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Old 02-08-2007, 03:46 AM   #1
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So i have posted this question before, and got no response. So I thought I would try again. We will be island hoping in Greece in June. Santorini to Mykonos, to Naxos to Athens. There is no such thing as a Ferry schedule online until the month of and your lucky if its online then. Most suggest waiting till you get to the island. Anyway, it will be June, and I wanted to see if anyone had experience with Ferries in the month of June. Will we have a problem on a Thursday from santorini to mykonos for example? Any info would be sweet. I have gone to every online ferry company i can find, and no luck so far
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Unfortunately I didn't get to go onto ANY of the Greek Islands due to a one week strike at the ports...

But I have a little suggestion, should I move this thread into the Europe forum?
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Sure, thanks Flo.
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Heh . . . I want to see a European labor strike someday. I have been told they are fun to watch.
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He... my dad would disagree... haha... in our family he was the only one who had been to Greece, and he really wanted my Mum to see the Greek Isles... well, instead we got to see every little detail of the Peloponese. When a door closes a window opens, right?
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I would be upset if I wanted to take wife somewhere (BTW, I don't have a wife) and a labor strike was preventing that from happening.
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So i have posted this question before, and got no response. So I thought I would try again. (...)
I wanted to see if anyone had experience with Ferries in the month of June. Will we have a problem on a Thursday from santorini to mykonos for example? Any info would be sweet. I have gone to every online ferry company i can find, and no luck so far
I'm afraid you are the first tpunk to experience the Greek Islands in June. I hate it when we can't give answers!

Will you share with us your stories and tips after ?
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You know I will. I have a ton of info now, but I would rather go through the experience before posting what I know. But I definately will
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Marc, Greece is the country I have researched the least so far My work is really slow though, so I am going to get on it today.

We are taking a ferry from Italy to Corfu via Eurail. We probably won't stay in Corfu long (Maybe 1 night, maybe none depending on transportation). Then I want to go to Santorini and another undecided island. We only have about a week there so we'll be island hopping by plane as well.

Any advice on which islands to see?

Oh, and we'll be there at the end of May, so I will just miss you guys. Although I could give you some tips, etc once I am there... PM me your email!
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So we are currently rethinking the flow from Island to island. We were supposed to go from Santorini to Mykonos then to Naxos, but now considering dropping Mykonos (it is quite a distance from Santorini) and adding Ios instead. Ios is on the way from Santorini to Naxos.

So the thought is that, Mykonos was going to be the throwdown island due to its party reputation, but it is also insanely expensive. We discovered that Ios is supposed to have the same kinda party mentality, just at a younger cheaper attitude. Discovered that Ios has the according to Lonely Planet, the 6th best hostel on the planet. The Francescan (sp). So thats a plus.

As for our reasons for Santorini, Those are obvious and need no mention. We will be there for 6 days.

Naxos is supposed to be a VERRRRY relaxed isle. One of the things I am most interested in seeing is "Apollos Door" There is a tiny island on the coast of Naxos that has Apollos Temple on it. The interesting part is that the door is the only part of the temple remaining. And if you stand in the door and make a wish you will have all of Apollos and the universe's energy behind it. Sounds so mystical. Attaching a pic of that Door


Lets see, so for now, I can think of no more.
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OK its official, I cancelled our reservations on Mykonos and booked at Francesca's on Ios. The price was over 200 $ cheaper, and the connections to Ios from Santorini and to Naxos are dailey with no worries. More cocktails for us
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