Kos Sunset Cruise

Sailing boat and swimmers silhouetted against the sunset off Kos

A Kos sunset cruise sails in the late afternoon from Kos Town marina, Kardamena or Kefalos port, runs the coast while the light drops, anchors for a swim, and turns back with dinner or cocktails served on deck as the Turkish shore darkens across the strait. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. … Read more

Kos Boat Rental Without License

Small hire boats moored along the berth at Kardamena harbour on Kos

A Kos boat rental without license puts you at the wheel of a small motor boat under thirty horsepower, which Greek rule lets anyone drive after a dockside briefing, for a half day or a full day out of Kos Town, Kefalos, Mastichari or Kardamena. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This … Read more

Santorini Shore Excursion

Cruise ships anchored in the Santorini caldera with the volcano island of Nea Kameni behind, the view from the rim on a shore excursion day

A Santorini shore excursion is the tour booked for the hours between the tender and the all-aboard, and it matters more here than at most ports, because the ship anchors in the caldera and every passenger faces three hundred metres of cliff before the day starts. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. … Read more

Santorini Sunset Cruise

A wooden three-masted tour boat crossing the Santorini caldera below Oia in the evening light, the vessel a Santorini sunset cruise sails on

A Santorini sunset cruise leaves Vlychada marina or Ammoudi in the afternoon, crosses the caldera past the volcano and the coloured cliffs, anchors for a swim at the hot springs, and holds off Oia while the sun drops behind Thirassia. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This guide covers the whole evening: … Read more

Kavala Food Tour

A Greek meze plate of dolmades, feta, tzatziki and taramosalata with olives and peppers, the tasting table on a Kavala food tour

A Kavala food tour walks the lanes of the Panagia old town and the market streets below it, stopping at bakeries, fishmongers and family tavernas for the anchovy, the mussels, the pastries and the tsipouro that the city eats and drinks. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the street … Read more

Things to Do in Kavala

The Kamares aqueduct crossing Kavala with the Panagia old town climbing to the castle above the gulf

Kavala rises in an amphitheatre above its harbour on the Thracian coast, with the Panagia old town climbing a headland to a Byzantine castle, the Kamares aqueduct striding across the neck of it, and Ancient Philippi half an hour inland. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide runs through the city … Read more

Kassandra Halkidiki

Sunset over the sea at Possidi on the west coast of Kassandra Halkidiki, with sunrays breaking through the cloud

Kassandra is the western of the three Halkidiki peninsulas, a fifty-kilometre finger cut from the mainland by the canal at Nea Potidea, holding the stone village of Afytos, the resort strip at Kallithea, the sand spit at Possidi and a coastline of shallow bays an hour and a half from Thessaloniki. Plan the rest of … Read more

Polylimnio Waterfalls

A waterfall dropping into the clear emerald plunge pool of the Polylimnio waterfalls in the Messinian gorge

The Polylimnio waterfalls are a chain of pools and falls in a wooded gorge above the village of Charavgi in Messinia, forty minutes inland from Kalamata, walked on a marked path with wooden ladders and rope handrails between the levels. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the whole gorge: … Read more

Parga to Paxos Boat Trip

Boats anchored in the turquoise water off Antipaxos with a day-cruise vessel at the beach, the swim stop on a Parga to Paxos boat trip

A Parga to Paxos boat trip leaves the quay below the castle in the morning, crosses the open channel to the Ionian island, calls at Gaios or Lakka, rounds the blue caves on the west coast and anchors off Antipaxos for a swim before the run home. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece … Read more