Matt Barrett’s Travel Guides

09/10/2024

These tours are provided by local food and wine enthusiasts with various backgrounds in gastronomy. They have traveled and explored the tastes and aromas of the Greek culinary tradition. They love Greek food and wine and know it well. Some of them are chefs, others food and restaurant reviewers and others are lovers of Greek wines. Let them guide you on a journey into the best of Greek food and wine!

These tours are provided by local food and wine enthusiasts with various backgrounds in gastronomy. They have traveled and explored the tastes and aromas of the Greek culinary tradition. They love Greek food and wine and know it well. Some of them are chefs, others food and restaurant reviewers and....

07/09/2024

Piraeus is the port of Athens, a lively city with restaurants, cafes, museums, nightlife and most importantly the ferries to the Greek Islands

01/08/2024

I have not drunk much beer this summer but when in Sigri I drink Sedusa, a red ale from Sigri.

29/07/2024

Separated at birth? Giorgos the Cavo Doro waitor and NY Mets Jeff McNeil

28/07/2024

Since it would be irresponsible to eat every meal at Kavo Doro I went to the Australia restaurant. Excellent Lakerda. I only had that and a salad but the food at other tables looked great. Especially the fried potatoes! (I still have not had any this summer and surprise: I have not gained any weight either.

28/07/2024

Faneromeni Beach, Sigri. Long side.

28/07/2024

Faneromeni Beach, Sigri. Small side.

11/07/2024

If you are looking for assistance from a travel agent read about them at ‪www.athensguide.com/agency.html where I write about the best travel agencies in Greece, who can book your entire holiday and make sure everything runs smoothly. If there are problems due to weather or ferry strikes or overbooking they will deal with it so seamlessly that you won’t even know there was a problem. And if you need help they are there to assist you, in the same time zone, not asleep 5000 miles away. ‬

Matt Barrett's review of Athens travel agencies from Athens Survival Guide

28/06/2024

Super travel agent Giorgos Venios of Aegean Thesaurus just informed me that the rumors of a new ferry between Kea and the Western Cyclades (Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos) are true and service will begin on July 4th.

ΛΑΥΡΙΟ - ΚΕΑ - ΚΥΘΝΟΣ - ΣΕΡΙΦΟΣ - ΣΙΦΝΟΣ - ΜΗΛΟΣ // ΠΕΙΡΑΙΑΣ - ΑΓ. ΜΑΡΙΝΑ (ΑΙΓΙΝΑ) - ΥΔΡΑ

02/06/2024

If you are looking for handmade GREEK jewelry instead of mass produced pieces from China see Shopping for Jewelry in Athens.

Some of the finest hand-crafted jewelry is found in Athens and these 3 are shops are the best of the bunch

15/05/2024

Fantasy Travel’s Classic Packages are the most interesting selection of Greek Island, Greek Mainland, Cruises and tours that you will find, with quality hotels in great locations, transfers to and from airport-hotel-ferry, and can be customized to fit your needs and schedule. If you are looking for professional assistance putting your trip to Greece together you won’t find a better travel agency or more choices to select from. See

The biggest hits are back!

14/05/2024

If you have a good idea of what you want to do but are not sure if it is possible or want to know what it will cost go to ‪www.greecetravel.com/create-an-itinerary and fill out the form and a travel agent will give you a price within 24 hours. Usually sooner. You choose the islands, how many days you want to spend on each, mode of transportation, and tours and you are under no obligation to buy, no matter how good a deal it is. ‬

An Easy Way to Plan Your Trip, with the help of Matt and the Best Travel Agency in Greece, by clicking on the various islands, hotel catagories and other choices you can create your own Greek island holiday as easy as making an ice-cream sundae

12/05/2024

https://www.hotelsofgreece.com/cyclades/naxos/index.htm

Matt Barrett's recommended hotels in Naxos with links to photos, maps, guest reviews and booking information from his Greece Travel Guides

20/03/2024

I don't use cookies or annoying popup ads and I don't collect e-mail addresses or use spy-ware or bombard people with junk mail. My GREECE TRAVEL GUIDES are simple and easy to use, like reading a book or a magazine.

For more than 20 years travelers to Greece have been using Matt's informative and entertaining guides, a fun way to plan your trip to Greece and the Greek islands with hundreds of articles, photos and links to travel agents in Athens, hotels, restaurant reviews, ferry info and lots more

20/03/2024

Fantasy Travel’s Island-Hopping Programs are the easiest way to book and organize your trip, since they take care of everything from the moment you get off your flight in Athens until you go home, but for those who are not sure where to go and how much time to spend on each island you can just look at their itineraries and get an idea. It is a great place to begin your research and since you won’t find better prices for the quality of hotels and this level of service it is the best way to book your trip too. Just scroll through their choices to find the islands you want. These are not tours so they can be customized if you want to add days or islands. See

Island hopping is the ideal way for exploring the Greek islands, scattered like jewels in the sparkling Aegean Sea.

15/01/2024

Hotels, Villas, Holiday Homes and Apartments in Greece
Yes I understand that my website can be confusing because there is so much information and maybe you don’t need to know EVERYTHING, you just want to find a hotel or at least have some idea of what is out there. My newly renovated GREECETRAVEL HOTEL PAGE will show you the different hotel indexes on my website and the different ways to book them as well as point you to the hotel pages on the islands and mainland and to individual recommended hotels. Just go to

A valuable source of information, photos and reviews as well as booking information for all kinds of accommodations in Greece

15/01/2024

If you want to know about restaurants in Athens, on the islands, or anything about Greek food go to www.greecetravel.com/greek-food where you can read about how to order, how to pronounce the dishes, see photos of almost every popular dish, articles on Greek wine, ouzo and restaurant reviews for Athens and the islands. There are even recipes and cookbooks.

If you are going to Greece and wondering what Greek food is like this guide will help you comfortably adapt to the Greek way of eating, considered among the healthiest in the world.

15/01/2024

People coming to Greece for the first and second time love the islands but those who have been coming for years and even decades will tell you the best part of Greece is the Peloponnesos and the Greek mainland. For information on mainland Greece see

Matt Barrett's Guides to the Peloponessos, Delphi, Meteora, Olympia, Pelion, Lavrion, Loutraki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Myceneae, Epidavros and Nafplion

15/01/2024

For information on the Greek Islands see ‪www.greektravel.com/greekislands and that will give you a short description of each island with links to more information.‬

Matt's Greek Island Guide introduces travelers to each of the Greek islands with a short paragraph (synopsis) followed by links to more detailed information on the island including best beaches, sights, hotels, travel agents, ferry information and cruises and cruises

15/01/2024

Everything you need to know about Athens and even stuff you don't need to know is at ‪www.athensguide.com including hotel info, restaurants, archaeological sites and where to stay so you can be within walking distance of everything.‬

Matt Barrett's entertaining Guide to Athens, Greece, makes visiting the city easy and makes planning fun with loads of great photos, restaurant, hotels reviews,things to see and questions answered by e-mail, Greece, Travel, Information Guide to Athens, Guidebook,

11/11/2023

“Following baseball in Greece these days is much easier than it used to be, with most games streamed live over the internet, as long as you don’t mind the game starting at 2 a.m. But it wasn’t always so easy. Two weeks to go before we moved to Greece for a year and my thoughts were on baseball. I am a long time Mets fan, ever since my father and grandfather converted me from the Yankees when they took me to a spanking-new Shea Stadium somewhere around 1963 during the New York World’s Fair.”—Matt Barrett
https://weeklyhubris.com/talking-greek-baseball/

20/09/2023

One of my favorite neighborhoods in Athens, in the shadow of the Acropolis, the Plaka is like a village within the city, an island for those who don't have the time to visit the Greek Islands.

Matt Barrett's Guide to the quietest neighborhood in Athens, an island of peace in the center of a big city, with restaurants, cafes, shops, ancient archaeological sites and museums