GREECE 2026 : TINOS AND HOMEWARD

Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 September

It's only a 15 minute ferry ride to Tinos from Mykonos.We have been amazed how each island is so distinctive with a different vibe. Tinos is a low key island and most of the tourists are Greek.

We enjoy hanging with the locals and dialing down the excitement levels now that we are homeward bound.

On Wednesday our last ferry ride is to Rafina near Athens airport.

For our last night we stay at the beach in Artemedis, a decidedly more working class beach resort near the airport.

Last drinks with a view.

Last dinner.

Last Greek salad.

Last breakfast of coffee and a pastry.

Loukamades.

Rusks are not only a South African thing. 

And there's always time for a whisky in the Swiss lounge in Zurich, terminal E.

GREECE 2026 : MYKONOS

Saturday 29 August to Monday 1 September

Mykonos is THE party island in Greece. Super busy, pretty expensive and lots of fun. We stayed in Mykonos Town in a cute and quirky apartment; in an alley, up a little staircase with a rooftop deck with sunset views.

20m from "The Stairs" Cafe for our morning coffee with croissant, bun or savoury pie.

And there's plenty going on in town, especially at night. The are lots of good restaurants.

Mamalouka was great.

Cool places for cocktails with a view and plenty of loud music.

At Argo, since 1978, the owner/DJ was our age or older, so I Ioved his music; at least 1 ABBA song every 30 minutes!

We stayed up until 2.30am and there was no sign of things quietening down. We slept with earplugs. Mykonos is renowned for it's beach clubs. We chose a very low key Cavo Psarou for lunch and a lovely swimming beach; more restaurant than club but we had a wonderful day. 

Maria suggested we meet for dinner on Monday at Camares, a hotel restaurant on the other side of the island that has traditional Greek music and plate breaking.

On our next Greek island hopping trip we're going to make sure the party lovers amongst you come to Mykonos with us; we don't care that we're all 60 something! YOLO!

GREECE 2026 : PAROS

Friday 28 August

Another early ferry, this time to Paros.

The  Hotel Oasis is right by the ferry port in Parikia.

Another great room with a view.

We walked the promenade and stopped for lunch, then drinks.

A stroll through old town.

More drinks and sunset. 

We were looking for a taverna we fondly remember from our trip in 2011. The whole waterfront has been upgraded since then so we could no longer recognise the spot. We ate an excellent mixed grill at Mythos and had a bottle of Paros wine.

Fabulous coffee and a doughnut for breakfast right downstairs but we still couldn't miss trying something at  Ragoussis Bakery.