Hello,

Thank you! I’m glad that my 3-week itinerary in Greece helped you plan your trip.

Car hire is essential for visiting the whole of mainland Greece (from Mycenae to Thessaloniki).
If you want to do it by bus (the train is even more complicated) you won’t be able to see everything and you’ll have to cut out a lot of visits.

On the other hand, you don’t need a car to visit Athens, and you can do without one on the Cycladic islands. However, you should bear in mind that the buses do not reach all the beaches for example, and that there is usually only one bus per hour.

Enjoy your (future) stay in Greece!

Hello Christian,

Thank you very much! I’m glad that my 3-week itinerary in Greece is helping you to prepare your trip.

Regarding the itinerary, I’m sorry but it’s not possible to send it to you in another format, as I simply don’t have it. It’s only available online.
And yes I know about the printing problem, but with this type of blog it’s not really possible. It’s really not meant to be printed but to be viewed in a browser.

If you print it, you won’t be able to access the links for hotel, tour, activity and car bookings.
For hotels, just click on the name of the hotel (in orange in the article) you are interested in and you can see the rates for your travel dates and book it.

And what you can do it you want to access this page without internet on your phone, you can save it for offline use.

On Android for example, click on the 3 vertical dots on the top right of your browser window to access the menu. Then click on the little arrow pointing down icon to save an offline version of the page.
You will thus be able to access it even if you don’t have internet!

If you want to spend more time in mainland Greece and less on the islands, you can remove either Amorgos or Paros (depending on interests).

Enjoy you 3-week trip to Greece and don’t hesitate if you have any other questions.

I am very interested in your 3 weeks tour in Greece!
Is there a way you could send me that itinerary
With the suggestions of hotel! To print is a dreadful 30 +/- with half blank pages, adds, etc.
I think we would probably spend less time on the islands, which one would you consider avoiding!
We are great fans of history and for example spend 2 or 3 nights in places like meteora. My wife worked for many years for the IOC and would off course spend more time near Olympia if needed!

Hello David,

For your trip, the part in continental Greece will be ok at the end of March. For the islands however, the ferries service is reduced from October to April (low season), so you will need to check on FerriesinGreece.com if the schedules are ok for you.

About the budget, you should check according to your dates, it’s the easiest. I don’t give a budget in the article as it depends on too many factors: the dates of the trip, the number of people, the type accommodation needed (for some people, “cheap” is a 10 euros dormitory, for others a 50 euros hotel room), the price of the car rentals at that time of the year, the price of the ferries tickets, the exact number of activities you will do, if you eat sandwiches, skip lunch etc…

About food price, you can usually eat a Gyros sandwich for about 3-4 euros, and at the restaurant get a main course for around 10 euros.

Fore the rest, I prefer to give you links to check by yourself, so you can see how much it would cost exactly for your trip!

– You can have a look at the hotels prices at your dates by clicking on the links in the article for every destination, in the “Where to stay in….” sections it’s very simple! Of course, you can then book another accommodation on the website if the ones I talk about don’t suit your needs.
– You can see the car rentals prices on Booking.com Cars
– And the ferries tickets on FerriesinGreece.com, as mentioned above.

Enjoy your trip to Greece, and if you have other questions, don’t hesitate!