Paros or Naxos for a first Greek island trip? Naxos suits most first-timers, Paros suits evening strollers who won’t drive. Here is how to pick, or how to do both.
Vouliagmeni is the best base on the Athens Riviera, with calm bays, a thermal lake and beach hotels in every price band. Here is where to stay, what it costs, how to get there and what is open out of season.
Aegina island is 40 minutes from Piraeus and holds one of the finest Doric temples in Greece, the country’s most famous pistachios and a fishing village Athenians love. Here are the route, the ticket prices, the ferries and where to stay.
Cape Sounion is worth the half day if you time it to the sunset. Here are sunset and last-entry times by month, the €20 ticket question, and an honest comparison of bus, car and tour.
A local-minded guide to Kolonaki Athens: the shopping streets that matter, the restaurants worth booking, the cafés to linger in, and the museums and hotels nearby, with current prices and hours.
A walking route through Corfu Old Town’s Venetian lanes with where to eat at every stop, current 2026 ticket prices, ferry logistics and where to stay.
Syros island hides a medieval Venetian town above a neoclassical capital. Here is the walking route, the hours, the ferries from Athens and where to stay.
A first-person guide to Spetses island: ferry prices from Piraeus, where to stay by area, the best beaches and how to actually get around a near car-free island.
A Cretan food guide organised by region, pairing the island’s iconic dishes with the tavernas that do them best, plus honest prices and how to get to Crete.
How to get from Mykonos airport and the New Port to Mykonos Town and the beaches in 2026, with real prices for taxis, buses, the Sea Bus and private transfers.
