Greece for free: Travel preparations

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This year, after our usual travel planning and seeing that we had the month of June free, one of the destinations we had thought about over the years came to our mind again and that, we will not lie, more We wanted to meet.
After reviewing that these dates were good, make a first route of the places we wanted to visit and check that everything fit, we decided that the time had come, finally, to say very loudly that ...

Travel to Greece for free: Preparations

... we were going to go Greece for free!

Before beginning to comment in detail Greek preparations for free, we have to say that despite having 32 days, taking into account the incredible history and heritage of the country, in the end we had to eliminate some places on the route, keeping that yes, those that are for us the essential places to see in Greece, in addition to some visits that are very interesting for us and that we did not want to miss on this first trip to Greece.


Greece route for free. Travel preparations

The beginning of this trip to Greece for free it will be in Athens, where we will spend 3 days staying at the Phaedra Hotel, touring some of the essential places to visit in Athens, among which we will not miss the picturesque neighborhoods of Plaka and Monastiraki, in addition to visits to the Acropolis of Athens, the Dionysus Theater, Ancient Agora, the Hadrian's Library, Roman Agora or the incredible Acropolis Museum, among others many, that we will finish every day enjoying incredible sunsets from different points of the city.

Acropolis of Athens in Greece for free

It will be the fourth day of this Greece for free when we pick up our rental car in Greece, which will accompany us during the rest of the trip, including the Greek Islands that we will visit, returning it in Santorini, which will be the place where we will end this trip.

From Athens we will go to Corinth, where we will stay in the Pegasus Rooms, before passing through the incredible Corinth Canal, where how could it be otherwise, we will make a stop to have a good perspective and take us in addition to the memory in our retinas , some in the form of photography.

Corinth Canal

The next day of the trip we will dedicate to know the ancient Corinth, an archaeological zone where the Temple of Apollo and Acrocorinth, the Acropolis of the Ancient Corinth. After these visits, which will take us several hours, we will follow the route to Mycenae, another archaeological site that is considered one of the most important historical sites of Ancient Greece.
After these visits, we will go to Nafplio, one of the most beautiful Greek cities, which has an important port in the Argolic Gulf and where we will stay at Althaia Pension just 4 minutes from the Arvanitia beach.


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The next day our first visit will be Epidaurus, a small city, in the northeast of the Peloponnese peninsula, known for being the location of the impressive Epidaurus Theater which is, like many other places, one of the reasons for this Greece for free.
After the visit, we will go to Nemea, an ancient city of the Peloponnese in which, although it is currently in ruins, is the Temple of Zeus de Nemea, a place that we are sure, will surprise us and like us equally.

Epidaurus Theater

This day of Greece for free will end in Dimitsana, an inner mountain village, which will be the first we visit in the Gortynia area and where we will stay at the Archontiko Deligianni hotel

The route through the Peloponnese will continue in Olympia, one of the places to see in Greece essential and city where the Olympic Games began almost 3,000 years ago and that of course and how could it be otherwise, is a mandatory stop at any trip to continental Greece.
After the visit, on a day we expect to be quite relaxed, we will go to Galaxidi, a typical Greek fishing village, where we will stay tonight at Pension Hirolakas.

Olympia in Greece for free

The next day of the route we will visit the Monastery of Osios Loukas, a World Heritage Site, which highlights the church of San Lucas, an incredible example of Byzantine art in Greece.
Being practically in the center of Greece, our next stop will be at Monte Parnaso, where Arachova is located, a mountain village, where we will make a stop to enjoy everything we have read, it has to offer, in addition to some views Excellent in the area.
The day will end in Delphi, staying at the Hotel Orfeas and where we will visit the impressive Oracle of Delphi, one of the most religiously important places in ancient Greece and that is another of the great reasons to do this Greece for free.

Delphi

The trip will continue through Termopilas on the way to Kalambaka, which will be our base to know Meteora, another of the great reasons for this impressive trip, where we will stay 3 nights at the Hotel Doupiani House, which will give us the incredible experience of enjoying the impressive and monasteries of Meteora, one of the cherries of this trip to Greece for free.

Meteora monasteries

Here we will be two and a half days, being the idea to dedicate one day to visit the Meteora Monasteries by car and another to dedicate it to know several less known points that we have in mind, in addition to doing some of the visits on foot, something for which We have read, it is a unique and unforgettable experience.

Meteora monasteries

After these days in Meteora, we will end the continental Greece route, returning to Athens, this time to Piraeus, where we will stay at the Anemoni Hotel and from where we will take the opportunity to approach Cabo Sounion, where we have been told, unforgettable sunsets are lived.

More practical information to prepare your trip to Greece

- 10 essential places to see in Greece
- The 10 best Greek Islands
- 10 essential places to visit in Athens
- 50 things to do in Athens

Greek Islands route for free. Travel preparations

After this continental Greece route, which will take us to know some of the most incredible places in Greece, we will start the second stage of Greece for free, on this occasion, with a trip to the Greek Islands.
At this point we have to say that of the 32 days of trip to Greece, it will be 2 weeks that we have to enjoy the best Greek Islands. Initially and taking into account the days we had, we value visiting at least 5-6 islands, although after thinking a little more, we decided that at this time, it was preferable to make this stage of the trip somewhat more relaxed and focus only on 4 islands, enjoying them with more tranquility and thus allowing us to relax a bit on the trip.

Trip to the Greek Islands

We are not going to say that it was easy to choose which were the best Greek Islands and the ones that best fit our preferences, although we were clear that Mykonos and Santorini were essential, being the first time we visited this area of ​​the world.
After giving many laps and taking into account how much they helped us on Instagram when we asked for help to opt for one or the other, we ended up deciding that Paros and Naxos would be the other two islands, next to Mykonos and Santorini, which would be part of the trip to the Greek Islands.

As we mentioned initially, at this stage of the trip, we will also have a rental car in Greece, so we can move again with total freedom of schedules and movements, except for ferry transfers between islands, which we reserve all in advance, being This is highly recommended, especially if you are traveling this season, since in many cases there are fewer than we imagine and they are easily used up.

The first stop we will make in the Greek Islands will be in Mykonos, where we will arrive by ferry from Piraeus and where we will spend the first 3 days, staying in Chora, at the Olympia Hotel.
In Mykonos we will mix visits to different villages with rest on different beaches, in addition to continuing to enjoy a gastronomy that we have not yet talked about and that we are sure, will be another reason we have to return to Greece.

Mykonos

The next stop of this Greece for free will be to go by ferry from Mykonos to Naxos, which they say is the largest and also the most fertile of the Cyclades islands, where we will be practically 5 days, during which we will stay at Athina Apartments Naxos Town and from where we will enjoy what we have read is the most authentic Greece, moving away a little from the crowds that usually concentrate on Mykonos and Santorini.

Naxos

After these days, we will take a ferry from Naxos to Paros, another of the most authentic islands of Greece, where we will be 4 days and we will stay at the Hotel Oasis in Parikia and from where we will combine again traditional and authentic villages, perfect to enjoy the relax and gastronomy, with beach days, in which we hope to find those impossible blue waters that we have seen so many times in photos.

Paros

The end of trip to Greece for free It will be none other than taking a ferry from Paros to Santorini, to enjoy what they say is the best known Greek Island, where we will spend 4 days staying at Gaby Apartments, from where we will end up getting lost in addition to the most tourist places, for small towns and trails that we have read, give some of the best perspectives of this incredible island.

Santorini

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