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Practical guides and checked advice to plan a trip to Greece: the Cyclades islands, ferries, itineraries, budget and seasons.

Athens Airport to Piraeus: Metro, Bus, Taxi or Transfer?
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Athens Airport to Piraeus: Metro, Bus, Taxi or Transfer?

Athens airport to the centre and Piraeus port: metro €9, X96 bus €5.50, taxi €50, pre-booked transfer from €62. Prices checked on 6 Oct 2026, plus the traps.

Car Rental in Greece: Prices, Deposit and Ferries
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Car Rental in Greece: Prices, Deposit and Ferries

Renting a car in Greece as of 6 October 2026: €23 to €47 a day, licence, deposit, ferries only with permission, tolls and the traps to check before paying.

Santorini Excursions: What to Book and What It Costs
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Santorini Excursions: What to Book and What It Costs

Santorini excursions as of 6 October 2026: catamaran from $62, Akrotiri €20, the Fira–Oia hike is free, sunset 6:55 pm. What to book ahead and what to skip.

Peloponnese road trip: the one-week itinerary
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Peloponnese road trip: the one-week itinerary

Seven days behind the wheel, day by day, and the toll calculation that decides the shape of the trip — official 2026 scale in hand.

Budget for 10 days in Greece: the three official levers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.