Eleni’s Kouzina & Grocer is moving to 34 Henley Beach Road, Mile End in September 2026. The yiros, the freezer, the grocery range, and why the road needs it.

Seven ferry companies. Three Athens ports. One meltemi wind that ruins the schedule. What Aussies need to know before booking a Greek island ferry.

Yes, Australians will need ETIAS for Greece. Not yet, but soon. €7, three years, 20 minutes online. Don’t panic. Do read this first.

The Met is quietly returning $95 million of looted antiquities. Some to Greece. Some not really. What’s going home, and what the diaspora needs to know.

Travel insurance is the boring part of a Greek holiday. It’s also the single most important thing you’ll buy for the trip. Here’s how to do it right in 2026.

Every Aussie Googles “best places to visit in Greece” and gets the same recycled top-10. This is the Cycladic Spaces version, ordered for real Aussie trips.

Ten days. Three places, not five. Two islands, not four. The 10-day Greek islands itinerary written for jet-lagged Aussies flying 24 hours to get there.

Melisses. Anastasia. Katerina Lioliou. Every Greek singer touring Australia in 2026 and 2027, in one scannable list. Cities, venues, tickets.

Yes, Greece is safe. Your trip is fine. Your flight route to get there is where the real questions live. The July 2026 Aussie update.

The books to pack for a Greek holiday. Greek authors worth the luggage weight, foreign novels that got Greece right, travel writing that will make you love the country more, and the overrated ones we quietly left off.

Naxos is the island we tell families to book before they’ve finished asking the question, and the one couples keep discovering five years after everyone else went to Paros.

Lefkada is the Greek island without a ferry. A causeway connects it to the mainland, so you drive on, from Athens in about four and a half hours or from Preveza’s Aktion airport in thirty minutes.

There is a test I put every Greek restaurant through, and it has nothing to do with me. It is my husband, Stefanos, born and raised in Piraeus, a traditionalist who has no patience for a clever reinvention. Vasili's Table passed. And then came the lamb.

The red sauce from Greek souvlaki and gyros shops, made at home in ten minutes with feta, roasted peppers and tomato. No cooking, no hot sauce.

The orange arrival card is going digital. Here's what the Australia Travel Declaration is, who can use it in 2026, and why most people flying home from Greece will still be filling in paper on descent.

In summer the Athens night moves to the sea. The Riviera beach clubs from Glyfada to Vouliagmeni, the central Athens bars and rooftops, and how locals really do it.

Marathounda is Symi's goat beach, where goats wander onto the sand and raid your lunch. How to get there in 2026, the taverna to eat at, and what it's really like.

What does a trip to Greece really cost from Australia? A 2026 budget breakdown in AUD: flights, ferries, islands, food, and sample two-week budgets.

After fifteen years of helping Aussies plan trips to Greece, here is the 2026/27 planning guide we wish we'd been handed the first time. Flights, season, tourist tax, islands worth your time, mainland routes, and the rules we use for our own family.

I don’t recommend travel to Mykonos or Santorini. Here is an open letter to explain why.