As we look towards booking our educational for 2023, we’re reflecting on our educational trip last year. Back in April 2022 the CT4N Travel team travelled to Greece, so that we could build our knowledge of the country, that over the past year had quickly become our top seller. Since we launched The Greek Specialist in August 2021, it has gone from strength to strength. Devised by and built on the back of our Director Chris’ considerable knowledge and experience of travelling to and around Greece, The Greek Specialist offers over 80 islands and mainland destinations. To be clear we never recommend doing the amount we did in 5 nights, but we weren’t able to be out of the office for any longer and had to maximise our time. We’re writing this in the hope that this gives you some ideas of an itinerary and where you can go and what you can do in Greece. Day 1 – Travelling and Athens To maximise our time, we caught the 06:30 Jet2 flight from Birmingham to Athens, which got us in for just after 12pm. This was at the time when airports in the UK were experiencing severe staff shortages and delays, especially when passing through security. For those of you who haven’t travelled since COVID, this is no longer the case and you can arrive around 2 hours before your flight departure as before. If haven’t travelled since COVID and you would like to hear more about our experience going through Birmingham Airport that day then read our blog by clicking here. After arriving, we took a private transfer to our hotel in Athens. At The Greek Specialist, we can book the whole holiday for you, including ferries and transfers. If you do not want a transfer you can easily catch the metro, which runs from the airport right into the centre of the city. We stayed in the Hermes Hotel just off Syntagma Square. This excellent hotel has a central location near to popular areas such as Plaka and Monastiraki as well as popular attractions such as the Acropolis, Forum and National Gardens. After staying here it is now one of our favourite properties to use for our customers. Great for those looking for a 3* property with a perfect location and breakfast included. It also has a roof terrace which has a view of the Acropolis, which is especially great at night.
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Sikinos manages a rare feat, being a secluded island that is undiscovered by mass tourism in an island group that is the most accessible in Greece and features mainstays such as Mykonos, Santorini and Ios, as well as up and comers such as Naxos, Paros and Milos. So come with us as we tell you more about Sikinos, the Cyclades most secluded island. How to get there Unsurprisingly for its secluded status, Sikinos doesn’t have an airport and is only accessible by ferry. You can fly into Athens and get a ferry from Piraeus but the ferry takes a long time. It is far quicker and easier to fly into nearby Santorini and get a ferry from there. There are around 8 ferries a week to Sikinos but these aren’t always every day, so we take that into consideration when planning your trip to line up with flights. You can fly into Santorini from London Heathrow, London City, Bristol, London Gatwick, Luton, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, Stansted, Newcastle and East Midlands. Things to Do
There aren’t many things specifically to do or see on Sikinos, but it makes for a perfect place to relax and recuperate from the rigors of daily life. The best thing to go and see is the Monastery of Episkopi, this monastery is an old Byzantine church over the top of Roman mausoleum. It has some excellent frescoes and you can take time to admire the beautiful old exterior. You can find out more about the island's history at the Folklore Museum or Byzantine Collection in Chorio. There are some other typically Cycladic churches to see throughout the island with whitewashed walls and blue domes. |
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