Budget for 10 days in Greece: the three official levers
No invented daily average. Three published figures — island VAT, the accommodation levy, flight compensation — and the method to build your own budget.
Best time to visit Greece: the official crowd calendar
The Greek state has priced every month, and that scale shows where the crowds are. May or September — and the hour that beats the month.
Greek ferries: book the right boat, not the fastest one
In Greece you are not booking a boat, you are booking a risk: the fast catamaran stops sailing one notch of wind before the conventional ferry does.
Where to stay in Santorini: pick the village on the network
Santorini has one bus hub, and it is Fira. A village’s real cost is counted in changes, not euros per night. The full calculation, village by village.
Cyclades 7-day itinerary: the subtraction nobody does
Seven nights are not seven island days. The full calculation, and the one leg to move to win back half a day without changing anything else.
Which Cyclades island to choose: the boat decides
Paros and Naxos: twelve crossings a day. Folegandros: small boats the wind stops first. How to choose on the one criterion you can check.