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    Greece - Honeymoon

    hey sarah! Enjoyed your trip? Glad my info helps....heh heh....
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    I went in April and it feels like "four seasons" in a day. Cold in the morning, warm in the afternoon and cooling in the nite. Lots of sun. So pack accordingly.
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    hi cloudie, sent you the travel package. anyway... nov is not really the best of times. winter's approaching and you can't do much. besides the sea would be choppy and not suitable to island hop and as the rest of the forummers mentioned, not much hotels to chose from. so.....chose elsewhere or...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi all, i have sent the quotes to everyone. Hope you received it. sorry ah....super late to send you all. Hi Sarah, Oia is the far end of the island and buses do go there every half hourly. however the bus ride is a short one (10 min max) so it is not as far as u think it would be. even for...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    On the topic of ferries, eh....berth is like a parking lot for the ships at the harbour. All vessels leaving for the cyclades are the berth E6,7,8,9 as far as i can remember. The berths are situated very close to the metro station (Piraeus). Then comes the question of chosing the type of...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi Kong, serene and meow, I have sent the greece travel pack(Athens & santorini) to you guys. All the accomodation rates and tour costs are by Dolphine Hellas. Ferry tickets can be booked through them. Very patient and helpful. Enjoy! I just came back last week and it was fabulous...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    hi kenneth, June and July is their greece peak period or rather the entire europe is their peak period. For greece which is immensely popular with the americans, it is best that u book ahead otherwise u will end up staying in some weird places. As for ferry, there are options to purhcase...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    hi Nuaster! I'm booking thru Dolphin Hellas too! My reservations are on the way. Hopefully everything is settled. Supposed to go in March and in the end postphoned to April. Going next week. i'm staying in hotel attalos in athens. maybe when i come back i'll let u know abt the ferry.
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi Wendy, In Athens, i'm choosing to say in Attalos which is near the monastriki metro. its a 2 star accomodation lah. but in santorini, i;m staying in Fira. as recommended by forummers, its more centralised and convenient.i chose Porto Fira Suites with a caldera view. And i'm not going...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi Wendy, Sent u the email. Anyway i still hv not travel yet. going in April, remember? If i'm not wrong, qatar airlines are pretty good and their services are not bad.
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    hi Wendy, i got the rates from Greece local travel agency called Dolphine Hellas. it shows the rates from April thru to Oct 2007. Rates as in accomodation rates in athens and santorini. i also have their tour packages ranging from half day tours to their 7 days tour package costs which you...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Me taking qatar airlines. i done some research, KLM also goes to athens too with stopover at amsterdam. As far as i'm concern, total travelling time to Athen including stopover @ Doha is 10 hours. so a direct flight will take a shorter time. All travel agencies has greece package. Just go...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    hi pinky, They did not quote me ONe px. They gave me rates on accomodation and tours and ferry tickets. So that means i have to choose my preferred accomodation and tours b4 proceeding. rates difer between seasons. So u need to check with them on the actual price. Winter season will normally...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Different staff, different method, i guess...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi KXBc, I mentioned earlier that agean guy quoted me ONE price. When i asked for breakdown costs, he didn't do that. Which prompted me to do my own research on the individual costs, which leads to conclusion that their prices are steep and maybe out to earn a quick bucks fm tourists. Maybe...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi KXBC, Ha ha ha Thanks! Latest news! My tour is cancelled. Going Free and easy instead! looks like i'm destined to do free and easy... Thanks for the contacts. But i think i will stick to Dolphine Hellas Agency as the staff was friendly and helpful. Fees are transparent so that i can...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    ok....i checked....its REALLY far.....wah ha ha ha i missed that area totally....ok i really do need the transfer....but strange leh...when i ask Agean if i needed a transfer from port to my hotel....he never reply on my question. instead when he quoted me the package, he just left out the...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi KXBC, Isn;t there a cable car going up to the top from the port? I've read the guide books that there are also donkeys going up as well... ha ha ... Did you see that when u were there?
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    Hi KXBC, I'm like to do free and easy in europe too and have done that for last 5 years. but for country like greece, i had my doubts. so maybe i thought just relax a bit loh. anyway i paid deposit already. However the tour is not confirmed yet. if it does not work out, we'll do a F & E...
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    Greece - Honeymoon

    hi tingsly, my departure date is on the 10th march. but the tour is not confirmed yet. we are going to santorini too. but the island trip is done by ourselves. the athens 10day tour is done by chan brothers....

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