http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Greece-Travel-Secrets-blog.html Our Greece Travel Blog will keep you current with the latest news, advice, and information for your visit, and let you know about new pages on our website. en-us Greece Travel Secrets Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:43:23 GMT Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:43:23 GMT greece-travel-secrets.com http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/index.html Greece Travel Secrets is a website of travel tips and vacation information for the Greece and the Greek islands, written by travel experts and guidebook authors Donna Dailey and Mike Gerrard. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:07:28 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Athens.html Athens, Greece's capital, is a top vacation destination. The Greece Travel Secrets guide to the city has information on hotels, museums, Athens airport, the Acropolis and all the main visitor sights. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:06:13 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/North_East_Aegean_Islands.html The North East Aegean Islands of Greece are Lesvos or Lesbos, Thassos, Chios, Samos, Fourni, Ikaria, Limnos, Samothraki. Greece Travel Secrets has tips on hotels, restaurants and what to see or do. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:35:30 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Activity-Holidays-in-Greece.html Activity Holidays in Greece at the Skyros Center on Skyros island include writing, painting, yoga, pilates, sailing, windsurfing, dancing, massage, photography, music and comedy. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:39:07 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Hotels_in_Santorini_Greece.html Hotels in Santorini in Greece, in the Cyclades, include luxury choices to good cheap accommodation in Fira, with caldera views. Luxury Santorini hotels include Aigialos, and the Tsitouras Collection. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:36:50 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Athens-Airport-Hotels.html Athens Airport hotels include the luxury Sofitel at the terminals, Holiday Inn near the airport, and others close by like the Hotel Pantheon, Peri's Hotel and Apartments, St Thomas Bed and Breakfast. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:24:07 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Our_Hire_Car_in_Crete.html The travel tale, Our Hire Car in Crete, describes what it’s like when you go driving in Greece and get off the beaten track, resulting in kindnesses Neapolis and in the Lasithi Plateau. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:38:28 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Best-Hotels-in-Greece.html The best hotels in Greece and the Greek islands are in Athens and Santorini, according to the annual list of the 500 best hotels in the world, published by the US magazine Travel+Leisure. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:01:06 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Scenic-Drives-in-Northern-Greece.html Scenic Drives in Northern Greece, Ioannina, Meteora, Kastoria, Prespa Lakes Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:34:49 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Athens-International-Airport.html Athens International Airport or Eleftherios Venizelos is east of Athens city centre with its own Metro train station, buses to Athens and Piraeus, taxis, car rental offices, but few airport hotels. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:34:19 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Athens-Car-Rental.html If you are brave enough to face driving in Athens then Athens car rental options include almost all of the major international car hire firms such as Avis, Budget, Hertz, Holiday Autos, and Europcar. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:33:57 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Athens-Airport-Car-Rental.html Athens Airport car rental options include Alamo/National Car Rental, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt, all with offices at the airport but other car hire firms deliver rental cars to the airport Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:31:21 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Kefalonia.html Travel information about Kefalonia in the Ionian Islands in Greece, including ferries and flights to Kefalonia and the best things to do, like visiting Fiskardo, Assos and Myrtos Beach. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:18:18 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Santorini_Thira_Cyclades_Islands.html Santorini or Thira is in the Cyclades islands in Greece and has cheap and luxury hotel accommodation, car rental, ferries from Athens, Mykonos, Crete and other Greek islands, and flights from Athens. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:33:48 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Santorini-Car-Rental.html Santorini car rental companies include Budget, Hermes, VIP Rent a Car and Euro Dollar, with Santorini car hire at the airport, the port, Fira, Oia, Emborio, Kamari, Imerovigli and Perissa. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:33:26 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Mykonos_Cyclades_Islands.html Mykonos in the Cyclades islands in Greece has cheap and luxury hotel accommodation, car rental, ferries from Athens, Santorini, Crete and other Greek islands, and flights from Athens and Rhodes. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:31:19 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Anafi.html Travel advice and information on Anafi in the Greek Cyclades islands, with ferries from Santorini, Mykonos, Piraeus in Athens, Paros, and Naxos with good beaches, walking, accommodation, tavernas. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:28:59 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Amorgos.html Travel advice and information on Amorgos in the Cyclades, a dramatic and growing holiday destination with ferries from Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, Naxos, Paros and other Greek islands Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:27:04 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Tilos.html Tilos is a small island in the Dodecanese between Rhodes and Kos with regular ferry connections, hotels, rooms to rent, beaches, tavernas and great birdwatching. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:17:29 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Symi.html Symi (or Simi) is a small island in the Dodecanese near Rhodes with regular ferry connections, hotels, rooms to rent, beaches, and good restaurants. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:16:49 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Rhodes.html Travel advice, information on Rhodes in the Dodecanese, with ferries from Piraeus for Athens, Symi, Crete, Kos, Patmos, Santorini, flights to Europe, Athens, Crete, and cruise ship destination port. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:16:21 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Leros.html Leros is a sizeable island in the Dodecanese with flights from Athens, ferries from Rhodes and Piraeus, good beaches, restaurants and hotels. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:30:32 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Arki.html Arki is a small island in the Dodecanese close to Lipsi, with beaches and tavernas with rooms to rent and ferry connections with Patmos, Samos and Marathi. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:26:50 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Agathonisi.html Agathonisi is a small island in the Dodecanese. Getting there by ferry from Samos and Patmos is easy, or by flying to Samos. Agathonisi has quiet beaches, a few hotels, pensions and rooms to rent. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:26:27 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Zakynthos.html Travel advice and information on Zakynthos (Zante) in the Greek Ionian islands, with information on ferries and flights and the best things to do like Laganas Bay, Shipwreck Beach and Blue Caves. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:25:58 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Paxos.html Travel advice and information on Paxos (Paxi or Paxoi) near Corfu in the Greek Ionian islands, information on ferries and flights, what to do in Gaios, Lakka and Longos or Loggos. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:22:21 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Life-as-a-Waiter-on-Zakynthos.html Life as a waiter on Zakynthos tells what it was like for travel writer Mike Gerrard to work in a Greek restaurant, the Mantalena in Alykanas, and see behind the scenes in a Greek family taverna. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:21:43 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Lefkas.html Travel information about Lefkas in the Ionian Islands in Greece, including ferries and flights to Lefkada and the best things to do such as visiting Nidri, beaches and windsurfing. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:20:15 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Kythira.html Travel information about Kythira in the Ionian Islands in Greece, including ferries and flights to Kythira and the best things to do Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:19:53 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Ithaca.html Travel advice on Ithaca (Ithaka or Ithaki) in the Greek Ionian islands, with information on ferries and flights and the best things to do like the Odysseus sites, walking, beaches, Vathy and Stavros. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:19:05 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Best_Things_to_Do_on_Corfu.html The best things to do on Corfu include visiting Palaiokastritsa, a day trip to Albania, seeing the Achilleion Palace, and the Archaeological, Byzantine and Asian Art Museums in Corfu Town. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:18:05 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Western-Greece.html Western Greece includes holiday resorts like Parga, the Pindus Mountains and Zagorian villages, hiking in the Vikos Gorge, historical Ioannina and the Dodona archaeological site. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:15:10 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Sporades.html The Sporades are the Greek islands of Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonissos and Skyros, and the Greece Travel Secrets page has information on hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, and what to do. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:14:43 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Saronic_Gulf_Islands.html The Saronic Gulf Islands of Hydra, Poros, Spetses and Aegina are easy day trips from Athens but are worth a longer vacation. Greece Travel Secrets has information on hotels, restaurants, what to see. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:14:15 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Peloponnese.html The Peloponnese on the mainland of Greece has such sights as Olympia, Mycenae, the Mani, Nafplion, Corinth and Epidavros. Greece Travel Secrets guide covers what to do, where to stay and where to eat. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:05:28 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Macedonia-and-Thrace.html Macedonia and Thrace are the regions in Greece where travelers will find Thessaloniki, Mount Athos monasteries, the beaches of Halkidiki, the Prespa Lakes and ancient sites like Dion and Pella. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:54:51 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Ionian_Islands.html The Greek Ionian Islands are Corfu, Paxos, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Lefkas, Ithaca and Kythira, and some smaller islands too. This Greece Travel Secrets guide covers hotels, restaurants and what to do. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:54:22 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Greece_Book_Reviews.html The Greece Book Reviews page on the Greece Travel Secrets website covers guides to Athens, Crete, the Greek Islands, from AA, Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Wallpaper and other guidebook publishers. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:53:35 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Evia.html Evia or Euboea is the second largest Greek island and popular with Greek holidaymakers but off-the-beaten-track for overseas visitors. It offers culture, mountains and the best retsina in Greece. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:53:04 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Dodecanese.html Travel and vacation information about the Dodecanese group of Greek islands. Where to stay, where to eat, what to see on Rhodes, Symi, Kos, Patmos, Halki, Tilos, Karpathos, Leros, Lipsi, Astipalea. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:52:28 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Cyclades.html Travel and vacation information about the Cyclades group of Greek islands. Where to stay, where to eat, what to see on Mykonos, Santorini (Thira), Naxos, Paros, Delos, Tinos, Siros, Milos, Amorgos. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:51:59 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Crete.html Crete (Kriti) is the largest Greek island and its main attractions include the Minoan Palace of Knossos, the Samarian Gorge, sandy beaches, boutique hotels, good restaurants, Hania and Rethymnon. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:51:28 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Central_Greece_Thessaly.html Central Greece and Thessaly has many Greek visitor attractions, like ancient Delphi, the mountain village of Arachova, Meteora, the Pelion peninsula with its beaches, and Ossios Loukas monastery. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:49:55 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Luxury-Weddings-in-Greece.html Luxury Weddings in Greece, including venues such as a boutique hotel with deluxe spa on Santorini, can be booked through Ionian Weddings, who offer complete packages here and other lovely locations. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:47:48 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Weddings-in-Greece.html Weddings in Greece and the Greek islands can be luxury or cheap, are easy to arrange from the UK, USA and elsewhere, and include such beautiful settings to marry in as Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:47:22 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Best-Things-to-Do-on-Crete.html The best things to do on Crete and top things to see include the Samaria Gorge, the Minoan Palaces at Knossos, Malia and Phaistos, the towns of Iraklion, Ayios Nikolaos, Sitia, Hania and Rethymnon. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:02:50 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Best-Crete-Hotels.html The best Crete hotels include 5-star luxury hotels, historic and romantic Venetian palaces, and several hotels in Hania and Iraklion. Others are the Elounda Mare and Istron Bay near Ayios Nikolaos. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:52:57 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Best_Greece_Travel_Guide.html The best Greece travel guide we've seen recently is the Frommers Day by Day guidebook with 110 maps, 131 self-guided tours, 700 pages of travel information with reviews of hotels and restaurants. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:07:45 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Cheap_Kefalonia_Flights.html EasyJet starts Cheap Kefalonia Flights for 2012 from London Gatwick Airport bringing budget fares to the largest of the Greek Ionian islands with great beaches and pretty towns like Fiskardo. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:19:52 GMT http://www.greece-travel-secrets.com/Athens_Food_Tours.html Athens Food Tours are being introduced by new company The Greek Fork, and will include tours of the Central Market, the best street food, Greek sweets, and tours of the nearby Attica wineries. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:34:45 GMT