Following my last post in which I unashamedly reminisced about the good old days of the small Greek tour operator, the response I received prompted me to go looking to see whether there were any half-decent small companies still out there providing the essential Greek experience. To be honest, I’ve been amazed at what I’ve found. So I thought I’d do a brief post full of links for anyone out there who might still be looking for a holiday in the ‘real’ Greece, away from the sun/sand/swimming pool/sweaty masses.
So, the list of links below is of current companies all of whom offer the true Greek experience. I can’t recommend any of them personally (oops, with the exception of Olympic, who I have even worked for while on Rhodes), as I’ve never used any of them, but their websites lead me to believe that, were I still a UK occupant, I’ve give them a try when looking to book my next visit to this exceptional and unique country.
Some of the links are to companies that don’t only offer Greece, but the Greek experience that they do offer looks authentic enough. Others are actually sites that list recommended operators that do Greek holidays of all types. Some too are also very location-specific, but nevertheless do offer a ‘real Greece’ experience in those locations…
https://www.olympicholidays.com/
https://www.thegreekspecialist.co.uk/
https://www.titantravel.co.uk/
https://www.escapetogreece.com/
https://www.tourradar.com/g/greece-tour-operators
https://www.islandsofgreece.co.uk/
https://www.newmarketholidays.co.uk/holidays/europe/greece
https://www.contiki.com/en-eu/destinations/europe/greece
https://www.inntravel.co.uk/journeys/greece
Planos (Paxos)
If you know of any that I have not included in the above list and that would be worthy of inclusion, by all means get in touch. I’ll probably end up making a dedicated page on this blog to help readers on a permanent basis to find the genuine Greek experience, rather than the awful homogenous massive hotel breaks with zillions of other tourists in overly-developed destinations that so many people seem happy to accept.
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Good show, John.
Good to see so many still there. Thought I’d look up Freelance Holidays who we used when we had our 10th Anniversary Greek-o-File get together based in Kalyves Crete. Seems they are now https://www.freelancevillas.com/ and also go to Kefalonia. ‘Villas’ included several reasonably priced ones in those days we had a 4 bedroom one for 7 family and friends overlooking Kalyves that time.
Excellent Sylvia, I’ll check the site out and no doubt add it to the new page.