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From Athens to Naxos to Crete...Amazing!

This was our family's first trip to Greece, so didn't know where to even start planning. When i spoke with the initial travel agent, I just told her what our interests were and what we we were hoping to get out of our family vacation. Shortly after that talk, they put together a really personalized itinerary for us that met all of those wants. Our trip was amazing from start to finish! The app they use with the trip itinerary has everything you could possibly need for the whole trip, including emergency numbers, addresses, confirmation numbers, restaurant recommendations, etc.Every detail was taken care of and everyone was reliable with the itinerary we were given, right from our initial pick up in Athens. Our itinerary started in Athens, then to Naxos and then Crete and back to Athens over 2 weeks.We loved the personal tours of the Acropolis and Knossos (on Crete). Both of our tour guides were friendly and really knowledgeable, and could read the room when my tween started looking like it was time to move on :).The personal island/village tour on Naxos might have been our favorite of the excursions, and loved our tour guide, who was like our own sweet little Greek Grandmother. She actually stayed with us for whole time. I thought maybe she would just take us to the places to eat, but when she sat down to enjoy the meal and the morning snacks with us, it made the experience even better. She had so much insight to share and it was nice getting to know her. I don't think the distillery was a highlight of the tour, but it was short, so that was fine. The first two villages were our favorite. Our boat tour on Naxos had to be altered a bit due to high winds, but the crew was great and it didn't feel like we missed out on anything. It was really nice to have other people on that tour with us, from all over the world. Even though we had the only kids on the boat, nobody seemed to be bothered by that. The captain even made a batch of homemade Moussaka for our lunch.We were so appreciative of your team contacting us during our trip to adjust our scheduled beach day on Crete. They recognized that it would be too long of a drive to really have a relaxing day, and changed it 2 days before to Matala Beach, which we absolutely loved, and fulfilled my daugher's want to cliff jump on our trip. It was a testament to how your team pays attention and personalizes each experience. On one of our free days on Crete (Heraklion), we took a taxi to Aparadise Beach Bar on Karteros Beach, and that may have been one of our favorite beach days, so would be a great suggestion to share with people. It was easy to get to from Heraklion and the water was amazing. huge waves, super warm, clean, and my son loves airplanes, so the jets landing at the airport all day just overhead was a bonus for him. We got there early enough to get beach loungers/umbrellas and it was just over 20 Euro for the whole day for 4 of us. My biggest beach tip for a summer trip, is make sure to bring water shoes or cheap flip flops, as the sand at every beach was SCORCHING hot. it was actually comical to watch people plan their route to the water from their own chairs by stopping in other people's umbrella shadows...lol! The accommodations were all spot on. I think our family favorite was Liana on Naxos though. it was so nice to be able to just walk to a bunch of different restaurants and the beach immediately across the street was great. And it was only a 15-20min taxi ride if you wanted to get to the main "city" area. I feel like i could go on and on but i would rate our experience a 5 star trip from beginning to end, and will definitely use Greeking.me when we go back...which we for sure will after this trip.

Date of experience: Aug 04, 2024