Short Greek Island and Mainland Trips

These are a few ideas for short visits to Greece or add-ons to your itinerary

Mini-Cruise to the Saronic Islands: By far the most successful cruise in Greece. It goes almost every day of the year to Aegina Poros and Hydra. A bus picks you up at your Athens hotel in the morning takes you to the ship and drops you off that evening after the cruise in plenty of time to take a shower and go out for dinner.

3-4 and 7-Day Cruises: Whether you think of yourself as a cruise-type person or not this is the easiest and most efficient way to see Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Patmos and Turkey all in one trip

George the Famous Taxi Driver's trips to Sounion, Nafplion, Delphi, Olympia and Meteora are terrific especially if you are a group of three or four since you would be paying the same to go on a tour with 50 other people.

Weekend in Greece

If you are coming from the USA this might be too short a period of time to justify a 10 hour flight. But people coming from Europe for a long weekend can spend a couple nights in Athens and in between visit Aegina, Poros or Hydra or do the one-day cruise or a mainland trip with George or Fantasy Travel. Or they can just hang out in Athens and go to the beach. As long as it is not winter and the highspeeds are running you could even get to Mykonos or Sifnos for an overnight stay.

I have put together an itinerary for a weekend in Athens and the surrounding area at www.athensguide.com/weekend

Cruises, Sailboat or Yacht Trips

Day 1: Athens. If you get in early enough see the Acropolis. Otherwise rest up and visit the Plaka, have a nice relaxing dinner and go to sleep early. See my Athens Guide at www.athensguide.com for restaurants, cafes and sightseeing.
Day 2: Take off in your own chartered sailboat, yacht or flotilla for the islands. There are a number of options available at www.greecetravel.com/sailing and they can take care of your entire trip including hotels in Athens and your flight to Greece. I did it and now it is all I ever want to do when I go to Greece. You can read about my trip on that site as well.

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