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Choose up to three islands or regions and how many days you have. You get a day-by-day plan from the places in our guide — a sight, a beach and a taverna each day, kept to one part of the island — with honest transfer days between destinations. We tell you how to travel between them; for times, always check the ferry operator.

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Islands
Mainland
314

12 days

Your route

  1. Tsambika BeachΑRhodes3 days
  2. Ferry within the same island group — often direct in season, but check the operator's current timetable before you book the next hotel.
    KarpathosΒKarpathos4 days
  3. No sensible direct link: this usually means a flight or ferry back through Athens. Treat it as a full travel day.
    Balos BeachΓCrete5 days

  1. Tsambika BeachDay 1 · Rhodes

    Arrival

  2. Tsambika BeachDay 2 · Rhodes

    Explore

  3. Tsambika BeachDay 3 · Rhodes

    Explore

  4. KarpathosDay 4 · Karpathos

    Transfer day
    • MorningTravel to Karpathos. Ferry within the same island group — often direct in season, but check the operator's current timetable before you book the next hotel.
    • AfternoonAgios Minas · North Karpathos
    • EveningO Milos · Olympos≈ 6 km in a straight line

  5. KarpathosDay 5 · Karpathos

    Explore
    • MorningVrougounda · Olympos
    • AfternoonVananda · Diafani≈ 5.1 km in a straight line
    • EveningCorali · Diafani≈ 1.8 km in a straight line

  6. KarpathosDay 6 · Karpathos

    Explore
    • MorningMesochori · Mesochori
    • AfternoonAgia Irini · Mesochori≈ 3.9 km in a straight line
    • EveningTaverna Apella · Apella≈ 7.2 km in a straight line

  7. KarpathosDay 7 · Karpathos

    Explore
    • MorningAvlona · Olympos
    • AfternoonForokli · North Karpathos≈ 7.1 km in a straight line
    • EveningSophia's Taverna · Kyra Panagia≈ 14.2 km in a straight line

  8. Balos BeachDay 8 · Crete

    Transfer day
    • MorningTravel to Crete. No sensible direct link: this usually means a flight or ferry back through Athens. Treat it as a full travel day.
    • EveningCanale Restaurant Chania · Chania · 4.9★≈ 51.2 km in a straight line

  9. Balos BeachDay 9 · Crete

    Explore
    • MorningKnossos Palace · Knossos · 4.3★
    • AfternoonArena beach · Gouves · 4.4★≈ 7.7 km in a straight line
    • Evening7 Thalasses · Nea Alikarnassos · 4.7★≈ 7.4 km in a straight line

  10. Balos BeachDay 10 · Crete

    Explore

  11. Balos BeachDay 11 · Crete

    Explore

  12. Balos BeachDay 12 · Crete

    Departure
    • MorningBalos Beach · Crete · 4.7★
    • AfternoonDeparture. Leave a generous margin for the ferry or flight — island roads and ports get busy in season.
Rhodes

Ρόδος

Rhodes

Destination guide →Ferries & timetables →Beaches →

Worth booking in Rhodes

Lindos by boatDown the east coast by sea to Lindos and its hilltop acropolis, with swim stops — and no parking problem at the other end.Symi day tripThe neoclassical harbour of Symi, usually with a stop at the Panormitis monastery.Rhodes Old Town on footThe walled medieval town of the Knights of St John, UNESCO-listed — much better understood with someone explaining it.

Where to stay in Rhodes

Live prices and availability on a map centred on this exact spot — hotels, studios and villas — so you can judge the distance to the beach, the port or the village from here rather than guess from an address.

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Rhodes pairs a walled medieval town built by the Knights of St John with Lindos, a sheltered sandy east coast and a wild, windy west. Big, easy to reach and good in the shoulder seasons, it rewards travellers who rent a car.

Karpathos

Κάρπαθος

Karpathos

Destination guide →Ferries & timetables →Beaches →

Worth booking in Karpathos

Olympos on its ridgeA village at 600 metres where older women still wear the village dress every day rather than for visitors, and the dialect keeps forms lost elsewhere.Apella and the north by boatApella is a bowl of pine and white rock reached by hairpins and steps; the boat to Diafani is the easy way to the north of the island.Wind at AfiartisThe southern plain funnels a reliable summer meltemi and has had windsurfing schools and international competitions for decades.

Where to stay in Karpathos

Live prices and availability on a map centred on this exact spot — hotels, studios and villas — so you can judge the distance to the beach, the port or the village from here rather than guess from an address.

Bookings made through this map earn us a commission. Your price is unaffected.

Karpathos is the second largest of the Dodecanese and one of the least changed: a long rocky island with a mountain spine, beaches that take real effort to reach, world-class wind at the southern tip, and a northern village that kept its own dress and dialect.

Crete

Κρήτη

Crete

Destination guide →Ferries & timetables →Beaches →

Worth booking in Crete

Balos lagoon & GramvousaThe boat from Kissamos avoids the long dirt road to Balos and adds the Venetian fortress on Gramvousa.Samaria Gorge hikeA long, all-day downhill walk to the Libyan Sea, open only in the warm season. Organised trips solve the logistics at both ends, including the boat out.Knossos, skip the lineThe Minoan palace outside Heraklion is busiest mid-morning; a guide makes sense of the partial reconstructions.

Where to stay in Crete

Live prices and availability on a map centred on this exact spot — hotels, studios and villas — so you can judge the distance to the beach, the port or the village from here rather than guess from an address.

Bookings made through this map earn us a commission. Your price is unaffected.

Greece’s largest island is almost a country of its own: Minoan palaces at Knossos and Phaistos, Venetian harbours in Chania and Rethymno, gorges in the White Mountains and lagoon beaches like Balos and Elafonisi. Plan for distance, and for more than a week.

Before you go

Flights to GreeceCompare fares into Athens and straight into the island airports — Santorini, Mykonos, Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, Zakynthos, Kefalonia. Flying direct to the island often beats Athens plus a ferry.Search flights →Data & eSIMGreece is in the EU, so EU roaming applies and most European visitors need nothing extra. Worth it if you are arriving from outside the EU, or want a data bundle for maps and ferry apps.Get an eSIM →Travel insuranceMedical cover and trip protection bought before you leave. The European health card covers public-hospital care, not repatriation, a private clinic on a small island or a cancelled holiday.Get a quote →Tours, tickets & day tripsGuided tours of the ancient sites, skip-the-line entries and day trips — Delphi, Meteora, Mycenae, Knossos — booked ahead, free cancellation on most.Browse experiences →

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The My network

Where the journey goes next

Thassos first — then the neighbours of a Balkan road trip and the coasts across the water. Same format, the same honesty about the money, written place by place.

Turquoise water and a long sandy beach below green hills on ThassosThassos.onlineOur sister site · North AegeanThassos has a guide of its ownThe green, marble-edged island of the north Aegean, a short ferry crossing from Keramoti or Kavala and one of the Greek islands Romanian travellers know best. Beaches, mountain villages, tavernas and where to stay — covered in depth on thassos.online.Open the Thassos guide · thassos.online →
MyBulgaria.onlineBulgariaThe country most Romanian drivers cross on the way down — and worth a stop: the Black Sea coast, Sofia, Plovdiv's old town, the Rila and Pirin mountains.Open the guide →MyAlbania.onlineAlbaniaThe coast facing Corfu: the Albanian Riviera, Ksamil, Butrint and Gjirokastër — a boat trip from Corfu or a road trip of its own.Open the guide →