Sydney Hubbard

Ultra modern hotel in the Psyrri neighborhood, five minutes from Monastiraki Square and the Ancient Agora, but not in an area overrun by tourists. The neighborhood is "up-and coming", with some popular restaurants, and near the interesting Central Market. Some streets near the hotel were a little bit more grungy, but we never felt unsafe. The staff was extremely kind and the included breakfast delicious!

This hotel is located above Old Town but a short 5-10 minute walk gets you into the heart of Mykonos Town. The views from the hotel restaurant and pool are incredible as are the sunset views! The restaurant is pricey but delicious. Staff was so friendly and helpful.

Situated on the main road coming into the beach town of Agios Procopios, it is a charming hotel with rooms arranged like little villas, each with their own private balcony. Our room did have a view of the beach which was a 10 minute walk away. It was in easy walking distance into the little beach town with the numerous restaurants and tiny shops and the beachfront with abundant beach chairs. Since we were there during shoulder season, our beach chair rental was front row and paid for with one set of drinks from the adjacent bar. What a bargain! Incredible views of the sunset from the beach!

The views from our room's balcony was just jaw-droppingly beautiful. The room/suite had a circular bed with canopy, a large living room with indoor jacuzzi, an outdoor terrace with lounge chairs and an outdoor hot tub. You should expect to have to walk up/down a LOT of steps, so this would not be an ideal place for someone with mobility issues. The hotel is located right on the infamous Fira to Oia caldera trail but also near a number of charming in-town and caldera-view restaurants and a few shops in Imerovigli. Be aware that getting anywhere else (Oia, Fira, southern beaches, Akrotiri, or wineries) requires an expensive taxi ride unless you are willing to hike the caldera trail or walk down to the main road to catch a local bus. We loved the quieter location compared to the more touristy Oia or Fira locations.

Centrally located in Heraklion, sophisticated and modern vibe, with a lovely, abundant buffet breakfast.

What an interesting, historic, old hotel! It is so deep in the historic area that there is no street that runs near it. Our transport had to drop us off down at the harbor and we walked about 5-6 blocks through charming, cobblestone streets to find the hotel tucked into the heart of the historic Venetian section of Chania. It is a very old hotel with furnishings that match the architecture. Our hotel room was three flights up (no elevator) and the room itself was two stories! 10/10 for character for sure!

Situated within walking distance of the waterfront, this hotel is a converted apartment complex with a beautiful, modern aesthetic. Our room was a nice size with a beautiful balcony and comfortable bedding. Since we had to leave so early in the morning for our flight home, we did not have a chance to try their breakfast, but they provided us with a boxed breakfast which was delicious.

The Acropolis Museum was absolutely amazing! Highly recommend using the audio tour as you go through the museum. We went through the museum before visiting the Acropolis which was helped us understand better what we were seeing when we toured the Acropolis. Do not forget to tour the ruins underneath the museum!

A lifelong dream to see the Acropolis in person! Our tour guide was personable and knowledgable. The day started off rainy but ended up beautifully sunny, so be prepared by wearing comfortable footwear (no sandals) and raingear if rains is forecasted. Be prepared for A LOT of tourists, especially if the tour is in the late morning.

Privately guided 6 mile walk in rural Mykonos that took us to a farm with animals, past hillsides with wild goats, to a bay where we swam in the Aegean and took underwater photos, and then hiked backed along a donkey trail to the farm. Our guide, Demitra, of Yummy Pedals was so personable, fun and informative.

Lovely cruise out to Delos and Rhenia along with a delicious fresh lunch and a swim in the sea. I would have liked just a little bit more time on Delos (1hour).

While Mykonos Old Town is fascinating, it is filled with tourists. This activity was a nice opportunity to get out of the crowds and walk along quiet, rural goat paths and swim in an isolated bay in northern Mykonos. Our guide, Demetra, was personable, fun and funny telling us stories about the area and what life is like for the rural Greek family.

After days of racing around, we took a day to just sit on the gorgeous beach in Agios Procopios. Since it was shoulder season, it was not difficult to snag front row lounge chairs for the price of a couple of lemonades. The view was incredible and we stayed until the sunset.

Due to unseasonably cold and windy weather the day we were scheduled to do this activity, we cancelled and spent the day exploring Oia and Fira instead. October may not be the ideal time to do an 8-hour cruise until 9 pm unless you know that the weather is warm!

Exploring Chania is an amazing experience. Wandering through the cobblestone streets, stopping for a drink along the harborfront, and visiting some of the historical sites was a feast for the eyes, ears, and taste buds! Calling this activity Self-Guided Museums of Chania is a bit misleading since there was very little guidance about what to visit in Chania. A bit more information and/or a suggested walking tour with map would have made this a bit more instructive.

The owner of Chania Adventures picked us and another couple up for a trip up into the White Mountains where we visited an olive farm and did a wine tasting at a winery overlooking hillsides filled with olive trees. As we drove, our guide entertained us with multiple stories about himself and life in Crete. Along the way we learned about beekeeping and saw numerous hillside beehives, paused for goats crossing the road, and ended up high in the mountains near the trailhead for Samaria Gorge where we enjoyed a substantial, delicious lunch in the traditional Greek taverna style.

10/10 experience to tour this ancient ruin from the Minoan era. Our guide was incredibly knowledgable and led us on a pace that enabled us to fully appreciate the activity. I did not know that much about the Minoan civilization, but I was fascinated by the culture revealed.

This was a private tour with a very personable guide who picked us up and drove us to three very different wineries to learn more about how grapes are grown in Greece and how wine is made. The first winery, in Megalochuri, exhibited a smaller, family-run, intimate winery with a tasting of five wines. The second winery was a much larger and more modern operation where we tasted three wines along with a few other tourists. The last winery was tucked away in the hillside with a romantic, garden vibe where we gobbled up delicious dips, cheeses and more incredible wine!

We had a fascinating visit to the Central Market in Athens with its meat and fish market and the nearby spice, honey, olive, and deli shops. We also wandered through a lot of Athen's Plaka with its winding cobblestone streets, tourist shops, restaurants all with a view of the Acropolis above.

Our guide was superb taking us on a three hour walk through interesting neighborhoods to have us stop to taste some of the more unique food and drink of Athens. Cheeses, olives, wines, meats, honey, bougatsa, gyros, loukoumades, gelato, and a final stop to sip raki, ouzo, and mastiha. Oof! Our guide patiently gave us a lesson on the Greek alphabet which we promptly forgot after drinking the wine and ouzo!

We followed the Rick Steve's recommended walking tour for Old Town and learned so much about this unique town. Getting lost and wandering aimlessly was also a wonderful part of the experience! With the white buildings and blue accents, you truly explore this picture postcard town that is filled with sights, sounds, and smells never to forget!

Due to the timing of when our ferry arrived in Naxos, and the distance our hotel was from the Old Town Naxos, we never had a chance to truly explore Old Town.

Photographs do not do justice to the absolute beauty of Santorini. To truly take it in, we felt that we needed to walk the village streets, the caldera trail, and ride the buses. The clifftop towns and villages with their white buildings clinging to the hillside, the blue church domes, the views of the caldera were a photographer's dream.

The center of Heraklion is busy with tourists, vendors, street performers, and native Greek folk going about their lives. The history of Heraklion with its multiple historical/cultural influences is on display in the architecture and foods. Learning about the Minoan civilization was priceless and seeing the remnants of the presence of the Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, and the Ottomans was interesting. We spent a couple of hours exploring the Rocca a Mare Fortress or Koules which is a large harborfront fortress built by the Venetians in the 13th century.

Beautiful dinner on our last night in Greece overlooking the ocean as the sun set. A nice way to say our thanks and goodbyes to Greece for 19 wonderful days.

We met our guide, Goldy, a young Greek artist living in Chania for a three hour evening walk around the old part of Chania. Goldy brought the rich history of Chania alive as we walked and talked. She took us to an amazing spot to watch the sunset over Chania harbor and we ended up munching on delicious gyros at a family-run restaurant.

Our guide was outstanding! He was extremely friendly and knowledgeable. We loved visiting the old olive oil mill for a tour and tasting. Also had a great lunch and saw beautiful, small villages.

Dimitri was outstanding! He was so energetic and entertaining! The tour of Lefkes was so enjoyable. Dimitri also did a great job adapting when it rained heavily for a few hours during our tour. He took us to our now favorite restaurant in all of Greece for an amazing lunch!

Mario was wonderful! Extremely knowledgeable and accommodating. We really enjoyed visiting the small, less crowded parts of Santorini. The Akrotiri visit was also extremely interesting and enjoyable.

Unbelievable views, fabulous crew, great food! Really enjoyed swimming in the caldera and an amazing sunset!

Really enjoyable. Beautiful views and historic sight seeing.

Fun tour of a nice family vineyard. One of my wife’s favorite activities on our trip.

We had a delightful driver for this day long trip. He was very knowledgeable, as was our guide at the temple of Apollo and museum. Highly recommend!

Our guide, Athena, was very knowledgeable. She had a good pace for our tour and managed to find shady spots for her discussions! She was delightful and we learned so much. Highly recommend her services.

Our guide, Christina, was very knowledgeable. She had took us all around southern part of Sifnos. The village of Kastro is not to be missed! The pottery studio tour was a nice stop too. She was delightful and we learned so much. Highly recommend her services.

Our guide, Fotis, was very knowledgeable and shared many interesting stories of growing up in Greece. The tour was small & well paced. We were able to try so many different Greek specialties that none of us needed dinner later! He was a delightful guide with an easy manner, we learned so much. Highly recommend his services.

Pro: easy walking distance to town. Friendly staff, spacious room. Cons: Located near elementary school, so you can hear the children playing in the play ground. Drop off and pick up is on top of the hill from the hotel, approximately 50 yards

Pros: AMAZING view Cons: air conditioner does not work well. no ventilation in the bathroom Note: stairs to climb from room to main street, so if you are out of shape this may not be the hotel for you

Pros: located in the heart of old town. easy access to restaurants, shops Cons: certain transport vans are not able to enter narrow street to pick you up in front of the hotel. No busboy which means you need to carry your own luggage.

GORGEOUS! Purchased by Venetian captain as his house, now transformed into a beautiful hotel. Passed on generation to generation. Hotel is run by 3rd generation granddaughter. In the heart of town. We loved it.

Private tour into the mountains of Crete. Lush, green, sheep and goat along the way. Grapes straight off the vine (soooo sweet). This island is very different from Santorini or Mykonos we've also visited.

I liked that our tour guide took us into a town where the locals live. He knew where all the good spots for photo were.

THIS was an awesome experience. We yachted around the island of Santorini. The best part?! The lunch. I was expecting a little bite, but NO! It was a spread. Salad, pasta, kabob, wine, dip, etc.

We love everything about this hotel, the location, the staff, the rooms and the restaurant. We had been to the Milos restaurants in three other locations, and this one definitely held his own and was much more intimate.

We generally like this hotel a lot. Our biggest drawback was location in that we were further from the town and then we would have liked to have been and there wasn’t much to do in the area of the hotel since it was not really beach weather. Our room overlooked a parking lot, which was less than ideal when we were sitting on our balcony and trying to use the hot tub.

This hotel was ideally situated a short walk from the village of Naousa. However, we did not love our room. The sink and bathroom area were really unusable with nowhere to put anything and shelves where everything fell through. We thought the staff was great and were helpful, including when arranging for a rental car.

We loved the location and character of this hotel. It was great to be outside of OIA and Fira. We also received an upgrade to a senior suite which had an amazing balcony and view of the Caldera. It was extremely private, and we rarely saw other people and our stay.

We really enjoyed our tour and our guide as mentioned above. We particularly thought the new museum was fantastic architecturally and content.

We enjoyed touring 2 contrasting villages which showed the modernization of the island. We got to linger over a beautiful coffee and cookies moment and visit a jeweler who had the exact thing we are searching for as a gift for our granddaughter.

For this day, we rented a car that was dropped off at our hotel and drove to take the short ferry ride to Antiparos. This was one of the highlights of our trip. We were able to explore and have a coffee in the little village, drive to the ancient caves and walk all the way down to explore. We also drove the rocky roads to some very secluded beaches and even were able to take a swim. We had a fantastic lunch at Captain Pipini’s

Another highlight of our trip. We enjoyed our private cruise with lovely staff. We were able to swim in the volcanic hot spring mixed with the sea. We were made a lovely lunch and got to relax and view the extraordinary landscapes of Santorini from the sea. A special shout out to the kimkim team. Because of predicted for voting whether we were able to rearrange the timing of this trip to a day earlier than scheduled. They were able to do this seamlessly on the fly and it worked out great.

This activity was good, not great. We were looking for more of a farm Table experience and this was more of a generic tour of a store and working farm that really didn’t have much going on.

Because we had to reschedule this by a day, our guide was unable to do the scheduled trip to Attie. Therefore, we had to do this trip on our own in the morning of that day. Because of this there was not that much to do on this tour and while we enjoyed it, we sort of ran out of things to do by the end of the tour.

We found both Oia and Fira very crowded with tourists and cruise ship passengers., Weil the views in Oiaare spectacular the crowds take away from the enjoyment to the experience. We walked from our hotel to Vera and back and it was quite a hike with a lot of steps. Worth the view, but exhausting.

The staff and views were top notch. The staff was extremely knowledgeable and attentive.

The room was a good size, it was clean and all the amenities you need. The staff at the hotel was friendly, helpful and fun. Breakfast had ample amount of choices and served with a smile and a conversation.

This was an apartment more so than a hotel. Room was spacious. Breakfast was just ok. They deliver to your room they do not have a restaurant. I think if we were on an upper level floor we would have liked it more. We were down below street level so didn't have a view. We were about a mile from the harbor area(which was a great area). It was walkable for us but with hills and rough terrain that would be hard for someone with disabilities or physically not able to do a mile walk back and forth. Does not seem easy to get a taxi/uber etc.. however, the town area was maybe 1/4 or so of a mile which had coffee shops, a couple restaurants and shops. The apartment had a little kitchen set up with a stove, dishes, utensils, glasses. There was also a small washing machine which is really nice. However, there was not a dryer. They had an outside clothes rack with clothes pins. Which was fine with us but if it rained you would not be able to dry the clothes. There was a coffee shop on the same road as the apartment and a little market too.

We only spent one night at this hotel and we didn't arrive until 1:30am and left for the day by 9:30am. The room was nice, and clean but small. The breakfast was really good with many choices. Hotel staff were very pleasant.

The hotel was nice, the room was clean and had many amenities. We stayed in the new part which I was told was only open for about 2 months. Breakfast was great, many choices to eat and drink. Staff at this hotel were pleasant and helpful. The hotel was in the middle of many restaurants and bustling area. However, it was quiet in the area by 11:00 pm. We really liked the location it was a short walk down to the harbor where there are more restaurants/shops and beautiful views. This hotel does not have a pool nor is it by the beach. But a beach was not far.

Staff aboard the boat was fantastic. They were so nice and service was great. They explained where we were going and what we can do on the islands. I recommend them

We enjoyed walking g around ourselves and taking in the scenery along with the culture. It was fun to go in and out of shops or the beach or do whatever we wanted.

Our driver was fun and knowledgeable. The olive oil tasting and wine was paired with a charcuterie and home made sourdough bread with olive oil on it. The establishment was nice with a view and staff were great. The drive to the lunch spot was beautiful and the views from there were fabulous. The amount of food they gave is was crazy and so good. The stop at the oldest olive tree and explanation of how they get oil out of the olives was interesting. A great trip to go on to see a different part of the island.

We really liked out tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and fun to be with.

Our guide was very good and very sweet. She knew a lot of detail about the palace and history.

We enjoyed walking around and getting lunch and dinners at different places. The rooftop bars at night were great to see the Acropolis lit up.

Beaches were nice the water was beautiful. I do prefer Agios Propopkios beach over St George beach.

Because of ferry issues we really did not have much time to explore. We walked around a little bit had lunch and made our way to Chania.

Great experience. Lovely area, people are so friendly. Lot of fun. Great tavernas and higher end restaurants. Great views. Great shops.

The harbor area was nice. A lot of cool ally ways with shops and restaurants.

Service was excellent and room/ view amazing

Loved our chef Chris! Food was great and venue was beautiful! Wine was delicious

Loved our guide, very knowledgeable

Guide was great and experience was fun!

Boat trip was fun and food was delicious. Enjoyed swimming and boating.

Loved our beach day to Kamari. Took the public bus and rented lounge chairs and shopped.

We really enjoyed our stay here! The location was great and made it so easy to get around and be close to everything we wanted to see and do. The receptionists were also extremely helpful and gave us some great local recommendations, which we really appreciated. One thing that really surprised us was how quiet the room was. Athens can feel pretty busy and loud when you're outside, but as soon as we got into our room, it was completely silent. We never had any issues with outside noise, which made it really nice to come back and relax after being out all day. Overall, we had a great stay and really loved the location, helpful staff, and how peaceful the room was!

I seriously cannot say enough good things about this hotel! It was absolutely gorgeous, in an amazing location, and by far our favorite hotel of the entire trip. Being so close to Naousa made it really easy and fun to go into town, but the hotel itself still felt relaxing and peaceful. The staff was INCREDIBLE. I truly cannot say enough good things about everyone who worked there. We arrived pretty early in the day, and they immediately worked on getting our room ready for us so we could check in early. They were so helpful throughout our entire stay and helped us book reservations at restaurants and beach clubs they recommended, while also giving us suggestions on what to do and see around Paros. Every recommendation they gave us was great! Our room was right next to the pool, which we were a little worried about at first because we thought it might be loud, but it wasn't at all. The room was extremely clean, comfortable, and so nice. There was also a public beach only about a five-minute walk away, and we had so much fun hanging out there the day we arrived. Everything about our stay was amazing. Between the beautiful hotel, perfect location, and especially the incredible staff, this place was easily one of the biggest highlights of our trip. I genuinely could have stayed there forever and would absolutely stay here again!

We really enjoyed our stay here overall! The hotel had a beautiful view of the caldera, and we really loved staying in Imerovigli. It was such a pretty area and a great location for our time in Santorini. The staff was friendly and helpful for the most part, although there were a couple of things that could have been handled better. We were told that we were going to be moved to a different room, but that never ended up happening and we weren't really given an update about it. We were also told someone would come help us with our bags when leaving early in the morning, but no one ever came, so we ended up taking care of them ourselves which was difficult given the stairs you have to walk up. Neither of these things ruined our stay, but the communication and follow-through could have been a little better. Overall, we still really enjoyed the hotel, especially the beautiful caldera views and the location in Imerovigli!

Our tour guide was very helpful! it was a group tour but was great. Really enjoyed it!

We rented a buggy and would definitely recommend this for seeing all of Paros. It made exploring the island so fun. We got to go to a beach club for the beginning of the day and that was really nice to relax there, but it definitely was pretty busy. We went to the Monastiri beach club.

This was really fun and a great way to end our trip! Our tour guide was so helpful. It was really fun to see different parts of the island that we hadn't seen either. We learned so much about the island and the wine making process!

we didn't do too much shopping here, but we did get souvenirs here and they weren't too expensive! Very fun.

It was a cool museum to see after we learned to much about the acropolis too!

This was so much fun to walk around. We shopped around both days we were there. We especially liked the store called JAmevar colourful home! you should definitely check it out.

So fun to explore here. definitely lots of walking but i wouldn't have been comfortable driving here. I really enjoyed looking at all the churches and seeing all of the gorgeous views of the caldera! We watched mamma mia at volkan on the rocks and it was SO fun!!! highly recommend.

This was such a fun experience!! we loved it. the water was really calm until the end. it was so fun to see different parts of santorini you couldn't see without going on a boat! wasnt many fish to see snorkeling and we only stopped at 2 spots and you could really only swim in one of them. It was really nice.

It was so fun. Definitely the best place we explored for shopping. I loved all of the different shops that had lots of authentic greek items. We got really amazing olive oil from one place