What’s wrong with us! This our second beach day in a row! Well – when on Naxos you have to take advantage of one of its best assets which is its long stretches of white sand beaches. Today we decide to go to Plaka – lets see if it’s the same as I remember it…
It was 9.30am before we awoke and we were feeling quite exhausted. We decide to have a lazy day on the beach to finally lay all of the stresses of the previous days travel to rest. We had picked up the bus timetable the previous evening and it shows that there is a very good…
We are so lucky to have 18 days for this trip. Last year we had 16 days for our trip to Kea, Kythnos, Serifos and Sifnos and those extra couple of days really made all the difference to a regular two week holiday. I had taken so long deliberating over which islands to visit this…
18-day itinerary – sland hopping adventure through the Lesser Cyclades—Naxos, Iraklia, Schinoussa, Koufonissi and Amorgos—plus Santorini. Discover islands where the legendary Express Skopelitis ferry is a lifeline, sunrises paint the Aegean gold, and fava beans have their own festival. This route explores Greece’s best-kept secrets: tiny islands with golden beaches, hilltop Choras, and authentic Greek hospitality. Best time: May-June or September. Note: This trip took place in June-July 2015; prices and some services may have changed.
We have our last fabulous breakfast at the Albatros. I would definitely recommend this small family run hotel. It has the friendliness of a family hotel but with very high standards and excellent customer service. We have a couple of hours before returning to the hotel for our taxi. This has been a…
This really is turning out to be a beach holiday – well on the days we had sunshine anyway. We aren’t ‘sit on the beach all day’ people but with the lack of excursions (I had really wanted to go to Albania and a trip to Corfu or one of the Sivotan islands) we are…
We take advantage of the nice weather spend the morning on Zavia Beach, saving our appetite for the evening. Late afternoon we change and get ready to head up to Perdika Village on the bus. This is the last bus of the day so we also take the details of Giogios the taxi driver so…
Today is another bright day and we’re certainly not going to take it for granted! After breakfast we decide to discover more of the coastline with an early morning walk. We had only viewed Zavia beach from the main road above the other day so decide to walk down to the beach itself – it’s…
Maria had arranged for Giorgios the taxi driver to pick us up at 10.00am from our hotel. He’s a very friendly chap and is happy to take us the 400km round trip. He has visited many times before but hasn’t been for a while so he will enjoy the trip also. After all the faffing…
We awake to another grey and overcast day. No rain as of yet – but we know that its coming! We head down for breakfast which again is a great feast. The Danes have their maps spread out across the tables planning their drive to Meteora – obviously much braver than I! Today we decide…
We were out for the count after an exhausting day of travelling. We knew that the forecast was for rain for the first few days here – we had been checking the week before we left England. It was raining – not spitting but heavily raining! We needed to go back to the travel agency…
We’ve been looking forward to this trip for some time. I’d set my sights in Sivota after seeing an aerial photograph of Sivota and its surrounding islands a few years ago. It takes a lot to drag me away from the islands but this is a trip that I’ve really got to do. Originally I’d…
