r/GreeceTravel

Hi all,

If anyone has any tips about anything to do in Athens that has air conditioning, please let me know. As soon as I got out of the airport yesterday, I got heat exhaustion traveling to my Airbnb. 👍

I'm only here for a few days, so I want to at least do SOMETHING. Galleries, museums, shoppings, whatever won't give me a heat stroke.

Thanks!

Hi,

I booked a trip the first week of july to Corfu for a week and paid for a lovely accommodation in Corfu Town, like literally in the center of it. We will be renting a car to go to the beaches in the north and west. But now I’m reading on reddit that Corfu Town is really hot in the summer and that it is too long to stay there for a week. Does someone have experience with this? Did I make the wrong choice?

What’s up yall. Going to Greece for a few weeks next month. I’m an avid THC smoker (preferably concentrates). I’m looking all over the internet and they say HHC is now illegal in Greece. What’s the best and legal cannabinoid to get? Delta 8, Delta 9, THC-P?

Hi all!

I'm on a quest to find some non-slimy-residue, non-staining sunscreen. I've already made my way through the bottle of the product I brought from home, and have so far experienced two new products that are not the right fit for me.

I have fair, combination skin, and I usually use Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence, which sets on my skin well, is good enough to use on my face under makeup, and which doesn't stain my clothes with oil or odd colours. I am kicking myself for not packing more of this - completely my fault, I should have realised how much sunblock I wad going to go through while here - as so far I haven't encountered it here.

I've since tried:

1. Apvita Bee Sun Safe SPF 30. This left heavy, oily slicks on my skin, and greasy marks on my clothes.

2. Bioderma Photo derma Brume Invisible SPF50. This has a lighter feel, but still feels like a fine layer of oil on my skin hours after it has set. It has also left horrible yellow stains on my white tops, which after a quick google, seems like it's common with sunblock brands due to a couple of ingredients, such as avobenzone.

Does anyone have any recommendations for sunblocks I can easily buy in a pharmacy or makeup store that might fit the bill? (Perhaps also any tips on if it's possible to rescue yellow-stained clothing from the convenience of your hotel room?)

Thanks all!

Hey guys, are there any flea markets in a 100km range from Katerini? Read about athen's monastiraki flea market but it seems to far, if there are some what can I find there? Thank you!

I'm prebooking our activities for our trip, I can't seem to find an official website for the botanical gardens and am struggling to find prebooking for it. Is it free entry? Or is it pay at the entrance only? Thanks in advance! :)

Hi everyone! I and two friends are visiting Athens for two days and staying at the Minoa Hotel. What's the area like, especially in terms of walking around maybe after sunset, and in terms of safety?

Also, any must-see nearby recommendations?

Thanks!

Is a 1 hour layover at Athens that’s connecting between islands fine? We have checked luggage and a carry on, and the flight is not international, both legs operated by Aegean Airlines.

Hey y’all! I wanted to give a PSA to anyone who is flying from one of the islands (Paros, Santorini, Ios, Milos, etc) to Athens on Aeagan / Olympic Air. We took a 7pm flight from Milos to Athens and our baggage was never loaded onto the small plane to Athens.

When we arrived at the Athens airport, the entire flight realized our bags never arrived. It turned out that because our flight was slightly delayed, Olympic Air opted to just not load our bags on the plane to save time and avoid issuing the passengers free flights. We both had carry on duffle bags but because the plane was so small, we had to check them. We chose to fly because we thought it would be faster than a 4 hour ferry ride, but after the whole ordeal, it ended up being longer. We had to file a claim with Athens airport and the line was pretty long. We didn’t have anything (clothes, things we bought, toiletries, etc) and all we could hope is that our luggage arrived before we left the next day. When we arrived at the airport the next morning we had good news that they had loaded the bags onto the first plane out and we did end up getting our luggage in time, however, we witnessed around us this exact thing happening to multiple flights.

A lot of lessons were learned through this experience on how to be prepared better moving forward on small planes like that, but we wanted to share our experience in this group for anyone considering flying or what to be prepared for if you bought a ticket already. In our case it worked out with our flight back to the states but not everyone on our flight was as lucky.

Safe travels!

Good day everyone,

My best friend and I are going to Lefkada, Kefalonia and Zakynthos for 11 days in less than a month. The flight, hotels and ferry transfers are already paid for. I’m trying to make sure we have an idea of how much spending money for food, going out and excursions will we need. We are not renting a car due to no license (NYC feet is our transportation lol) so we will be taking taxis to get around the islands as well.

Please help 🥹🥹

Hello! Me and my friends will be travelling through Greece this summer and one of our destinations is Kefalonia where we stay for 3,5 days. We will rent a car to travel around and see all the beautiful beaches. Can you please suggest what is the best areas for us to rent Airbnb to see as much as possible? Thank you in advance :)

Heading to Athens soon and keen to learn about the acropolis while I’m there, but also travelling on a budget… does anyone know of any free audio guides/podcasts for the acropolis??

I’ll be visiting both for 3 days each. It sounds like both islands have ‘hidden’ beaches accessible by boat.

I’ll have a car as well, so I’m wondering if one island has better boat-only beaches?

I don’t have a boating license and actually have no experience operating a boat. However, I understand both islands rent boats with restricted hp to people like me, after a training.

In September I will be visiting Meteora for one day/night and thought that maybe I could also visit the island of Corfu for two days before I head back to our village near Thessaloniki. I see that the drive from Meteora is about 3 hours to the ferry….are there ferries every day and how long is the boat ride to the island? Do I need to reserve or can I just show up? Once on the island is there a village you can recommend or places to see/visit? I just thought of the idea and will read up on some stuff myself but thought I would get ideas here as well. Thanks.

Hey all,

My girlfriend and myself visited Greece last year (Paros, Naxos and Santorini). We loved Naxos and Paros (not so much Santorini), so we are going back in August. We plan on going to Paros and Naxos again. Any good recommendations for other islands around the Cyclades? (we're going for 2 weeks but spending 2 nights in Athens at the end) So probably 4 days in both Paros and Naxos

My husband and I and our two young kids will be spending a couple days in Vougliameni. We usually stay in central athens but decided to try something new. Can anyone tell me what there is to do in this area (other than beach) and if there are any good restaurants around there?

Which will be a more comfortable ride and with greater trunk space -- Opel Mokka vs Peugeot 308, for a family of 4 including 2 preteens.

Thanks.

Hey there, please advice us on the good safe neighbourhoods that we should be booking an airbnb in for the coming weekend. We like to walk around and find everything we need and also be close to public transportation in case we want to move further.

Thank youuu

Travelling in off season - so sticking mostly to mainland

Rented a vehicle through "AutoUnion Car Rental" - they seem to be rated "ok" - any thoughts here?

Pickup is in Athens Airport on Dec 19 -

Dropoff is Jan 4 - So 16 days

Cost was 1150 Euros all in including taxes and everything - 71 Euros a day

Vehicle - 9-seat minivan Citroen Jumpy or similar - Automatic Transmission ( this adds to the cost a bit - I can drive manual - but driving manual when i dont drive manual day to day - for over 2 weeks in a foreign country sounded like a terrible idea )

My partner and I will be heading from Athens to Meteora August 13th, and returning to Athens on the 14th. What's the best way to go about that? I can't seem to book anything for those dates, and I've heard there might be issues with the trains. Would it be best to just rent a car from the outskirts of Athens? Would I need to book a car a long time in advance? I'm fine with the bus or train, I just want to make the most of the trip, and have everything booked as far in advance as I can. Thank you for your advice!

Do I need to pre-book ferries and busses? Need to get from Athens to Zakynthos, Zakynthos to Kefalonia and then Kefalonia back to Athens. I’m having a hard time navigating the websites that are in all Greek. I’ve lived in NYC forever I know I can get away with same day booking here but I’m not sure how it is over there? Appreciate any insight!!!

Hello folks. Do you have any recommendations for authentic greek for in Athens? Appreciate your help