Independent travel is a unique and unrepeatable experience, after which you may abandon the idea of buying tours forever. Organizing an independent trip is not difficult at all, but in the process you will have to solve a number of issues.
Visa to Greece
Greece is a member of the European Union, its visa is Schengen. If you already have a Schengen visa of any state, this question is closed for you. If you don't have a visa, you need to get one. Requirements for Schengen visas are standard, this is a questionnaire, financial documents, booking tickets and hotels. In recent years, a positive trend in the issuance of visas by Greece can be noted: it has become much more willing to issue multi-entry visas to Russians, and earlier it gave mainly single-entry visas.
Buying air tickets and booking hotels
Quite a lot of planes fly to Greece from Russia, you can find a suitable option, no matter where you fly from. Some companies' offers are quite budgetary. In general, if you buy tickets no later than a month before departure, you can confidently count on a price of about 100-130 euros for a one-way ticket from Moscow. Often, airlines arrange promotions for which it turns out to find cheaper options. It is convenient to search for tickets on sites such as skyscanner.com.
If you are flying to the islands in Greece, then pay attention to flights with a connection, usually it is carried out in Athens. This option is often much cheaper.
With hotels in Greece, things are not so simple. In high season, in summer, the room rates get quite high. This is the reason for booking in advance. The sooner you start planning your trip, the cheaper it will cost you. An excellent period to travel to Greece is early autumn: September or early October. Prices are already low and the sea is still warm. It is convenient to search for hotels on services such as booking.com.
Where and when to go
If you have the opportunity to travel during the low season, this is the most profitable and enjoyable option. The high season lasts from late spring to early fall. On the other hand, holidays in Greece are good precisely because of the warm sea and good weather on the islands, so you will not experience such pleasure in the off-season.
The nature of Greece is very diverse, everyone can find something that they like. In addition, wherever you go, you will not get bored: many excursions and interesting places can be found anywhere in Greece. The most equipped holiday destinations in Greece: Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, Peloponnese. Halkidiki, Kos. Santorini and Mykonos are places that deserve a separate discussion. Incredibly beautiful, they are also associated with many legends. But the prices for rest are higher here. If you want to relax in privacy and feel more peace, it is recommended to choose other islands.
The sea and beaches are great anywhere in Greece, and healthy Mediterranean food will delight you wherever you are.
