The Itinerary Greece itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Greece, from 2–14 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 2–14
- days
- Southern Europe
- region
Planning a trip to Greece
Pulled from the 6 routes below — so it says what these itineraries actually do, not what a brochure would.
When to go
May–Jun, Sep–Oct — the months these routes agree on. Apr is split — some routes here call it prime and others say avoid, because they cover different parts of the country and those do not share a season.
How long you need
2–14 days. The shortest is Athens in 2 days: the Acropolis, the Agora and the museum; the longest is Greece in 14 days: Athens, Delphi, Meteora, Santorini and Crete.
What it costs
≈ AED 450 to ≈ AED 1,350 per person per day, depending on the route. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Embassy or consulate in advance, 90 days in any 180. Schengen. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Athens · Santorini · Akrotiri · Delphi · Meteora · Crete · Mykonos.
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Best for: Four nights on the caldera rim, booked on the terrace rather than the postcard
Santorini honeymoon in 6 days: a caldera suite and one night in Athens
Athens → Santorini → Athens
Six days built around a caldera-view suite: a night in Athens on either side, the Fira–Oia walk done at the right hour, a catamaran afternoon, and the honest answer on where to stay — Oia, Imerovigli or Firostefani — and what the sunset crowd is actually like.
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Best for: Two days before an island ferry, done in the right order and the right hour
Athens in 2 days: the Acropolis, the Agora and the museum
The Acropolis and its museum → the Agora, Plaka and the National Archaeological Museum
The Acropolis caps its hourly slots and the rock has no shade — so the hour you go decides the day. Plus the combined ticket that pays for itself, and the museum most visitors skip.
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Best for: Three days on the rim, with the sunset crush planned around
Santorini in 3 days: the caldera, Oia and Akrotiri
Fira and the caldera rim → the Fira–Oia walk and sunset → Akrotiri, the wine and a black beach
A caldera left by one of the largest eruptions in human history, a Bronze Age town buried under it, and the clifftop walk that beats the bus. Plus how to see the Oia sunset without standing in a crowd of four thousand.
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Best for: The mainland as well as the islands, which is the half most visitors never see
Greece in 14 days: Athens, Delphi, Meteora, Santorini and Crete
Athens → Delphi → Meteora → Athens → Santorini → Crete
Two weeks is where Greece stops being Athens and two islands. Delphi was the centre of the ancient world, Meteora is six monasteries on rock pillars, and Crete is big enough to be its own country. A hire car for the mainland, ferries for the rest.
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Best for: One city, one island, and no day lost to a second ferry
Greece in 7 days: Athens and Santorini
Athens → Santorini → Athens
A week is three nights in Athens and four on Santorini — and the case for stopping at one island. The Acropolis ticket that saves money, why the ferry beats the flight only sometimes, and where on Santorini you can actually swim.
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Best for: Couples + first-timers
Greece in 10 days: Athens, Mykonos and Santorini
Athens → Mykonos → Santorini
The Aegean classic with its eyes open: the Acropolis at the 8am slot (the combo ticket is gone — new rules inside), Mykonos decoded sunbed-by-sunbed, then four Santorini days built around the caldera hike, the wine, and the truth about the Oia sunset scrum — plus the Naxos swap that halves the bill for those who'd rather have Greece than the queue.
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