<p>D1 + D2 traveling from Barcelona to Athens. They are interested in island hopping. Can someone please tell me - ABSOLUTE MUST SEES also does anyone have experience with hostels? I am worried about transportation?</p>
<p>I can’t give you any budget ideas, sorry, but I do have one piece of advice for them. Make sure they plan their flight out of Greece later in the day so that it’s not necessary to get to the airport early in the morning. An early flight will necessitate a stay at a hotel near the airport and those hotels truly rip people off specifically for that reason.</p>
<p>How are you doing? I was hoping the girls would be home this summer to be with you. Hopefully you will visit them in Greece.</p>
<p>Our family had a wonderful trip to Greece a few years ago. The island of Tinos was very special- it has a beautiful religious shrine and many small villages. We found a great apartment through a travel agency on the island-Windmill travel- if it’s still around.
Our family also loved Naphplion on the Peloponesse peninsula (Pardon my spelling) It was beautiful and we took wonderful daytrips on the bus to Corinth, Mycenae and the large theater at Epidaurus.
I got great advice on cheap places to stay from a website run by Matt Barratt (?) he had great suggestions for places to stay and the logistics of travel.</p>
<p>[A</a> Greece Travel Guide: Matt Barrett’s Guide to the Greek Islands, Athens and Mainland Greece](<a href=“http://www.greektravel.com%5DA”>http://www.greektravel.com) is the website associated with Matt Barratt I mentioned above.</p>
<p>The Athens metro runs from the airport to the downtown: Plaka, the new museum, and of course all the ancient sites. I don’t know of any cheap places to stay. You can catch ferries at Pireas to ports of call all over the region. Don’t miss, if island hopping, Santorini for its beauty. The youth of course love Mikanos. My son and his fiance will be in Athens on their way to visit me. I looked into island stuff and it was pretty expensive; so I said to myself, “next time” on their own dime. The whole region will be pretty packed in July and August, especially August. But it is a perfect time to island hop. The seas are tranquil.</p>
<p>I am sure you can use the ferry to go from island to island. In fact, here is some info (that I found quickly, and do not vouch for its accuracy…): [Greece</a> Travel: Greek Island Ferry Schedules](<a href=“http://www.greecetravel.com/ferryboats/]Greece”>Greece Travel: About Greek Island Ferry Boats)</p>
<p>Are you worried about the trip from Barcelona to Greece? or just the Greece part? Greece is fairly modern and should have all common necessities. Probably on par with the Poland/Czech Republic type countries. I didn’t make it to Greece on my European trip, but I feel comfortable saying that. Some of the people I met were going to Greece as part of their trip, or had already been there.</p>
<p>places to see, and some travel info: [You</a> Must Be Trippin’ » Are We There Yet? » Swept Away: The Greek Isles](<a href=“http://www.youmustbetrippin.com/are_we_there_yet/swept_away_the_greek_isles.php]You”>http://www.youmustbetrippin.com/are_we_there_yet/swept_away_the_greek_isles.php)</p>