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Chabad has an awesome restaurant (and a cool chabad house) in Athens (Rated Number 2 of all restaurants in Athens on TA).
They also ship to all islands which you can warm up in your hotel. The food is awesome as as well!
Find them on facebook or on their website

Bunch of kosher travel related info here: http://koshergreece.com


Trip Reports: CS91's Santorini & Athens

Zaggurus TR: zagguru's


Sam28 TR Santorini : Sam28's


Athens:
Hotels
Hotel Grande Bretagne (Starwood)
King George Palace  (Starwood)
Both hotel's are right near each other, grand Bretagne is a little more upscale.
Both are walking distance to Chabad (Around 10 min) and to most of the action in Athens.
Other hotel's are a little further out of all the action.

Stuff to do
GOSTIJO kosher restaurant (They have a small grocery where you can get a variety of Israeli products) [See above]
Acropolis (Akropolis) and the Acropolis (Akropolis) Museum
Anafiotika (old town with some shopping)
Plaka 
Monastiraki
Panathenaic Stadium (Panathinaiko Stadio) first modern Olympics game.
Day trip to Delphi
Water-skiing in the Aegean Sea

Athens Chabad Pdf

Mykonos:
Hotels

Kosher
https://koshermykonos.com
whiteandblue.kosher@gmail.com
+331 84 60 70 70

What to do


Santorini:
Hotels
There are only two options which take points.
1. Vedema, this hotel is in Megalochori, it is a little off the path (Not near the water) and you don't get the views you would expect in Santorini. (Not a great option, but if you want to stay with points, it is a nice hotel)
2. Mystique, rated as one of the best Starwood hotels in the world. Availability is almost impossible, because they only have 27 rooms. Never mind the shocking 70K Starwood points a night in high season. 

Stuff to do
Kamari Beach, there is a cliff there which has a nice jump into the ocean. (Please be careful!)
Red Beach
Hiking Trail Fira - Oia (You can take a Donkey which is quite freaky, or take a tram)
Sunset in Oia (A must do, to get away from the crowds go to Sun Spirit, it is near the windmill and has great views and not packed. They only serve drinks.)
Santorini Volcano, Hot Springs.
Rent a ATV go around the island (At your own risk, the drivers in Santorini are crazy!)
Highest point of the island near the town of Prygos. Awesome panoramic views of the whole island.

Rhodes
Hotels
Sheraton Rhodes, large resort very centrally located. nice pools.
https://chabadrhodes.com

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Re: Greece Master Thread
« Reply #300 on: October 11, 2014, 11:50:56 PM »
Quote from: philbenjoe on October 11, 2014, 05:05:07 PM
Is the weather still nice at the end of oct to go to the greek islands?
I did end of October last year. Weather was amazing however the water wasn't great for swimming. I did get one swim in at Santorini though which was nice and the Ocean was calm.
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« Reply #301 on: October 12, 2014, 04:55:43 AM »
Is it worth going for the beach? I've been there so just want to go for the beach not to sight see...
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Re: Greece Master Thread
« Reply #302 on: October 12, 2014, 11:58:44 AM »
Quote from: philbenjoe on October 12, 2014, 04:55:43 AM
Is it worth going for the beach? I've been there so just want to go for the beach not to sight see...

  depends on the person --I would not plan it --but--October is often possible yet  can’t be guaranteed.

http://water.travel.org.ua/october/the-island-of-santorini-water-temperature.html
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Re: Greece Master Thread
« Reply #303 on: October 12, 2014, 12:09:00 PM »
Not worth coming then...when does the season start again?
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« Reply #304 on: October 12, 2014, 12:15:53 PM »
Quote from: philbenjoe on October 12, 2014, 12:09:00 PM
Not worth coming then...when does the season start again?

july-aug -- late june and  also very early oct many go
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« Reply #305 on: October 12, 2014, 01:05:58 PM »
Quote from: philbenjoe on October 12, 2014, 12:09:00 PM
Not worth coming then...when does the season start again?
which islands do you plan to visit? The beaches in Crete were in full swing in October when I went, in Santorini was so so. I liked the lower prices and the somewhat smaller crowds of the shoulder season.
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« Reply #306 on: October 12, 2014, 02:16:59 PM »
Was the water warm still? Would like to go to santorini and neighboring islands...
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« Reply #307 on: October 13, 2014, 12:38:50 AM »
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Was the water warm still? Would like to go to santorini and neighboring islands...
Yes the water was warm. It takes a while for the water to warm up but once it is warm it will stay that way until it's cold. At the beaches we found swimming to be in full force. Only disappointment was in Santornini where I wanted to swim off the rocks in the sea and the water was a bit rough. We went to the beaches which were protected and the water was perfectly warm and calm.
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« Reply #308 on: October 13, 2014, 06:12:31 AM »
My experience in santorini was also choppy water...and that was end of aug...
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Re: Greece Master Thread
« Reply #309 on: November 05, 2014, 12:27:23 PM »
Any nice hyatt hotels in greece
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« Reply #310 on: November 05, 2014, 01:13:49 PM »
Quote from: Kabrams1618 on November 05, 2014, 12:27:23 PM
Any nice hyatt hotels in greece

You only have one option, in 2nd to largest Greek city. http://thessaloniki.regency.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html.
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« Reply #311 on: November 05, 2014, 01:27:14 PM »
Quote from: Ya'alili on November 05, 2014, 01:13:49 PM
You only have one option, in 2nd to largest Greek city. http://thessaloniki.regency.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html.
We stayed at that hotel (resort-huge grounds!) last year in October and it was fantastic! Service is outstanding-they gave us a nice upgrade and the rooms are in great condition and really clean! The nice thing about this place is that it is primarily used for business conferences on weekends so from sun evening-thursday evening the hotel is basically empty....
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« Reply #312 on: November 05, 2014, 05:54:49 PM »
Did you use the free shuttle to and from the airport to the hyatt
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Re: Greece Master Thread
« Reply #313 on: November 05, 2014, 10:10:25 PM »
Is there any place to get kosher food in thessoloniki
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Re: Greece Master Thread
« Reply #314 on: November 06, 2014, 02:42:42 AM »
Quote from: Kabrams1618 on November 05, 2014, 10:10:25 PM
Is there any place to get kosher food in thessoloniki
Yes. Chabad runs a restuarant there in. Hotel and there are some kosher products in some stores and there is a bakery that chabad says is good. The shliach can give you a list
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« Reply #315 on: November 06, 2014, 02:47:18 AM »
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Is there any place to get kosher food in thessoloniki

Quote from: Emkay on November 06, 2014, 02:42:42 AM
Yes. Chabad runs a restuarant there in. Hotel and there are some kosher products in some stores and there is a bakery that chabad says is good. The shliach can give you a list

Here's a link - http://www.jewishthessaloniki.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/2588249/jewish/Kosher-Food.htm.
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« Reply #316 on: November 06, 2014, 07:37:50 AM »
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Did you use the free shuttle to and from the airport to the hyatt
yes-the guy was there holding a sign with our name and it took 5 min door to door
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« Reply #317 on: November 06, 2014, 07:46:31 AM »
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Is there any place to get kosher food in thessoloniki
We ate at the Chabad restaurant which is located in the dining room of a small boutiqe hotel-the food was pretty good-we only ate there one night (out of 4) because the main area of the city is located about a 25-30 min. drive from the hotel. The hotel is located right near the airport which is far out from the city. The hyatt provides a free shuttle service (you need to reserve it like the day before at the concierge) going there and back about 3 times a day and drops off/picks up in the city center. Once you get dropped off, pretty much all the sites/the chabad rest. are within decent walking distance.
(Also the hotel does have some option where they will get you kosher meat/chicken and they have a locked closet with kosher utensils-apparently the hotel is used by Israelis to make kosher functions/weddings from time to time- and you come and turn on the fires etc and be the mashgiach. They put me in touch with the local Thessaloniki Rabbi (not affiliated w/ chabad) but unfortunately I did not have time to arrange it-although it seemed like a very tempting option. I have the email address of the person in charge of the food dept.-pm for it)
we just ended up bringing with bread, coldcuts, shnitzel, etc. for the rest of the nights-any more questions feel free to ask!! 
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Re: Greece Master Thread
« Reply #318 on: December 03, 2014, 06:31:08 AM »
Any recommendations for tours in Athens?
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« Reply #319 on: December 03, 2014, 07:32:56 AM »
Quote from: PraiseCanada on December 03, 2014, 06:31:08 AM
Any recommendations for tours in Athens?

u gave no info on length of time in Athens  etc ---check with your  hotel they l will help you for all the important sites to see---if want something different u can check this out

http://www.alternative-athens.com/index.html
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