The Trip of a Lifetime Finely Polished to Near Perfection
Greece
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Aug 16 - Aug 31, 2022
This was the trip of a lifetime. Angela worked through the details of our itinerary with us, tweaking it as we customized it. She was extremely responsive.
Alexis was a fabulous guide, allowing us to change our plans and then showed us a number of sights that fed our archaeological hunger that were off the beaten path.
Janne was a great driver and turned out to be a wonderful guide on his own as he got us from our hotel in Athens to Delphi and Meteora and back to Athens. He gave us a nice bit of color along the way.
Nicole gave us a tour of Therassia with lots of local information and history. The tour was a bit of death march up hills and stairs, but we saw wonderful caves, a beautiful church, and tasted local figs and plants along the way and got the triumphal sprig of rosemary when we reached the pinnacle!
The one thing I would recommend is doing the tour of Athens and the Acropolis+museum in two four hour days. Or waiting until you have fully recovered from the jet lag. It was more than a bit of a death march and, by the afternoon at the museum, we all felt it was interesting, but just wanted to lie down.
I highly recommend this kind of tour. It was private, just the three of us, and even though the tour guides have an agenda, which gets in the way of in depth exploration, every moment was orchestrated to give us the highest and most comfortable experience possible (except when marching, but that is easily adjusted for in the future).
I will never go on a tour with a large group after this experience and I will definitely use KimKim again for my next trip.
Hotel Reviews
This was a great hotel, tucked into a narrow street. It is family-owned and the rooms are comfortable. The breakfasts are a wonderful display of local foods (who knew Nescafe was so good?) and the staff gracious and helpful. The view from the room was surprising. We were on the top floor and when I first looked out, I just saw another building, but a closer look revealed the backside of the Acropolis, just across the way! Wonderful. Plus, there is a gramophone museum in the basement.
This is a lovely retreat with a view of the ocean from the top of a hill. The rooms are generous with a little sink and some dishes as well. Breakfast is served individually and we ended up eating on the courtyard every morning to enjoy the view before the sun got too hot. The foods were amazing and tasty. The coffee press was excellent and the selections were wide and tasty. The pool was nice and we enjoyed it immensely after slogging over the sights. It was a quick walk down the hill to any number of tasty restaurants. The food in Greece was very good. I never had a bad meal there.
Geia sou Arlen!
Thank you for your feedback and time to leave a review.
I am really very happy that you had a great time here in Greece with us and that my team and I were able to fulfill your expectations 😊
Also glad you discovered Nescafe and you liked it! Lol!
I would be delighted to assist you in planning your next vacation in Greece sometime in the future. I'm sure there are plenty of spots you'd fall in love with. 😍
Take care and have fun!
Give my best to the girls 😀
Warmest regards,
Angela