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

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.

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.

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.

Past Santorini and Mykonos lies the Greece you came for. A 2026 guide to the islands worth your time by type of traveller, with honest notes on who each one suits and who it doesn't.

Expedia named Paros the best island for nightlife, but that's the least interesting thing about it. The beaches, the villages and the food that make Paros worth far more than one big night.