EAT

• 360 Degrees Hotel and Bar

• A for Athens

• Bairaktaris

• Cherchez La Femme

• ☆ Electra Metropolis Athens (the best brunch, meals, wine of my life)

• Point A Restaurant and Bar

• TAF

• Taverna Platanos

• Thanasis

• Thea Terrace Bar

• Vintage Wine Bar and Bistro

• ☆ Warehouse

SEE

• ☆ Acropolis 

  • Buy tickets night before

• Acropolis Museum

  • Love museums? Get combined ticket for all major Athens sites

• Attica

• ☆ Hadrian’s Arch

• ☆ Hadrian’s Library

• Monastiraki Flea Market

• Rick Steve Audio Tour

• ☆ Walking Tour (link)

• Watch the Change of Guards at Syntagma Square

SHOP

• ☆ Yanni Gallery

SLEEP

• ☆ Electra Metropolis Athens

• The Zillers Boutique Hotel + Rooftop Garden

• Palladian Home

EAT

• ☆ 180 Degree Sunset Bar

• Alemagou Beach Bar & Restaurant

• Avli Tou Thodori Dinner

• Avocado Restaurant

• Caesars

• Caprice Bar

• D'ANGELO MYKONOS

• ☆ Dimitris

• Interni

• Jimmy’s

• Joana’s Nikos Place

• ☆ Katerina’s Restaurant & Bar

• Kiki’s Tavern

• Kounelas Fish Tavern

• Lucky Fish

• ☆Negrita

• ☆Niko's Taverna

• Paraportiani

• Sea Satin

• Spilia

• Sunset

Tip: Secure table reservations 30 mins pre-sunset: it gets crowded

SEE

• Agios Sostis

• Branco Mykonos Beach Resort

• Ftelia Private Beach

• ☆ Elia Nude Beach

• Paralia Agios Sostis Private Beach

• Scorpios Beach Club

• ☆ Delos, Cyclades

• Mykonos Harbor

• Mykonos Town

• Mykonos Viewpoint (37°27'00.8"N 25°19'51.0"E)

• ☆ Paralia Elia Beach

• Paraportiani Church

• ☆ Playa Ornos Beach (water taxi here and you can beach hop)

SHOP

• Agias Paraskevis Street

• ☆ Arrathi Mykonos

• Chora Art Home & Design

• Happiness Mykonos

• Little Venice

• Lliana Bassiana

• Mspace

• Paris Valtadoros

• Salachas

• Vasiliki

SLEEP

• Boheme Hotel

• Cavo Tagoo Mykonos

• ☆ Grand Beach

• Mykonos Grand Hotel & Resort

• Mykonos Riviera Hotel & Spa

• Olio Hotel Mykonos

• Vencia Boutique Hotel

EAT

• Anna’s Pastry Shop

• Argo

• Confetti Dessert Boutique

• ☆Dimitri’s Ammoudi Tavern

• Elements at Canaves Oia Epitome

• Francis Bar 

• ☆ Hassapiko (only nightlife)

• Irini’s Traditional Cafe

• Lauda

• Le Moustache (not worth it)

• ☆ Lolitas Gelato

• Ambrosia

• Mary Kay’s Bar

• Naos

• ☆Nikos Place

• ☆ Oia Vineyart

• Onar 

• ☆PitoGyros

• Rakadiko MeRaki

• ☆Roka

• Santo Wines

• Santos Winery

• ☆ Solo Gelato (voted best pistachio in Europe)

• Thalami

• To Panameritaki Ourania

• Vanilla 

• Venetsanos Winery

Tip: be sure to make one sunset dinner reservation

SEE

• ☆Amoudi Bay (Cliff Jumping)

• ☆3 blue domes in Oia

• Kamari Beach (Day Use Lounge Chairs)

• Perissa Black Sand Beach

• ☆Red Sand Beach

• Akrotiri

• Byzantine Castle Ruins

• Church of Agios Spyridonas

• Hike

  • Imerovigli to Oia

  • Fira to Oia

• Hot Springs

• Kastro Oia Houses

• Massage ($100 per person)

• Oia Windmill

• Panagia Theoskepasti Chapel

• “Pink House” in Oia (Kastro Oia Houses)

• The Pink Church

• Semi Private Cooking Class + Wine Tour ​6 hours

• Sunset boat tour

  • ☆ Sunset Oia

  • Santorini Yacht Cruises

• Sunset view from Oia Castle, anywhere in Imerovigli, or potentially your hotel deck

SHOP

• Andronis Major

• Nisi Dressroom Oia

• ☆Poniros

• Solange Santorini

• ☆to the right of Santorini Secret Suites & Spa there are stairs that lead to a super cute shop

SLEEP

• Alti Santorini Suites

• Artia Mansion

• Caldera Villas

• Canaves Oia Boutique Hotel

• Carpe Diem Hotel & Spa

• ☆Island Blue Villa, Myblue Villas (its worth it to stay one night, if you stay the first night they organize a car for you)

• Kastro Oia Houses

• Rocabella Santorini Resort and Spa

• ☆Santorini Secret Suites & Spa

  • Second best breakfast of my life

  • Pool bar is amazing

• Strogili Traditional Houses

• "This traditional Oia cave house" Airbnb

Tip: stay and spend most your time in Oia. It's worth it.

My advice ignored? Local bus: 30 min Fira to Oia

EAT

• Bakalikon Galanis

• Enalion, Plaka

• Glaronisia 

• Kayak Cafe (Delicious coffee and breakfast)

• Kivotos ton Gefseon (Cafe, Desserts)

• Medusa (Seafood & Greek)

• Medusa, Mandrakia:

• ☆Methismeni Politeia 

• ☆ O! Hamos

• Phatses (Lovely atmosphere)

• Pizzeria Stasi (Pizza)

• ☆Palaios Coffee and Pastry

SEE

• Kleftiko Beach

• Paliorema Beach

• Paralia Thiafes Beach (ruins)

• Papafragas Beach (shipwreck)

• ☆ Sarakiniko Beach (white rocks)

• Thiorichia Beach (old surfur mines)

• ☆ Tsigrado Beach (ladder)

• ☆Ancient Theatre of Milos

• Book your private boat trip with Salty Rides

• Mandrakia Point (Fishing town, colorful)

• Plaka Castle

Tip: rent an ATV to get around the island. there are a few options right off the ferry

SHOP

• ☆ Walking around Plaka

SLEEP

• Halara Studios

• ☆ Villa Flora Akis

EAT

• ☆ Dionysos Garden Restaurant (probably one of our favorites on the Greece trip)

• Gelateria S. Cream

• Gyro Stalls

• La Baguette

• Markakis Restaurant

• Mana Mana (fun to drink aperol and people watch)

• Moraitis Winery

• ☆ Mikro Cafe

• Safran Restaurant

• Siparos Seaside Restaurant

• ☆ Taverna Alexandros

• Thalami

• ☆ Vanilla Gelateria

SEE

• Rent A Boat And Shore Hop

  • Blue Lagoon

  • Golden Beach

  • Kolymbithres Beach

  • Molos Beach

• Naoussa

• ☆ Saint Constantine Panoramic Church

• Stroll Around Lefkes

SHOP

• Atelier 1935 | Paros

• Voila Parikia

SLEEP

• Senia Hotel

• Hotel Christina

• Kalypso Hotel & Apartments

• Bougainvillea House AirBnB*

*went to Paros based on this AirBnB. Deceptive pictures; disappointing accomodations