to buy (not only cosmetics ..it s usually only water)say your own price..like half lower just go away..or make a face you saw somebody like your friend somewhere..

The dreaded scratchcard rip off

by marcandsusan

we would like to warn our fellow travellers that the dreaded scratchcard rip off has now reached Greece.the "holiday club" touts tell you to scratch a card you WILL win a Tshirt or a bottle of champagne but you must jump in a taxi cab to go claim it immediately where you will be taken to "have a look" at some 5star accomodation for up to 4 hours!!!you may win a "free" holiday but conditions apply.the tout told us we were the first "winners" in 3 weeks but everyone i spoke to was a "winner".there ploy is the number of visitors are down in greece and they are trying to get the numbers up so dont be fooled just say no thanks and walk away.thankfully thats what we did but others were not so luckyYOU HAVE BEEN WARNEDmarc and susan just always say a firm NO THANK YOU then walk away any harrasment,then you are entitled by law to inform the local Tourist Police who are there to protect...

Day Cruises at the port of Rethymo

by jennijeans

It is about 25 euro and I think it is a 2-4 hour cruise into the caves. I was a little dissappointed with the caves. You leave from the port of Rethymo. I was looking to see some exciting caves but it was basically one big hole in the side of the mountain near the ocean. THey did bring us to a fishermans island where the beach was very nice though and my tour guide Nikos was very cute!!! If you happen to go there say Jen from Canada says "hi" he will remember me!! It is not that bad, some people may like it but I just was all excited thinking I was venturing into some weird caves. There are other cruises, 3 to be exact. Maybe the pirate ship would have been better.

Under Construction, Buyer Beware

by adambomb805

when most people are in athens, they will of course want to see the acropolis. you pay you 8 euro and start walking up all the steps under the intense greek sun that is only intensified by the air pollution. sweating profusely and feeling overwhelmed by all the tourists that you just weaved your way through, you look up to catch your first glimpse of the parthenon. the huge structure i impossible to miss, and so is all the scaffolding and construction equiptment all over the site. you feel cheated and angry that the one chance you get to see the famous architecture all you can think about is how obtrusive all this construction material is. why didn't they let you know before you bought your ticket that it would not be the same as for quite some time. if you are in athens, you will no doubtedly go and see the acropolis even after what i have just described to you. you will have a much...

Zakynthos and Laganas Beach

by Paul2001

I went to Zakynthos because of its proximity to the West coast of the Peloponnese. I thought I would take in an Greek island for a couple of days and lie on the beach after visiting many of the Greece's splendid historical sites. Guess what, it rained. So I thought I might subtitle this this tip as what to do in Laganas Beach when it rains. While you get drunk because there is not a heck of a lot else to do. This is because Laganas is simply another resort amongst resorts overloaded with families from Northern Europe that are here for the beach. The place itself other than its location has little to do with Greece. Most of the restaurant staff is English. So is a lot of the hotel staff too. Therefore if you are looking for the real Greece go elsewhere. If you want to visit a pretty decent beach then this is the place. There is nine kilometers of beach here. And if it rains while as I...

Nice and Big Apartments.

by evancheong

Only applicable during Winter time.When you arrived at the Pier of the Greek islands, expect locals dragging you to their hotels to take a look. Some of them will advertise their rooms as nice and big service apartments. Remember this is during the winter. Some of these smaller "hotels" do not have central or good heater. Sometimes its better to make do with just a bedroom as the small heater will do a better job in heating the small room. Its not necessary to have a service apartment when you are given only 1heater and the toilet is right in the kitchen and far away from your room. If you are travelling with a family and require a bigger room to accomodate to all, be persistent about getting an extra heater at no extra costs. Be assured that bigger hotel rooms do have an air-condition system where it works as a heater too. Bigger hotels do not mean more expensive. Do try and bargain...

Not a trap in the way that is...

by Igraine

Not a trap in the way that is meant here but it is a trap! All people wanting to go to the top of the Akropolis have to go through this gate. You can imagine that it can become very crowded at times. Do you reconize yourself? it is at the Propylean Gate on the Akropolis.

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