“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine,
a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
— Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek
A Greek Oddity’s Travel Planning Toolkit
Greece is not just the places on the postcards. It is the mountain village where the kafeneion opens at seven and closes when everyone goes home. The harbour town the tour buses don’t stop at. The gorge, the monastery, the peninsula, the island. They are there. You just have to know how to find them.
So how do you get to these hidden gems? You could hire a car. Sealed in a box, sat-nav on, isolated from the world outside.
Or you could travel the truly independent way — on the bus with the yiayia and her shopping, on the slow ferry with locals going to pick up supplies, through a landscape that only reveals itself at a slower pace.
Greece’s public transport will occasionally perplex you. It will also pay you back a hundred times over.
As that Cavafy bloke once said, ‘hope the journey is long’. He understood that the journey is the destination.
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About Me
Island hopper, story collector, travel inspirer and Greek Island specialist
Greece tends to reveal itself slowly – one harbour, one hillside village and occasionally, one cancelled ferry at a time. After thirty-something years of exploring more Greek islands than I ever intended to, (and spending my work days creating tailor-made island hopping itineraries), I’ve a fair sense of how to navigate Greece’s transport networks – how they work and sometimes how they misbehave!
What I bring back are glimpses of authentic Greece through my own ‘lived’ experiences. (I only write about places I’ve personally visited) I hope they inspire your own wanderings too. ❤️
