I am planning a trip to Greece next spring (late March and early
April), with the intention of chilling out in various tavernas,
doing some moderate walking, looking at wildflowers, and so on.
My wife might even want to swim briefly - shudder.

We shall probably hire a car, but I do NOT want a major hassle
getting there, so within reasonable reach of Athens or Salonika
is a must.

Any suggestions of locations, advice etc. welcomed. Currently,
the Argos area looks attractive, as being easy to get to and
close to the moderate mountains, beaches etc.

Thanks for any responses.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

If you haven't already, have a look at the websites of the various companies doing walking or nature holidays - they are good for providing inspiration.

On Nov 12, 9:37*pm, wrote:
I am planning a trip to Greece next spring (late March and early
April), with the intention of chilling out in various tavernas,
doing some moderate walking, looking at wildflowers, and so on.
My wife might even want to swim briefly - shudder.

We shall probably hire a car, but I do NOT want a major hassle
getting there, so within reasonable reach of Athens or Salonika
is a must.

Any suggestions of locations, advice etc. welcomed. *Currently,
the Argos area looks attractive, as being easy to get to and
close to the moderate mountains, beaches etc.

Thanks for any responses.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Greece is full of tourists. You can't get near the major attractions
only as part of a herd being shoved through as fast as possible. By
far the worst in this respect is places like the Acropolis.
Tourism ruins the things it comes to see :-)
In the tourist areas the Greeks just want to rip you off.
Away from the tourist areas the people are OK. (As everywhere)
I hear that since the latest financial calamity/unemployment, the
crime thing is getting worse, so you need to check this out. Should
be some good rioting to watch. If you get good pix it can finance your
holiday!

On Nov 12, 10:37*pm, wrote:
I am planning a trip to Greece next spring (late March and early
April), with the intention of chilling out in various tavernas,
doing some moderate walking, looking at wildflowers, and so on.
My wife might even want to swim briefly - shudder.

We shall probably hire a car, but I do NOT want a major hassle
getting there, so within reasonable reach of Athens or Salonika
is a must.

Any suggestions of locations, advice etc. welcomed. *Currently,
the Argos area looks attractive, as being easy to get to and
close to the moderate mountains, beaches etc.

Thanks for any responses.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ListForum...11-Europe.html scroll down
to the country of choice, e.g.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum...92-Greece.html

If, per chance you don't already have it:
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/earthfromabove/#info google earth
might be fun to use in your research.

I had to remove the food groups to be able to post; I left the walking
seeing as it's obviously appropiate.

In article , Sacha wrote:

Crete? Not the mainland, of course but.....Fly direct, lovely scenery
especially in the Elounda area, or the south (avoid Hersonissos and
much of the west) mountains if you want them, beaches, loads of history
etc. and fabulous wildflowers up in the mountains particularly.

I know, but we have been there twice.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
aquachimp wrote:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ListForum...11-Europe.html scroll down
to the country of choice, e.g.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum...92-Greece.html

Thanks, but I don't find such forums very useful, unfortunately.
Newsgroups attract many more of 'my' kind of person.

If, per chance you don't already have it:
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/earthfromabove/#info google earth
might be fun to use in your research.

I don't, but I can get all that I need to from my altases :-)

I had to remove the food groups to be able to post ...

Oops. My error. That aspect is important, but no matter.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
harry wrote:

Greece is full of tourists. You can't get near the major attractions
only as part of a herd being shoved through as fast as possible. By
far the worst in this respect is places like the Acropolis.
Tourism ruins the things it comes to see :-)
In the tourist areas the Greeks just want to rip you off.
Away from the tourist areas the people are OK. (As everywhere)
I hear that since the latest financial calamity/unemployment, the
crime thing is getting worse, so you need to check this out. Should
be some good rioting to watch. If you get good pix it can finance your
holiday!

We shall be avoiding the areas where that sort of thing goes on.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

wrote in message ...

I am planning a trip to Greece next spring
Any suggestions of locations, advice etc. welcomed. Currently,
the Argos area looks attractive, as being easy to get to and
close to the moderate mountains, beaches etc.

Our Argos is close to the beach but we don't have any mountains this side of
the country :-}

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm wildly jealous, but hope you both have a lovely
time. We won't want to hear about how warm it was!

--
Kathy

In article ,
Kathy McIntosh wrote:

I am planning a trip to Greece next spring
Any suggestions of locations, advice etc. welcomed. Currently,
the Argos area looks attractive, as being easy to get to and
close to the moderate mountains, beaches etc.

Our Argos is close to the beach but we don't have any mountains this side of
the country :-}

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm wildly jealous, but hope you both have a lovely
time. We won't want to hear about how warm it was!

Given our record, it will be cold and wet.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Argos area is a good idea. I went to Napflion for a week in May a
couple of years ago with very similar objectives to you. It's a
lovely area, easy drive from Athens, and lots to do and see. Except
that we didn't really find anything in the way of good walking.