What a fabulous day! The sun is glorious and there is a slight breeze – great walking weather and what better way to discover the area. We are now able to appreciate the pretty garden of the United Europe – obviously tended to with great care by its owners. We walk to the port and…
We’re so thrilled to have 16 days for this island hopping trip and also to be here at the time of year. I haven’t been to Greece in spring for many years but remember the abundance of beautiful flowers – heaven! This year we plan to travel from Lavrio Port to Kea and then around…
2 week itinerary. A Western Cyclades island hopping itinerary covering Kea, Kythnos, Serifos and Sifnos by ferry from Lavrio. Discover the ancient Lion of Kea, explore underground caves on Kythnos, climb to one of the Cyclades’ prettiest hilltop Choras on Serifos, and fall in love with Sifnos—an island that earns its place in anyone’s top five. These are the real Cyclades: quieter, more authentic, and blissfully free of cruise ship crowds. Best time: May-June or September-October.
The Acropolis opens at 8.00am. Despite being a regular visitor to Greece it is nearly 20 years since I have been to Athens. What I do remember is the massive queues to get into the Acropolis and the difficulty in getting photographs without hoards of tourists in the background. No matter how exhausted we are…
The Speedrunner 3 is a high speed catamaran – the downside being that a small outside deck is only available to those in the first-class salon. However, it is very spacious and comfortable in economy and I have a window seat and there is access to a small café for tea and pastries. Despite being…
This morning we will catch the first bus from Pollonia to Adamas where we will catch the Speedrunner 3 to Athens. The packing is done and we take five minutes to have a cup of tea on the balcony. If you want peace and tranquillity then I really recommend Pollonia and I definitely recommend Pergola…
Today we are going to visit Kimolos – the tiny island just a short boat ride away from Milos. We’re going to catch the 10.30am ferry but get there a little earlier to eat some breakfast and to walk around the little harbour. At the port Peter engages in conversation with an elderly Greek lady….
We catch an early bus to Pollonia, eager to find a room for a couple of nights so that we can spend a bit of time relaxing before going to Athens. I’m not overly concerned that we haven’t been able to find rooms via the agents at the port – I will sleep on the…
We had only booked three nights at Giannis. The room was already been allocated to someone else for tomorrow – we can move to a side room without a kitchen but I think this is the excuse we are looking for to move on from Adamas. We had planned to go on to Serifos or…
When we arrived at the port of Adamas on the Seajet last night, there was plenty of choice regarding rooms – there were at least a dozen or so people were waiting with photographs of rooms for rent on the island. Peter and I still hadn’t decided where to stay but we had thought that…
Today we’re leaving Folegandros for Milos. Thankfully the high-speed cat doesn’t leave until 19.10pm so we have a full day on the island and today we’re going to Ano Meria. We’ve already packed as we need to vacate the room by 12.00pm. Evgenia has allocated a space near the reception office for our bags. The…
The alarm clock wakes us up at 6.00am. This morning we’re going to walk up to Panagia Church that sits one kilometre up on the ridge above the chora. We think that we may go to Ano Meria after breakfast at Molidiri. First we are going to build up our appetite! If you turn right…
