Greece

ABOVE: Argykastron Square
in the Old Town of Rhodes, Greece.
Our travel
partners for Greece:
HotelsGreece.com - Discount rates for 3-, 4-, and 5-star hotels, with
reader ratings and reviews.
Viator: Greece - Book
city tours and regional excursions before you leave home.
General Travel Information
European National Tourist
Offices: Greece
europeforvisitors.com
Order printed literature or get answers to questions by using the addresses
and other contact information in my European
National Tourist Offices directory.
Greek National Tourism Organization
See the English-language Travel Guide for country information, accommodations,
and other tourist information.
SuperbGreece.com
This site from the publishers of CreteTravel.com (see below) has
articles with travel tips about various parts of Greece, including Athens
and Santorini.
Articles
Monemvasia (Monemvassia)
europeforvisitors.com
Walk across the causeway from the mainland, enter a tunnel in a rock that
resembles Gibraltar, and emerge into an impeccably restored walled town that
withstood a Turkish seige for 100 years. Also see my 48
Monemvasia pictures
with captions.
Athens
Athens Survival Guide
Mike Barrett's comprehensive guide tells what to see and do in Athens, a city
that "just looks like hell at first glance." (The site also has
links to Barrett's other travel guides for Greece.)
Greek Islands
Corfu On Line
This site has accommodations and other commercial listings.
CreteTravel.com
This highly readable and easy-to-use site has information on things to see,
flight and ferry connections, hiking, accommodations, what you need to know
about driving in Crete, and more.
ExploreCrete.com
Yannis and his multinational staff supply information on sightseeing, beaches,
restaurants, taverns, archaeology, and other topics. The trilingual site also
has a message board.
Greece With Kids
Teresa Plowright of Travel With
Kids has visited Corfu with her children; so can you. (Her article
includes photos of Corfu.)
Travel in Greece
Search for hotel listings or, better yet, scroll down for "virtual
tours" of popular Greek islands.
Maps
SpyMaps: Greece
europeforvisitors.com
View a quick-downloading CIA map of the country, then use the related links to
see other maps and geographical information..
Sailing/Yachting
SailingIssues
Diederik Willemsen offers a useful guide to marine navigation and sailing
holidays in Greek waters.
Also see the Greek listings on my
Yacht
Charters page.
Spas
Spa Resorts in Greece
A page from the extensive European resort and destination listings at Julie
Register's Spas.
Transportation
Hellenic Railways
The official Greek railway's site is at www.ose.gr, but the site is
so unreliable that I haven't included a hot link. See the GNTO's
Railway Network
page for information on train travel in Greece.
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