HIDDEN GREECE: Greek island holidays avoiding the crowds

Designed-to-order holidays to the less well known Greek Islands. As the 'Hidden Greece' frontier recedes under the assault of mass tourism we track the changes. 70% of our clients rebook with us within two years.

How sad such an imaginative airline no longer serves Greece!

Greek soup spoon

If you travel with an ATOL protected company all your money is totally protected. Hidden Greece trades under ATOL 11352. Good also to travel with a company that takes a responsible attitude to travel.

Before booking, click here to get in the mood!

However, strong financial protection is not the only reason for choosing Hidden Greece. Here are a few others:

1 - gain from our many years experience of Greece and unbiased first-hand knowledge of the places and accommodation we offer. We have no commitments to aircraft seats or hotel beds so have no incentive to sell you something you don't want;

2 - let us find the flights to Greece which offer the best value, most convenient schedules, and best domestic airline and ferry connections inside Greece;

3 - go straight to the destinations page if you know where you want to go; if you don't, check our "Where for What?" table; then look for the best island combinations if you want a multi-centre holiday;

4 - let us help you find the most appropriate ferries to use within Greece (we are past masters at guessing schedules before they are published); importantly this allows us to book suitable flights for you before prices go up even if ferry schedules are not yet finalised

5 - check which parts of Greece are still unspoilt (relatively Martian-free) where you can meet the Greeks and enjoy their traditional way of life. We apologise profusely to both of the people we have upset since 1998 by persisting with this deeply un-PC concept.

Well, you can; and it might (and to be honest we're not that good at spotting people who just want to pick our brains). But bear in mind a few facts before you abandon us:

1 - we have access to fares and room rates not available to you. So it does not follow you will save much, if anything, by doing your own thing;

2 - most hotel websites feature either luxury hotels (whose prices virtually guarantee you can book them safely even if they totally lack any charm) or lower graded properties whose attributes may fall well short of their website's claims. We deal with one country only and offer accommodation which is suitable for a wide range of pockets, is normally small in scale and is likely to have ambiance, friendly owners and to be set somewhere that still feels like Greece;

However.........,

we also want to work closely with our hotel and B&B owners to their, your and our best advantage. So you will find below every property description a link to its own Greek website. That means you can compare what we say with what the owner himself writes, perhaps with extra pictures or more detail (e.g. a pool or air-con recently added). If your first choice doesn't quite fit the bill, just click again on destinations and browse through our many alternatives.

For further inspiration, most island pages list a few client reviews which can be very informative and often illustrate which island combinations work well.

Hidden Greece: now Internetting in a big way

We feature Greece - and Greece only

What better than a lazy lunch on the water-front ...

... and a seat with a view to relax on afterwards?

What our website provides

2 - A profile of our company under the heading The Hidden Greece Concept. If you know us already you may skip this section; if you don't, you should read it to make sure our modus operandi will suit you - we treat our clients as independent adults, not sheep needing molly-coddling.

3 - A table Where for What? showing which destinations are most likely to meet your criteria for what you want to find - or avoid.

4 - A Booking Enquiry form on which you can indicate which destinations appeal to you, when you want to go, how many of you will be travelling and so on. The form will be automatically returned to us and we will check availability and contact you by e-mail or phone with a quote or some suggestions.

And what it doesn't provide

The chance to book a holiday straight off the shelf on line in three minutes flat because what we offer are not bog standard arrangements but the most flexible tailor-made holidays on the Greek market. Our formal Terms and Conditions are here, as a PDF ; these conditions (and other details which you may well find more scintillating) are also found under The Boring Details.

Hidden Greece Limited :: ATOL 11352 All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information. More about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate here