NFT: Travel to Greece Tips

Check out the vineyards. Its not classical wine but you will love it, and restaurants kow how to pair it spectacularly well.

Consider a catamaran around the island and into the old volcano hotsprings. You'll see alot by simply walking the island, but the boat gives you another unbelievable perspective.

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and definitely hike the caldera (though bring water as it'll be hot).

haven't booked anything yet since I don't want to lock myself into a specific day, but I've heard great things about the sunset and the cave snorkeling.

Any particular ones you recommend?

we hiked the caldera to the end and then walked down stairs covered in donkey shit. Weren't really planning on the catamaran but stopped to get some food and saw the place and we were able to negotiate a good deal so we did it.

around Santorini.
Mykonos - I would check out Little Italy for happy hour/sunset and highly recommend Nammos/Psarou beach during the day.
If you don't have a car, rent an ATV to get around.
Would take out some cash before you leave but as you said not a necessity. FX rate was fair when using your credit cards.
Be aware the islands are pricey but an amazing trip. Have a great time.

First of all, enjoy.. it's an amazing trip and the islands are beautiful - particularly Santorini.

Santorini:
+1 on catamaran - it was the best thing we did there. We did the day trip, not the sunset. Don't wear a light colored bathing suit if you plan to swim in the hot springs.
- do a wine tour, i believe there are two major ones, go with the higher rated one from tripadvisor. If you do the day time tour they also stop at the brewery.
- the Gaia winery is right near the black sand beach and not far from the brewery if you didn't want to do the tour. That was our favorite
- We ate at Ambrosia in Oia - which had a terrace view of the caldera. It's expensive, but good. You need reservations.

Mykonos:
- We didn't do anything organized since it's more of a bar/restaurant scene - but i can recommend some good restaurants:
- M-Eating (make reservations)
- Bakalo (make reservations)

- We hung around at St. Stephanos beach which was quiet and we enjoyed it. We didn't go to Paradise or Super Paradise, a little crazy for us.

In Mykonos there are tons of ATMs in the main town, same with Fira in Santorini. However there's not many in Oia. I hope you're prepared to spend, both islands are expensive!

what's the deal with a light colored bathing suit in the hotsprings?

color.

Unfortunately my wife wasn't warned of this by our hotel, who booked the tour for us..

There was also a blond on the boat with us who's hair turned orange. It also took me like 3 washes to get the mud out of my beard, even after swimming all day.

If you do a google image search you'll see that the water turns completely brown near the rocks.

Totally worth doing, but good to know about ahead of time.

meant to thank you yesterday.