Day 1 · Paros
Arrive on Paros
You are met at the airport or port and taken to your hotel. The afternoon is free to walk the lanes of town and find a taverna, or an ouzo at a beach bar.
15 days · 14 nights
Three islands, two weeks, and enough time on each to settle into island life.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesA slow crossing of the Cyclades with long stays rather than quick stops. Five nights on Paros and five on Naxos leave room for villages, beaches and evenings by the harbour, and four nights on Santorini end the trip among the caldera villages. Ferries and transfers between the islands are arranged, and every day is yours to shape.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
+1 day beforeMykonos first
Paros
Day 1 · Paros
You are met at the airport or port and taken to your hotel. The afternoon is free to walk the lanes of town and find a taverna, or an ouzo at a beach bar.
Day 2 · Paros
Take a walk through Parikia, also called Paros town, and visit the Panagia Ekatontapiliani, the church of a hundred doors, a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine building.
Day 3 · Paros
Explore Marpissa and Prodromos, built as fortified villages whose houses were joined by inner doors as an escape from pirates, and stop at a family dairy near Marpissa making yoghurt and local cheeses. Finish in Lefkes, high in the hills, with its lanes, old houses and views across the island.
Day 4 · Paros
A slow day of rest, then an evening at the old Venetian port of Naoussa, with its galleries, tavernas and bars. Grilled octopus and a glass of wine under a tree by the water makes a good start.
Day 5 · Paros
A full free day. If you have not yet been, spend it at Golden Beach or among the sculpted rocks of Kolymbithres.
Naxos
Day 6 · Naxos
Transfer to the port for the short ferry to Naxos, where you are met and taken to your hotel. In the evening, wander up through Chora to the Venetian castle above the whitewashed houses.
Day 7 · Naxos
Head into the hills to Chalki, the old capital, then to Apeiranthos, the oldest village on the island, with its marble lanes, stone houses and Venetian towers. On the way back, stop at Melanes to see a great unfinished statue of a youth from the 6th century BC.
Day 8 · Naxos
Visit Filoti, where around 150 family dairies make cheeses from the milk of free-grazing goats, and try the island's gruyere with its famous potatoes in a village tavern. Finish with a glass of the local citron liqueur.
Day 9 · Naxos
A free day, then an evening in Chora, where the bars line the waterfront and hide in the cobbled lanes, from quiet tavernas to cocktail bars.
Day 10 · Naxos
A full free day for the beaches: Plaka, Mikri Vigla or Agios Georgios close to town.
Santorini
Day 11 · Santorini
Transfer to the port for the ferry to Santorini, where you are met and taken to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to begin exploring.
Day 12 · Santorini
Walk the clifftop lanes, visit the ancient site of Akrotiri, and taste volcanic wines at a traditional winery. Later in the afternoon, head to Oia for the sunset.
Day 13 · Santorini
A free day to rest, or to see the red and black volcanic beaches, the moonlike cliffs at Vlychada and the crater on Nea Kameni.
Day 14 · Santorini
A last full day on the island to spend as you like.
Day 15 · Santorini
A final breakfast, then a transfer to the airport or port for your flight or ferry.
+1 day afterMore time on Santorini
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Paros · 5 nights
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Naxos · 5 nights
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Santorini · 4 nights
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Add a few days before or after. Your advisor quotes them with the journey.
Before the journey · +1 day
Begin with a stay on Mykonos before the ferry to Paros, at the same hotel level as the journey.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on at the end for extra nights on Santorini before you fly or sail on.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Greece
9 days · 8 nights
Mykonos → Sifnos → Paros → Mykonos
Begin and end on Mykonos, with three quiet nights on Sifnos and two on Paros in between. Fast boats and transfers are arranged for you, and almost every day is yours to fill with beaches, village walks and island cooking.
Greece
10 days · 9 nights
Athens → Milos → Kalamata → Corfu → Kotor → Dubrovnik → Venice
You spend two nights in Athens with a choice of the Acropolis, the Plaka or the Peloponnese before boarding at Piraeus. The ship calls at volcanic Milos, Kalamata and Corfu, then sails up the Adriatic to Kotor in Montenegro and Dubrovnik. After a day at sea you arrive in Venice.
Greece
5 days · 4 nights
Athens → Olympia → Delphi → Athens
A five-day round trip that begins and ends in Athens. Arrive in time for an afternoon at Cape Sounion, cross the Peloponnese to Olympia, continue to Delphi, and finish with a guided morning on the Acropolis before your flight.
A slow crossing of the Cyclades with long stays rather than quick stops. Five nights on Paros and five on Naxos leave room for villages, beaches and evenings by the harbour, and four nights on Santorini end the trip among the caldera villages. Ferries and transfers between the islands are arranged, and every day is yours to shape.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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