Greece

i'm going to mykonos soon

I'm going in September; week near Athens followed by ten days of unspecified island hopping. Would be interested to hear recommendations too,

Thanks! I'm going to be in Athens on business for the best part of a week in September but was considering going further afield on holiday in mid October, or so.

The island recommendations I was given when planning my out-of-season trip were Andros, Syros, Paros and Naxos. Crete obviously also an option if you're happy to fly or take a longer boat journey.

actually i'm only going to mykonos for a night. after i'm taking a ferry to koufonisia -

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Ano+Koufonisi,+Greece/@36.9258513,25.6449636,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x1498032e94d5e33f:0x3752aa34a3dc7f7a

never been to greece before but after seeing the two faces of january i'm looking forward to a little whiskey and intrigue

bye bye..

Ζήτω η Ελλάς!

Antetokounmpo often stayed at the gym practicing until near midnight, sleeping there on an exercise mat in the weight room for fear of heading home in the darkness. Fascists and neo-Nazis affiliated with the Golden Dawn political party roamed the neighborhood menacing immigrants

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sports/giannis-antetokounmpo-greece.html

Article title is : Giannis Antetokounmpo is the Pride of a Greece that Shunned Him

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/23/athens-wildfires-people-fleeing-homes-still-tourists-fly-in

Damn, but also why would anyone travel in July

British ppl

The quick answer (in our case) is that it was the only time the whole lot of us were free. We were mostly on Naxos, though, which was a lot cooler than the mainland (though still hot), and while we left just as the big heatwave arrived, there were still fires on our island, with smoke and helicopters dropping water and whatnot; it's a pretty arid climate in the best of circumstances. Athens was super hot even the week before, though, and just as hot when we left. The Acropolis (which shut down due to the heat and crowds a few days after we visited) doesn't have much in the way of shade, which makes it pretty uncomfortable for those without a hat and water bottle.

I swear to god I saw someone at the top wearing a sweater, though, which was pretty weird. You can see them at the fore here:
https://i.imgur.com/JIyO8Vk.jpg

Kids are off school from right about now so there will have been a big surge over the last couple of days.