Rafina port is the quickest way from Athens airport to Andros, Tinos and Mykonos. Here is how to reach it by bus, taxi or transfer, what the ferries cost, and what to do when strikes or wind stop them.
A village cooking class or a market tasting walk? Here is how to choose between Chania and Heraklion, what each class costs in euros, which days they run, and where to stay for a food-focused trip to Crete.
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.
