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Greece for two · Κύμα

The right island, not just the famous one.

Honeymoons and trips for two, across the islands and the mainland most visitors skip

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Santorini Photo: User_Pascal on Unsplash

01Introduction

We plan Greek honeymoons and trips for couples, matching you to the island that suits you rather than the one on every list, then adding the mainland most visitors skip.

Stone villages, Byzantine hill towns, theatres where you can hear a whisper from the back row, and the right beach for the day’s wind.

The six island groupsThe mainland

02Island groupsΝησιά

Six ways to the sea

Each group has its own light, food and wind. Hover or tap to open one.

Photos: Oia, Santorini, Michelle Woodson Howell on Unsplash; Symi, Marlies ten Have on Unsplash; Myrtos, Kefalonia, Eleanor Brooke on Unsplash; Skopelos town, Nikola Radojcic on Unsplash; Chania harbour, Crete, Frederik Holmgren on Unsplash; Hydra, Mauricio Muñoz on Unsplash.

Blue doors and bougainvillea over a café terrace
FolegandrosPhoto: Despina Galani on Unsplash

03Which island are you?

Five short questions. Three islands, each with a reason.

Evenings, days, food, budget and how far you will travel. It takes a minute, runs in your browser, and asks for no email address.

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The Greece most visitors skip

Most trips go from the airport straight to the port. Give the mainland three or four days and you get mountain villages, sanctuaries and fortress towns, often with no one else around.

04Meltemi wind guideΜελτέμι

July and August belong to the north wind. Plan your beaches and ferries around it.

The meltemi cools the islands, but it churns up north-facing beaches and cancels small ferries. The Cyclades take it hardest; the Ionian, in the west, is outside its reach.

Strong meltemi days, Aegean (indicative)
Meltemi
When it blows hardest
Jul–Aug
Island groups rated for exposure
6
The group outside its reach
Ionian
Where to go when it blows

05Timeline of sitesΧρονολόγιο

From Minoan palaces to Byzantine monasteries: seven eras, each linked to the places you can still walk through.

  1. 01 Minoan c. 3000–1100 BC
  2. 02 Mycenaean c. 1600–1100 BC
  3. 03 Archaic c. 800–480 BC
  4. 04 Classical 480–323 BC
  5. 05 Hellenistic 323–31 BC
  6. 06 Roman 146 BC – AD 330
  7. 07 Byzantine AD 330–1453

06For two

Honeymoons, planned around you

07Journal

Read before you go

All journal notes
A blue-domed chapel above the caldera with boats on the water below

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Tell us your dates and what you like, and we’ll come back with a route that fits: islands, mainland, or both.

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Santorini Photo: Dana Andreea Gheorghe on Unsplash