DAY 7 Agios Georgios on Naxos and ferry to Milos We spent our last moment on Naxos relaxing on island’s most popular beach, Agios Georgios. We strolled the beach until we…
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DAY 4 Ferry and Sunset at the Villa The majority of day 4 was spent in transit from Athens to our first island stop, Naxos. The Cyclades are a good distance…
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DAY 1 Sunset and city views from Lycabettus Hill The trip started with a 4-hour flight from Amsterdam to Athens, followed by a 30-minute taxi to our hotel. We checked in…
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Beach Getaway City Guide Food & Drink Fun & Adventure History & culture Itinerary Nature Village LifeOur 2-Week Whirlwind Tour of Athens & the Cyclades Islands
This trip was a long time in the making. Greece had been on our travel bucket list for years. Finally in 2020, we decided it was time to cross it off…
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After over a year of various forms of lockdown in the Netherlands and even longer since our last visit home to the US, we were beyond ready for a change of…
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Winters in Amsterdam are generally dark, grey, and rainy… very rainy. We typically get just a couple of flurries over the course of the winter. Absolute best-case scenario, the snow sticks…
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DAY 16 Morning walk around Carcassonne & afternoon walk of Sarlat-la-Caneda After a lovely little breakfast at our B&B it was time to pack our bags and check out (a shame…
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DAY 13 Castellane, Verdon Gorge, and the lavender fields of the Valensole Plateau After four days in Villefranche-sur-Mer (the longest we’d stayed in any one place on the trip!), it was…
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DAY 9 Continued drive along the Route des Grandes Alpes, evening stroll around Villefranche-sur-mer The rain had passed by morning, so we took a brief stroll around Mont-Dauphin, checking out the…
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DAY 6 Paddle boats on Annecy Lake, walking tour of Annecy’s historic old town After breakfast, we were back in the car to continue further south. We were headed to Chamonix…