What to do in Greece

What we would do here

Not a place to walk into, but something to do: our pick per area.

• A Greek cooking class

  The food you eat in Athens comes from the markets in the centre, and a good class starts in them. It is also what gives the market quarter a meaning beyond a photograph

• An open-air cinema below the Acropolis
  Cine Thisio Open Air Cinema · 4.6 stars · 3072 reviews

  In summer Athens screens films in open courtyards, and here the Parthenon is lit right above the screen. It is the most Athenian way to end an evening, and the complete opposite of a day spent walking ruins in the sun

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• Sailing to Delos

  The archaeological island opposite Mykonos is uninhabited, and you reach it only by boat and only within certain hours. It is the exact opposite of the island you set out from, which is why it is worth it

• An organic farm and vineyard
  Vioma Organic Farm · 4.7 stars · 781 reviews

  Mykonos reads as if it were only beaches and bars, and inland the island still farms the way it always has. A vineyard visit with a tasting shows the side the island is almost never known for

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• A dairy in the mountain villages

  Naxos is the farming island of the Cyclades, and its cheeses come from villages inland that most visitors never drive up to. It is what separates it from its neighbours

• The kitron distillery of Halki
  Vallindras Kitron Distillery · 4.5 stars · 187 reviews

  Kitron is a liqueur distilled from citron leaves, and it is almost exclusive to Naxos. The distillery in Halki still works with its old copper stills, and explains why it comes in three different shades

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• Wine tasting among the basket vines
  Argyros Estate · 4.7 stars · 730 reviews

  On Santorini the vine is woven into a basket on the ground to survive the wind, a training method with no parallel. The wine that comes out of it is sharp and mineral because of the volcanic soil

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• An olive press in a village

  Crete lives off the olive, and village presses are open to visitors and explain why the oil here is different. It is also where you see the part of the island that is not the coast

• Raki distilling in the village
  Georgiladakis Winery and Raki Distillery · 4.8 stars · 765 reviews

  Raki is what Crete puts on the table at the end of every meal, and few visitors have seen it made. Here you follow the process from grape pomace to glass, alongside a tasting from the vineyard around it

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• A winery visit inland
  Hatziemmanouil Vineyards · 4.8 stars · 445 reviews

  Kos is known for its beaches and its town, and inland there are vineyards that almost no visitor reaches. A visit with a tasting is also the only way to see the farming side of the island and the villages around it

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• Crossing the island by bike

  Kos is flat along almost its whole length and has cycle paths both in town and outside it, which is rare for a Greek island. Here a bike is real transport rather than just an outing, and it will get you to the beaches without renting a car