The breathtaking beauty of Santorini for some reason transported me into a past era of photography. It was because with each turn in the road or path offering a dramatic view of this wonderful location, I could see hundreds of cameras snapping voraciously to capture the unbelievable landscape. And in the “old days” of rolls...
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Not sure how to end your holiday in Greece? Go to Santorini.
Goodbye Crete. We really do hope that we’ll be back some day.
But if we can’t make a return trip here in Crete, we’ll certainly make sure that we tell everyone how wonderful you are. (HT&C Sept 2019 Escorted Group Tour)
Why do they keep coming to the Greek Islands, even when it’s so crowded?
The simple answer to why tourists still travel to places like this is to say that the Eiffel Tower is touristy but that’s no reason to delete it from your bucket list. We are cruising the Saronic Gulf to visit the islands of Aegina, Poros and Hydra. Look around and you and you’re so happy...
How great is Athens!
Hampton Travel & Cruise September 2019 Escorted Group Tour The group tour members enter the lift and press for the 11th floor to the very aptly-named Olive Garden terrace. You watch their faces as they step out onto the terrace and first set eyes on The Acropolis. It’s the same look when they first see...
Greece – a picture is worth a thousand words.
(Hampton Travel & Cruise Greece Sept 2019 Escorted Group Tour)
Which of these would you leave out if you didn’t do Greece in depth?
We know that we’re boasting a little by saying that we were wise to choose the Greece in Depth itinerary because there is so much to see and it is all so wonderful. But, to be blunt, if you’re not going to do this trip in depth, what are you going to leave out? Any...
Where are they and what are they doing?
Can you guess where they are and what they’re doing?
Graham’s Great Train Journey No 2 – this time in Greece.
In March 2019, our escorted group tour member, Graham, was the inspiration for a wonderful up country train trip in Sri Lanka. Now again on our September 2020 Greece escorted group tour, Graham has enjoyed a spectacular train trip high in the mountains near Volos. Different destination; same feelings of delight.
Sri Lanka: the recommendation is go now; you don’t have to wait until everyone else has discovered it. (Hampton Travel & Cruise Sri Lanka Escorted Group Tour, March 2019)
Please note that this blog was written one month prior to the tragic terrorist attacks of Easter 2019 in Sri Lanka. Our verdict was unanimous – the Sri Lanka tour was a great success and a great destination. We should have expected it because that’s what so many of our clients were saying for the last couple of...
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