Custom Greece Trips

We planned a trip to celebrate my nieces high school graduation. My sister, niece, daughter and myself went and we had an amazing time. Angelic was absolutely wonderful at helping g pick out what islands we should go to and offering different ideas for what tours we would do. She was very easy to deal with and prompt in her responses. All through the trip she checked in with us to make sure everything was going smoothly and offered help when we couldn’t get into our first rental. We couldn’t figure out how to open the locked box. The drivers she arranged were always on time and made us feel well taken care of. The tour guides always had our reservations and if they were private tours they came to get us from our hotels. When we had to leave to catch our flights home Angelic had already phoned the hotel to make sure they would be there at 6:15 am to help us carry our luggage(if you’ve stayed in Santorini you would understand how important that is as the steep stairs are a bit crazy when you don’t live there! The hotels are beautiful on the cliff sides.) I have no complaints about the service we received from Kim Kim and Angelic at all and would recommend it to anyone!

Erica and Lea developed an amazing itinerary for us that gave us room to enjoy ourselves when we weren't on an fun and fascinating excursion. From Athens through the Cyclades islands of Mykonos, Naxos, Santorini to Crete, we enjoyed the weather, the food, the landscape and all of the historic ruins of archeaologic significance. The catamaran cruise from Crete was fantastic. The cruise with the Santorini Yacht Club i wouldn't recommend or do again. The crew wasn't friendly, the boat wasn't well taken care of and the food was awful.
Aside from this hiccup, we had a wonderful time. Sept-Oct is a great time to see Greece.

All of the hotels were great, they were in great locations and the rooms were nice. They included breakfast were also very nice. All the transfers went smoothly except for the pickup at Athens airport the person who was supposed to pick us up canceled last minute and we had to take a taxi but it was reimbursed as well as was the cost of the original driver reimbursed. Like I said the rest of the transfers went smoothly. All the tours that we took were also great, the tour guides spoke English well and were entertaining and engaging and gave a lot of interesting information. I also thought it was great to experience the contrast between the city of Athens and the smaller cities of Heraklion and Chania on Crete. There was a mix-up with the biking tour on Chania, when we got there the bike shop said there were no tours scheduled. However, they did take us on the tour anyway and we ended up getting a private tour instead of a group tour but I'm not sure how the mix-up happened. The tour guide himself was wonderful and the 25 mile bike ride was amazing. We were very sad that the Samaria gorge hike had to be canceled due to thunderstorms and we did not have time to reschedule so that was a major bummer but nothing anyone could do about it. We also really enjoyed the food tour of Chania, our guide was really great and it was nice to meet the other two couples on the tour we all had a great day together. I loved the convenience of Kim Kim taking care of all the accommodations tours and transfers for me and would definitely recommend. Also both Erica and Lea were helpful and easy to contact.

Hotel Reviews

Elia Bettolo Hotel

Chania

Very nice and cute rooms / decor, great view of the town with our balcony, spacious room

Authenticity & Character

Loved the decor

Location

Right in the middle of Old Town, could walk to everything

Staff

Everyone very friendly and helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

Everything clean, spacious room and comfortable bed

Olive Green Hotel

Heraklion

Very spacious rooms and everything was very comfortable and well-appointed. Staff was also very nice and friendly, location again was great you could walk to everything, and the buffet breakfast was good.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Easy to walk to all the Queen streets of Heraklion

Staff

Very nice and helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

Bed was very comfortable and room was very spacious

14 Reasons Why

Athens

Although rooms were tiny but that's to be expected in big cities, it was nice and clean and cute The staff was wonderful and the breakfasts were amazing. The location was also amazing

Authenticity & Character

Eclectic decor

Location

You could walk to pretty much everything and there were tons of good restaurants nearby

Staff

Very friendly and helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

The Ultimate Food Tour of Chania

Chania

Even though we couldn't go to the distillery, we did get to go to a small cafe, a bakery, a cheese factory, and olive oil factory, and a lovely restaurant for a delicious lunch. We enjoyed our guide a lot and also the other two couples on the tour

Quality of Experience

The guide was wonderful and so were the sites we visited

Food

I loved the feta, the fresh bread, the olives, everything!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The guide was the driver and she was great

Transport

Self-Guided Chania Old Town Walk

Chania

We split this up over two days but we appreciated having a list of all the places we needed to see

Quality of Experience

Knossos Palace Experience

Greece

The site itself was very interesting and our guide was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot. Again the guide spoke perfect English and was entertaining as well as knowledgeable

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Canyons & Villages E-Bike Adventure

Greece

Amazing e-bike tour, the bike itself was very cool, you could paddle without assistance or anywhere from level one to four assistance depending on how steep the hill was. Some of the hills were very steep and would not have been possible without the pedal assist but you still have to pedal the whole time so I still felt like I was riding a bike not a motorcycle or anything but it definitely made the impossible possible with those steep hills. Our guide was fantastic, he always lived in the area and knew everything about the area. He took us to his own personal Olive Grove and taught us a lot about Olive oil production. We saw so many great things, it was a really wonderful tour

Quality of Experience

The coolness of the bikes, the knowledge and friendliness of the guide, and all the sites we got to see

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Are biking guide was amazing

Transport

We had to get our own transportation but our hotel helped us arrange a taxi

Self-Guided Heraklion Town Walk

Heraklion

Self-Guided Lycabettus Hill Visit

Athens

Great to see the city from such a high vantage point, also nice to walk through the paths and get a little bit of nature in the middle of the city

Quality of Experience

Self-Guided Neighborhoods Walk

Athens

I rearranged the order of things a little bit and we split it up over two days but all of the points that you suggested we visit were highly appreciated

Quality of Experience

Self-guided Exploration of Archaeological Museum in Athens

Athens

Very interesting museum, you can also get an audio tour from the desk

Ancient Athens Acropolis & Mythology Walk

Athens

Love getting to see the ancient artifacts, our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly spoke English very clearly

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff