Seven days is enough for Athens plus two islands if the ferry connections cooperate — which mostly means picking Santorini and Mykonos, the two islands with the most frequent direct service between each other, rather than a more ambitious route that sounds good on paper but leaves you waiting on infrequent boats. The route: Athens...Read More

Greece’s seasonal calendar isn’t just about weather — it’s about whether the ferries you’re planning to depend on are actually running at full schedule, and how rough the crossing might be if they are. Get the timing right and island-hopping is effortless; get it wrong and you’re either fighting Meltemi winds or discovering your route...Read More

Like Italy and France, Greece runs on the Schengen Area’s shared entry rules rather than its own separate tourist-visa system — the full mechanics are covered in our Schengen Visa Guide. This page is the short version, applied to a Greece trip specifically. The short answer Passport holders from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and...Read More

Last verified: July 2026. Greece holds a Level 1 “Exercise Normal Precautions” rating from the US State Department, and the lived experience mostly matches the rating: violent crime against tourists is genuinely rare, both in Athens and on the islands. As of an October 2025 update, the advisory specifically flags petty crime in busy tourist...Read More

Greece has a planning trap unique among Mediterranean destinations: the islands you want to combine into one trip don’t all run on the same operating calendar. Ferries between the Cyclades — Santorini, Mykonos, and the rest — run frequently from roughly June through September and taper off sharply outside that window, with some routes not...Read More