Hi ladies!!! I have been soooooo busy in med school so I haven't had a chance to breathe let alone check out LIW but school is great. Very very very tiring but so interesting and a lot of fun.
So as a lot of you may already know, FH and I had always planned on going to Disney for our HM. ALWAYS. We absolutely love it there and couldn't wait to go. But we were talking the other day and since my only true summer break during my four yrs of med school is between my first and second year (hence why the wedding is then) and we can go to Disney really any time, especially since I'm in Ft Lauderdale now at school, and so this is where we will be living, when else will we have the opportunity to go abroad during school? Then when med school is over, we need to talk about starting a family and I need to start my residency, so there won't be any time for much hardcore traveling. So we have decided to put off Disney for a few months (and almost definitely we will go for our one year anniversary) and we have decided to go somewhere exotic. We wanted a combination of history, romance, beautiful scenery and beaches, and pure bliss so what is more ideal for that than GREECE?!?!? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I am sooo excited!!!!
Any info that can be given would be SOOO much appreciated!! I am so freaking busy with school work so it is going to be tough planning this trip since neither FH nor I has ever been there... so anything would be a big help!! TIA ladies and I will check back as often as possible!!!
laurenandmike618
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Re: Help me plan my HM to......
Posted by Marianne13
Ok to LaurenandMike, I really really really don't think you should spend 3 nights in Athens. You'd be taking away time from the beautiful islands. This website is awesome...
www.tripadvisor.com
Creat a user name and password and you'll get lots of advice on the forums. Like I said, I did 1 night in Athens. We were there for less than 24 hours and climbed the Acropolis and Parthenon. I don't really know what else you'd do there that would require 3 nights.
There are many groups of islands. Mykonos and Santorini are close to each other and are part of the 'Cyclades' islands.
As far as checking ferry times and schedules, I booked my tickets in advance through this website.
http://www.danae.gr/.
I also picked up the tickets from their travel office in Athens. (There are several options on how to get your tickets).
I haven't been to Crete but like I said Mykonos was beautiful. If you join tripadvisor.com you can research which one is better for a honeymoon. HTH!
FM me if you have questions.
Well we really want to explore the evenings and the culture in Athens and upon looking up what there is to do in Athens, there seems to be plenty actually. I know how beautiful the islands are but I actually don't know too much about what to do there so any tips would be great. We definitely do not want to lie on the beach every day, especially since I can go to the beach every day in Ft Lauderdale now so any advice as to what to do on the islands would be AWESOME. I think that three nights in Athens, three in Mykonos and five in Santorini would be decent - unless you suggest four nights in Mykonos instead, and two nights in Athens... But please let me know first what there is to do in Mykonos just so I have a better idea of how to plan. Thank you so much for all your tips!!!!
Ok to LaurenandMike, I really really really don't think you should spend 3 nights in Athens. You'd be taking away time from the beautiful islands. This website is awesome...
www.tripadvisor.com
Creat a user name and password and you'll get lots of advice on the forums. Like I said, I did 1 night in Athens. We were there for less than 24 hours and climbed the Acropolis and Parthenon. I don't really know what else you'd do there that would require 3 nights.
There are many groups of islands. Mykonos and Santorini are close to each other and are part of the 'Cyclades' islands.
As far as checking ferry times and schedules, I booked my tickets in advance through this website.
http://www.danae.gr/.
I also picked up the tickets from their travel office in Athens. (There are several options on how to get your tickets).
I haven't been to Crete but like I said Mykonos was beautiful. If you join tripadvisor.com you can research which one is better for a honeymoon. HTH!
FM me if you have questions.
Well we really want to explore the evenings and the culture in Athens and upon looking up what there is to do in Athens, there seems to be plenty actually. I know how beautiful the islands are but I actually don't know too much about what to do there so any tips would be great. We definitely do not want to lie on the beach every day, especially since I can go to the beach every day in Ft Lauderdale now so any advice as to what to do on the islands would be AWESOME. I think that three nights in Athens, three in Mykonos and five in Santorini would be decent - unless you suggest four nights in Mykonos instead, and two nights in Athens... But please let me know first what there is to do in Mykonos just so I have a better idea of how to plan. Thank you so much for all your tips!!!!
Well there isn't really much to do in Mykonos except the beaches and the nightlife. There is an area called Little Venice which is really nice and romantic at night. You can do a day trip to Delos from Mykonos. We didn't do that so I can't say personally if it was worth it. Santorini has really cool beaches due to the volcano. They have mostly black sand beaches and one red sand beach. You can also do a tour of the volcano in Santorini and you can go to Oia to watch the sunset. Some peoople also do a donkey ride in Santorini but we didn't do that.
As far as the 3 nighter in Athens...I don't want to tell you what to do but maybe do more research on a good amount of time to spend there. Also keep in mind that its going to be a lot hotter in Athens than it is on the islands.
laurenandmike618
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Re: Help me plan my HM to......
Posted by Marianne13
Posted by laurenandmike618
Posted by Marianne13
Ok to LaurenandMike, I really really really don't think you should spend 3 nights in Athens. You'd be taking away time from the beautiful islands. This website is awesome...
www.tripadvisor.com
Creat a user name and password and you'll get lots of advice on the forums. Like I said, I did 1 night in Athens. We were there for less than 24 hours and climbed the Acropolis and Parthenon. I don't really know what else you'd do there that would require 3 nights.
There are many groups of islands. Mykonos and Santorini are close to each other and are part of the 'Cyclades' islands.
As far as checking ferry times and schedules, I booked my tickets in advance through this website.
http://www.danae.gr/.
I also picked up the tickets from their travel office in Athens. (There are several options on how to get your tickets).
I haven't been to Crete but like I said Mykonos was beautiful. If you join tripadvisor.com you can research which one is better for a honeymoon. HTH!
FM me if you have questions.
Well we really want to explore the evenings and the culture in Athens and upon looking up what there is to do in Athens, there seems to be plenty actually. I know how beautiful the islands are but I actually don't know too much about what to do there so any tips would be great. We definitely do not want to lie on the beach every day, especially since I can go to the beach every day in Ft Lauderdale now so any advice as to what to do on the islands would be AWESOME. I think that three nights in Athens, three in Mykonos and five in Santorini would be decent - unless you suggest four nights in Mykonos instead, and two nights in Athens... But please let me know first what there is to do in Mykonos just so I have a better idea of how to plan. Thank you so much for all your tips!!!!
Well there isn't really much to do in Mykonos except the beaches and the nightlife. There is an area called Little Venice which is really nice and romantic at night. You can do a day trip to Delos from Mykonos. We didn't do that so I can't say personally if it was worth it. Santorini has really cool beaches due to the volcano. They have mostly black sand beaches and one red sand beach. You can also do a tour of the volcano in Santorini and you can go to Oia to watch the sunset. Some peoople also do a donkey ride in Santorini but we didn't do that.
As far as the 3 nighter in Athens...I don't want to tell you what to do but maybe do more research on a good amount of time to spend there. Also keep in mind that its going to be a lot hotter in Athens than it is on the islands.
Awesome - thanks so much for all your help!! I will definitely do some more research regarding the amt of time I should spend in Athens. Thank you again!!!
