Greek islands

laurey

I'm looking to travel to a Greek island in September. I'm looking for as good a deal as I can get. I've never been to Greece before. I want to book for about 4 nights but all the deals I look up are for a week. Also considering I'm going for only a short time, I would prefer a short flight time rather than an island 7 hours flight away. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I should go about searching? Any sites in particular?

ted1

laurey wrote: »

I'm looking to travel to a Greek island in September. I'm looking for as good a deal as I can get. I've never been to Greece before. I want to book for about 4 nights but all the deals I look up are for a week. Also considering I'm going for only a short time, I would prefer a short flight time rather than an island 7 hours flight away. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I should go about searching? Any sites in particular?

Are you planning on island hopping ?
Cheapest way: https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/one-country-pass/greece-passes/greek-islands

pjproby

Corfu and Zante are the closest islands and you can fly direct from Dublin. You could also fly to Athens and go to one of the islands nearby.

laurey

Thanks for the replies so far. I should add that I'm going away with my other half so looking for a romantic island. Would like it to have nice restaurants and a beach and quiet beautiful spots. Would like beautiful scenery and little places to swim that aren't overcrowded. Also not looking for a party island with wild parties and not into night clubs... is corfu a quiet island or a party island?
thanks a lot

NSAman

Naxos... fly to Athens and fly to Naxos or take the boat (6hours)

Quiet, warm in September. Day trips to Mykonos, Santorini, Paros.

Avoid the harbor, plenty of good places to eat away from the tourist trap. Accommodation is cheap and decent quality.

Clonmel1000

If you are going for 4 nights only your probably going to end up going to Crete if you want to fly direct from Dublin. Most of the limited islands available from Dublin are one a week flights. Corfu maybe another option actually think Aer lingus go twice a week in the summer. Naxos is superb so is Zante they all are in fairness.

guaps

Hydra

Sono

4 days not enough for what you want OP, any chance of pushing it out to a week to make it more worthwhile going to these lovely islands?

elperello

guaps wrote: »

Hydra

That's where I'd go too but not for a four night trip.
My advice to the OP is to go somewhere with a direct flight for this four night trip and put Hydra on your bucket list. Tie it in with a nice relaxed island hop when you have the time to enjoy it.

Yamanoto

Greece is too far away for 4 days.

France, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Portugal.

NSAman

Yamanoto wrote: »

Greece is too far away for 4 days.

France, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Portugal.

It’s a four our flight! Sheezzz...

The islands may be longer but Greece is not that far for a weekend/4 days.

Honestly, a break in Greece is great, the islands need a week. There are great areas not on the islands though that have great beaches and nightlife, the food sucks (as does the graffiti) but greece is not too far.

Take in a good demonstration too, nothing like the feeling of tear gas in syntagma square ..:)

NSAman

NSAman wrote: »

It’s a four our flight! Sheezzz...

The islands may be longer but Greece is not that far for a weekend/4 days.

Honestly, a break in Greece is great, the islands need a week. There are great areas not on the islands though that have great beaches and nightlife, the food sucks (as does the graffiti) but greece is not too far.

Take in a good demonstration too, nothing like the feeling of tear gas in syntagma square ..:)

there are limited flight options from Ireland to/from Greece which makes it all more awkward compared to better-served places where you can fly into one place and back from another instead of having to look back which is more time-consuming.

Antiparos is a lovely place if you get to make it out there.

NSAman

glasso wrote: »

there are limited flight options from Ireland to/from Greece which makes it all more awkward compared to better-served places where you can fly into one place and back from another instead of having to look back which is more time-consuming.

Antiparos is a lovely place if you get to make it out there.

Disagree, the direct flight being 4-4.5 hours but through Paris, Frankfurt, Munich (god forbid Heathrow) there are plenty of options. Aer Lingus (is it three flights?) Aegean ?? Direct ... go to Greece twice a year now, used to be four of five times a year..a little bit longer for me now living in the US... still a place to get sun do some work and meet friends,,,,, haven’t been to the islands in two years but this year will spend a few days on Naxos, Paros, not anti-Paros.

laurey

Thanks a lot to everyone for your tips and advice. I was researching last night and found flights to chania.. is this ye Greek islands? Sorry I've no idea. Would I get a nice beach in chania and nice food? Thanks
Also I saw affordable flights in late October. Would I still have a good chance of nice weather to swim in sea?

NSAman

NSAman wrote: »

Disagree, the direct flight being 4-4.5 hours but through Paris, Frankfurt, Munich (god forbid Heathrow) there are plenty of options. Aer Lingus (is it three flights?) Aegean ?? Direct ... go to Greece twice a year now, used to be four of five times a year..a little bit longer for me now living in the US... still a place to get sun do some work and meet friends,,,,, haven’t been to the islands in two years but this year will spend a few days on Naxos, Paros, not anti-Paros.

that's why it's cool :pac::pac:

corkboy38

laurey wrote: »

Thanks a lot to everyone for your tips and advice. I was researching last night and found flights to chania.. is this ye Greek islands? Sorry I've no idea. Would I get a nice beach in chania and nice food? Thanks
Also I saw affordable flights in late October. Would I still have a good chance of nice weather to swim in sea?

Chania is on the island of crete. Plenty of beautiful resorts on that island, herssonissis, stalis, sissi etc

laurey

corkboy38 wrote: »

Chania is on the island of crete. Plenty of beautiful resorts on that island, herssonissis, stalis, sissi etc

Thanks cork boy. Any advice of a good resort for a couple without too many parties etc? Close to beach etc

corkboy38

laurey wrote: »

Thanks cork boy. Any advice of a good resort for a couple without too many parties etc? Close to beach etc

If it's a relaxing holiday with good weather and nice scenery then Sissi is up there. There are no nightclubs or strip etc so the average age is 30+

IAMAMORON

Fly to Athens and get a taxi or a bus to Piraheus. You can get a boat from there to any of the islands. In fact you can a boat from Piraheus to pretty much anywhere.:)

The partying will have calmed down slightly by September. It is mostly Late July, August ( totally nuts and great craic if your into it) and a bit of the start of September.

Up to you but don't ignore the mainland either. Athens is really cool city with loads to do. Also Thessalonika and surrounds is divine.

Do eat their local foods, Really good for you.

Enjoy yourself.

laurey

corkboy38 wrote: »

If it's a relaxing holiday with good weather and nice scenery then Sissi is up there. There are no nightclubs or strip etc so the average age is 30+

Sissi does look amazing! THe only thing is that it's a 2.5 hour drive from the airport. I Kind of need somewhere close enough to chania airport that I can get a cheap taxi or shuttle.. Does anyone know of any areas in chania town that wud be close to nice scenery/beaches etc. I wanna experience the beauty of the Greek island

dermiek

try www.cassidytravel.ie.
you can pick any number of days.
in the to section, try Crete, then Heraklion region, then Gouves. its aout 30-40 mins from airport, its nice and relaxed with a good bus service around the island.

Spinalonga is a nice day trip, as are the old ruins in Heraklion.

Hope this helps.

corkboy38

laurey wrote: »

Sissi does look amazing! THe only thing is that it's a 2.5 hour drive from the airport. I Kind of need somewhere close enough to chania airport that I can get a cheap taxi or shuttle.. Does anyone know of any areas in chania town that wud be close to nice scenery/beaches etc. I wanna experience the beauty of the Greek island

Heraklion airport is the main airport in Crete and is 30 minute drive away.

Sono

I’ve said it already but do not go to Greece for 4 days, it’s too short.

josip

If you want a quiet island, fly to athens and take a ferry to Naxos.
You can't do the islands by flying, it's like drinking Guinness with blackcurrant.
And give yourself at least 6 days as others have already said.

The Nal

So, 2 week in May. Looking to fly into Santorini and home from Athens. A few islands in this neck of the woods. Santorini, Nexos, Paros etc.

Anyone been to islands off the beaten path?