GETTING THERE
By air
Scheduled flights
Aegean Airlines (0871 200 0040; www.aegeanair.com)
Heathrow to Thessaloniki and Athens.
British Airways (0844 493 0787; www.ba.com)
Heathrow to Athens (from £146), Gatwick to Thessaloniki (from £138.60).
easyJet (0905 821 0905 – 65p per minute; www.easyjet.com)
easyJet flies to Athens from London Gatwick and Manchester. Prices one way
start from £32.99 and return start from £67.98. Also Liverpool and Gatwick
to Rhodes; Gatwick to Mykonos, Santorini and Thessaloniki; Bristol, Gatwick
and Manchester to Corfu and Crete.
Jet2.com (0871 226 1737; www.jet2.com) flies to Corfu from East Midlands, Leeds Bradford and Newcastle from £49.99; Crete from East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle from £69.99; Kos from Manchester from £69.99; Rhodes from East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle Airports from £69.99. Fares quoted are one way.
Olympic Air (www.olympicair.com) Flights from London to Athens.
Charter Flights
Seat-only flights with charter airlines start operating in April or May, continuing through the summer until September or October.
Fly Viking (www.flyviking.com) has summer flights from Gatwick to Corfu, Crete, Kalamata, Kos, Rhodes, Samos and Skiathos.
Monarch Airlines (0871 423 8642; www.monarch.co.uk) Flights to Crete, Corfu, Kefalonia, Preveza, Rhodes, Skiathos and Zante from Gatwick and Manchester. Also Crete, Corfu and Zante from Birmingham. Fares start at £200 return.
Olympic Holidays (0844 576 2386; www.olympicholidays.com) operates flights from 19 UK airports, mainly to Cyprus, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes and Zante. The biggest choice is from Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester.
Thomson Airways (0871 231 4787; www.thomson.co.uk) From London and many regional airports to over 20 destinations including Corfu, Crete, Halkidiki, Kefalonia and Rhodes.
Thomas Cook Airlines (0844 855 0515; www.thomascookairlines.co.uk) offers seat-only fares to similar destinations to Thomson including Kos and Zakynthos from Manchester.
The Charter Flight Centre (0844 050 0100; www.charterflights.co.uk) can help find best deals with the operators above.
Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines (see above) offer the largest range of options. Based in Heraklion in Crete, Sky Express (www.skyexpress.gr) flies small planes to a wide range of other islands.
By sea
Find ferry schedules on the internet at Greek Travel Pages (www.gtp.gr). Thomas Cook Publishing (01733 416477; www.thomascook publishing.com) has various travel guides for Greece including Greek Island Hopping 2011 (£14.99 + £1.50 p & p). Also see the useful website, www.greekislandhopping.com.
Car Hire
Try Holiday Autos (www.holidayautos.co.uk), Hertz (www.hertz.co.uk) and Avis (www.avis.co.uk). Compare prices on
www.carrentals.co.uk or www.carhiresearch.co.uk.
Jet2.com (0871 226 1737; www.jet2.com) flies to Corfu from East Midlands, Leeds Bradford and Newcastle from £49.99; Crete from East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle from £69.99; Kos from Manchester from £69.99; Rhodes from East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle Airports from £69.99. Fares quoted are one way.
Olympic Air (www.olympicair.com) Flights from London to Athens.
Charter Flights
Seat-only flights with charter airlines start operating in April or May, continuing through the summer until September or October.
Fly Viking (www.flyviking.com) has summer flights from Gatwick to Corfu, Crete, Kalamata, Kos, Rhodes, Samos and Skiathos.
Monarch Airlines (0871 423 8642; www.monarch.co.uk) Flights to Crete, Corfu, Kefalonia, Preveza, Rhodes, Skiathos and Zante from Gatwick and Manchester. Also Crete, Corfu and Zante from Birmingham. Fares start at £200 return.
Olympic Holidays (0844 576 2386; www.olympicholidays.com) operates flights from 19 UK airports, mainly to Cyprus, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes and Zante. The biggest choice is from Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester.
Thomson Airways (0871 231 4787; www.thomson.co.uk) From London and many regional airports to over 20 destinations including Corfu, Crete, Halkidiki, Kefalonia and Rhodes.
Thomas Cook Airlines (0844 855 0515; www.thomascookairlines.co.uk) offers seat-only fares to similar destinations to Thomson including Kos and Zakynthos from Manchester.
The Charter Flight Centre (0844 050 0100; www.charterflights.co.uk) can help find best deals with the operators above.
GETTING AROUND
Internal FlightsOlympic Air and Aegean Airlines (see above) offer the largest range of options. Based in Heraklion in Crete, Sky Express (www.skyexpress.gr) flies small planes to a wide range of other islands.
By sea
Find ferry schedules on the internet at Greek Travel Pages (www.gtp.gr). Thomas Cook Publishing (01733 416477; www.thomascook publishing.com) has various travel guides for Greece including Greek Island Hopping 2011 (£14.99 + £1.50 p & p). Also see the useful website, www.greekislandhopping.com.
Car Hire
Try Holiday Autos (www.holidayautos.co.uk), Hertz (www.hertz.co.uk) and Avis (www.avis.co.uk). Compare prices on
www.carrentals.co.uk or www.carhiresearch.co.uk.
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