Welcome to Harry's Greece Travel Guide 2012
Hi I'm Harry. I live in Greece and have for over 30 years. While living and traveling in this wonderful country
I uncovered
many practical travel tips which I am happy to share with you that will save you time and money.
See our Greece travel tours and programs.
HOT GREECE TRAVEL TIPS
Everyone has their own idea of what a trip-vacation-holiday-package-tour of Greece should entail so to help you get started, I placed links to some of the most major stuff you should be considering seeing or learning about below and at the top of every page.
Tip One: See Athens on the return leg of your journey to the Greek islands to avoid ferry cancellations due to the annual Meltemi winds.
Arrange to arrive in Athens early in the morning to make your ferry other wise spend the night.
Want to know how to take the metro to get to Piraeus from the "ATH" airport? (Allow 2 hours minimum please!)
Tip Two: That's me 'chillin out' at the Oracle of Delphi where you don't need the Pythoness to tell you that early in the a.m. - which in order to avoid the throngs, for all major Ancient Greek classical sites is your target time - you need a windbreaker even in August.
YOU NEED A WINDBREAKER Greece is windy and don let anybody tell you different.
It can and does get chilly at night even in summer AND especially on islands
where the wind can blow for days at a time and frequently does!
Especially in the spring and summer! Aeolos the Greek wind God gets in your face.
There is a good reason for the The aptly named Tower of Winds at the very end of Aeolos street at the feet of the Parthenon
in Athens Historic district known as the Plaka.
Get out of Athens in a myriad of different ways among which I can recommend the four day tour to Delphi - its a decent value and you can meet people if you want - check out the Delphi Museum snaps I took!
Tip Three: Sensible shoes/sandals and a hat you can fold up and even swim with while so accoutered are among the first things you should pack! See more Greece summer or winter packing tips. For stuff to buy here including clothes and souvenirs click.
Info concerning Greece's top classical sights, 5 Athens walking tours, easy to read Athens walking tour maps, shopping tips and suggestions and a Greece museum guide to the best of the the over 100 museums in Greece. There is also a complete Greek food guide including street and fast food tips! At some point you are going to need a map so click here for over 100 maps to do with Greece.
Greece Off Season? Crete is the answer! Heraklion Prefecture | Hania Prefecture | Lasithi Prefecture | Rethymnon Prefecture | Samaria Gorge | Heraklion Museum | Knossos
In case you are lured away and want to return its easy!There are three ways to reach this page, each more memorable than the last.
http://www.greeceathensaegeaninfo.com | http://www.harrys-greece-travel-guide.com | http://www.harrys-greece.com
