Greece small group trips

May, June and September are the best months: warm, good for walking, and the sea is warm enough to swim from June. July and August are hot and busiest, and the meltemi wind can make crossings rough. The trip runs from May to early October, when the boats and farm visits operate.

Answer for Greek Islands: Athens, Naxos and Santorini

Moderately fit. The longest day is the Santorini caldera walk, about 10 km and three to four hours on path and steps, which you can shorten to about 3 km and ride the rest. The Acropolis is about two hours on uneven marble. Island towns are lanes and steps.

Answer for Greek Islands: Athens, Naxos and Santorini

Rooms are priced for two sharing. A room of your own is from CAD 995 extra, because single rooms on Santorini in summer cost almost as much as doubles. Solo guests are part of the group on every activity and at every group meal, with no difference in the plan.

Answer for Greek Islands: Athens, Naxos and Santorini

The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, the same people from Athens to Santorini. That keeps the ferries and transfers quick, means everyone hears the guide on the Acropolis, and fits the group around one table at lunch.

Answer for Greek Islands: Athens, Naxos and Santorini

Your guide handles it. Strong wind or a strike can delay or cancel a sailing; we watch the forecast, move you to the next ferry, or switch to a flight where one runs, and rearrange the island days so you keep the main visits. Any extra cost of a change we make is ours.

Answer for Greek Islands: Athens, Naxos and Santorini

Canadian and US passport holders do not need a visa for up to 90 days in the Schengen area, which includes Greece. Your passport needs at least three months of validity after you leave. ETIAS, the EU's travel authorisation, has been announced but its start date keeps moving; we tell you at booking whether it applies.

Answer for Greek Islands: Athens, Naxos and Santorini

April to June and September to October. Days are warm and bright, the hillsides are green in spring, and the sites are less crowded than in summer. July and August often pass 35 C and some sites close at midday in heatwaves. From November most sites keep shorter winter hours.

Answer for Greece: Athens, Delphi, Meteora, Olympia and Nafplio

Moderate. Five days have walks of 2 to 4 hours, mostly on old stone paths and steps; the hardest is Mount Zas on day 4, about 6 to 7 km with 500 to 600 m of climb. Every long walk has an easier version where you ride part of the way, and nobody is left behind.

Answer for Greek Islands on Foot: Naxos, Amorgos and Santorini

A room of your own costs CAD 1,505 more than the shared price on the small-group trip. That figure is shown before you request to book, with nothing added later. Solo travellers make up a good part of small groups, and you join the same dinners, walks and ferries as everyone else.

Answer for Greece: the Classical Mainland, Naxos and Santorini

The small group is 7 to 12 guests. One See Sight Tours guide travels with you from Dubrovnik to Athens and handles the borders, ferries and hotels, with local guides joining where a site requires one, such as Gjirokaster.

Answer for Dubrovnik to Athens: Kotor, Albania, Corfu and Meteora