Greek Island Holidays and Beach Guides.

A Holiday in Greece out on the Greek Islands means beautiful beaches, excellent evenings in Tavernas and lovely sunny weather.

The Greek Islands mentioned below are those we have been too over the years - at one time most of them were available from package holiday companies such as the sadly now extinct Kosmar and at really low prices. What you could do then is chose a cheapie to say Kos or Mykonos, spend a few days there and then disappear off on a bit of Greek island hopping using the extensive and at one time inexpensive Greek Ferry system.
With most companies now only offering holidays to just a few of the most popular Greek Islands such as Kos, Crete, Corfu, Santorini, Rhodes, Mykonos and Skiathos, this once wide choice of Islands available for package holidays has now gone. The costs of going on holiday has also increased hugely although you can still find good deals if you can go during the early part of the season i.e. in May and June. Some of the Islands when visited in early Spring are particularly beautiful - for instance Lesvos and Andros.
Certainly many of Greece's islands have always been only reachable by doing it yourself - for instance if you want to go to beautiful Islands such as Andros and Kythnos or the smaller hardly populated Islands such as Sikinos, Serifos and Sifnos you have to do this as an independant traveller.
That said what has changed is the increased competition (and thus often lower fares) for flights only out to the Greek islands - for instance get a fairly cheap flight to Athens (for ferries to the islands from Pireaus or Rafina) or go to Mykonos and then head out on the ferries. Or perhaps go to Skiathos and then it's only a fairly short ride on the ferry to Alonissos and Skopelos - i.e. perhaps enjoy a mini Greek Island hopping trip so you can visit all three of them. The photo above of fishing boats was taken at Agia Galini on Crete.

The following are the destinations covered on our Greek Island Holidays and Beaches Guides.

Alonissos - beautiful Beaches - excellent walks to try.

Andros Greece - a quiet Island with excellent beaches and really scenic.

Corfu - photos which are centred around Corfu Town.

Crete - tremendously scenic gorges, many beaches as well as archaeological sites.

Kos - hugely popular island - lots of beaches and good night life.

Kythnos - Cyclades island reached by ferries via Pireaus.

Lefkada - Lefkas Lefkada (Lefkas) has good wild beaches - lush vegetation in the hills.

Lesvos - Lesbos - walking, scenery, food and excellent beaches.

Lipsi - lovely harbour, good food + wine and is peaceful - good quiet beaches to find.

Dikeos Church of Christ - at the very top of Kos mountain - Mount Dikeos.

Mykonos Town - Mykonos Town and the Port area.

Naxos Greece - walled paths, pretty villages, excellent scenery and plenty of beaches.

Paros - very scenic and lots of beaches. The main places visitors and holidaymakers stay at are Parikia, Lefkes and Naoussa.

Patmos - ideal for Island Hopping - famous for it's Monastery of Evangelist, Apostle John the Theologian and Cave of the Apocalypse.

Paxos - amazingly scenic - small usually pebble beaches - main towns are Lakka, Gaios and  Logos. Also nearbye Anti-Paxos.

Rhodes Town - Rhodes Old Town and Castle photos.

Samos - excellent sandy beaches - great scenery - good food.

Samos Holiday Beaches - this is Megalo Seiothani Bay and Beach.

Santorini - has beautifully coloured high cliffs, good beaches and is amazingly scenic.

Serifos - Ideal for Greek Island Hopping holiday on the Piraeus-Kythnos-Syros-Sifnos ferry route - good beaches and scenic.

Sifnos - is an excellent Island to visit whilst on an Island Hopping Holiday.

Sikinos - Sikinos is an almost deserted Island with excellent paths for scenic walks to it's quiet beaches.

Skiathos - Skiathos has many excellent beaches - there are plenty of quiet beaches as well as the more famous busy ones.

Skopelos - there are many lovely beaches on Skopelos - some of the best beaches are a little out of the way and have to be walked too.

Aghia Triadha on Sikinos

Symi - Symi is remarkably hilly especially the walk from the harbour up the famous Kali Strata.

Syros - hill-top Ermoupoli offers a remarkable sight as you approach Syros by ferry. The island has a good bus service.

Thassos - loads of sandy beaches including Paradise Bay and Golden Bay plus archaeological sites all over the island.

Greek Island Holiday Walks - gives some ideas for walks out into the hills or around coastlines on the Greek Islands where you will often find old monasterys, churches and all sorts of things many of which are often unreachable by car - and of course when out walking on the Islands you often across some beautiful isolated Greek beaches.

and on the Greek mainland:
Athens Information about visiting The Acropolis and Parthenon, The Temple of Zeus etc. plus ferries, buses, metro.

The tiny chapel of Ayios Vassilios - St. Blasius - keeping a watch over Vasilios Beach on Symi, Greece

Whichever Greek Island you chose for your holiday you will always be greeted by friendly people. Offering good food and wine, Greek tavernas are often situated along the fishing boat harbours or beaches and it's easy to spend relaxing evenings in them. In addition you will find scenic countryside often with stone walled moni-paths, hillside villages with narrow quiet lanes, numerous churches and monasteries where you are usually welcome to look around and particularly on the smaller islands quite likely to be invited to sit down and have an ouzo or a coffee. There are many Archaeological sites dating back centuries and castles which date back to the Knights of St. John to be found on islands such as Kos and Rhodes. Therefore there is something to suit everyone on a Greek Island Holiday - not of course forgetting the beautiful Greek beaches and excellent sunshine!.

These Companies offer holidays to the most popular Greek Islands:
Thomson Greece  -  First Choice Greece  and  Olympic Holidays

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