Greece 2026
Greece
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Oct 1 - Oct 13, 2026
We had a great time on our four stops on the trip Athens, Naxos, us Paros and Santorini
Our guides in Athens Andreas on our food tour and Yorgos on our tour of the Acropolis and Parthenon. Both were great. In Knox, our guide of the Chora was Ariadne who was lovely and we took the E bike tour with our guide Olga. A great exploration into the inside of the island.
On Paros our guide Demetrius took us on a great trip to some of the remote villages and beaches on the island and a great lunch
Finally on Santorini, we had Mario take us to the villages of the island and we had a fantastic boat ride with our captain Yorgos and our first mate Alex
Hotel Reviews
We love everything about this hotel, the location, the staff, the rooms and the restaurant. We had been to the Milos restaurants in three other locations, and this one definitely held his own and was much more intimate.
We generally like this hotel a lot. Our biggest drawback was location in that we were further from the town and then we would have liked to have been and there wasn’t much to do in the area of the hotel since it was not really beach weather. Our room overlooked a parking lot, which was less than ideal when we were sitting on our balcony and trying to use the hot tub.
This hotel was ideally situated a short walk from the village of Naousa. However, we did not love our room. The sink and bathroom area were really unusable with nowhere to put anything and shelves where everything fell through. We thought the staff was great and were helpful, including when arranging for a rental car.
We loved the location and character of this hotel. It was great to be outside of OIA and Fira. We also received an upgrade to a senior suite which had an amazing balcony and view of the Caldera. It was extremely private, and we rarely saw other people and our stay.
Activity Reviews
We really enjoyed our tour and our guide as mentioned above. We particularly thought the new museum was fantastic architecturally and content.
We enjoyed touring 2 contrasting villages which showed the modernization of the island. We got to linger over a beautiful coffee and cookies moment and visit a jeweler who had the exact thing we are searching for as a gift for our granddaughter.
For this day, we rented a car that was dropped off at our hotel and drove to take the short ferry ride to Antiparos. This was one of the highlights of our trip. We were able to explore and have a coffee in the little village, drive to the ancient caves and walk all the way down to explore. We also drove the rocky roads to some very secluded beaches and even were able to take a swim. We had a fantastic lunch at Captain Pipini’s
Another highlight of our trip. We enjoyed our private cruise with lovely staff. We were able to swim in the volcanic hot spring mixed with the sea. We were made a lovely lunch and got to relax and view the extraordinary landscapes of Santorini from the sea. A special shout out to the kimkim team. Because of predicted for voting whether we were able to rearrange the timing of this trip to a day earlier than scheduled. They were able to do this seamlessly on the fly and it worked out great.
This activity was good, not great. We were looking for more of a farm Table experience and this was more of a generic tour of a store and working farm that really didn’t have much going on.
Because we had to reschedule this by a day, our guide was unable to do the scheduled trip to Attie. Therefore, we had to do this trip on our own in the morning of that day. Because of this there was not that much to do on this tour and while we enjoyed it, we sort of ran out of things to do by the end of the tour.
We found both Oia and Fira very crowded with tourists and cruise ship passengers., Weil the views in Oiaare spectacular the crowds take away from the enjoyment to the experience. We walked from our hotel to Vera and back and it was quite a hike with a lot of steps. Worth the view, but exhausting.
Robert & Carol,
I love hearing that you had such a wonderful time exploring Greece. I also really appreciate you taking the time to share detailed feedback on your hotels and activities. It's helpful for future travelers as they plan their own Greek adventures! ✨🇬🇷