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we are planning with my wife for 10 days, we took "breakfast and dinner" (Rethymno). We do not plan to buy fur coats :) what are the plans - to take a car for 4 days + fill it up and have lunch and sometimes (dine) in taverns, buy souvenirs (small ones). I don't even know how to spend the rest. money for sun loungers, umbrellas and a safe is not considered.
tell me the size of your last travel budgets to Greece, not counting accommodation and visas.
P.S. The more the better, I know!
tell me the size of your last travel budgets to Greece, not counting accommodation and visas.
P.S. The more the better, I know!
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... and one more thing, if you don’t have much experience “driving” - a year, is it worth taking a car with a gun and traveling yourself. everyone says that the movement is not saturated.
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answered 12 years ago
In Crete they took Citroenchik (mechanics) -50 euros per day, gasoline is expensive, I don’t remember exactly, but it was something a little more than 1.5 euros per liter. Souvenirs: magnets from 1 euro to 3, the very best took for 5 euros. For a gift, they bought olive oil (in metal canisters 0.5 liters - approx. 3 euros) and local cognac "Metaxa" - cheaper in duty free, 7 euros a bottle. It was good to dine in a tavern with a bottle of wine for 20-25 euros for two.
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answered 12 years ago
In Greece, you can take a car with manual transmission, most importantly - with air conditioning. For 10 days, with your plans of 1000 euros, it’s quite enough, you can do a little less, meet 700 euros, but you will shrink, which is unreasonable on vacation.
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answered 12 years ago
There are very narrow roads in Rethymno (two lanes), I have 4 years of driving experience in Moscow, but I would not want to drive on those roads)))) There are steep cliffs everywhere, not fenced in anything. The average bill in a tavern is about 15-20 euros per person. This is all in Rethymno, rested two years ago.
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answered 12 years ago
Be sure to drive. Forget about fear, everything will be easy and simple, both technically and psychologically. Budget (together with sunbeds and umbrellas, lunches on the road, gasoline, etc. around 1000 euros for 10 days.
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answered 12 years ago
About souvenirs. I strongly advise you to buy Cretan honey and ouzo - a Greek anise-based aperitif. Honey in Crete is very special, and ouzo is something else. Both can be bought in the amount of 10 euros (although you can do more - it all depends on the volume). We realized that this was not enough to take with us, we needed more ...
About the roads - we rented a car in Heraklion for 225 euros for 5 days, not counting gasoline. Gasoline in Greece is expensive - almost 2 euros per liter. Therefore, everyone rides motorcycles or small cars. The traffic is completely chaotic, the mountain roads are VERY winding and narrow, often single-lane. So be careful. In general, carefully study the lease agreement, do not try to take cheaper. Check insurance.
About the roads - we rented a car in Heraklion for 225 euros for 5 days, not counting gasoline. Gasoline in Greece is expensive - almost 2 euros per liter. Therefore, everyone rides motorcycles or small cars. The traffic is completely chaotic, the mountain roads are VERY winding and narrow, often single-lane. So be careful. In general, carefully study the lease agreement, do not try to take cheaper. Check insurance.
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answered 12 years ago
As I understand it, it’s completely useless to tell you how it’s driving there, there will be a bunch of different comments, like “The traffic is completely chaotic” and “mountain roads are VERY winding and narrow, often single-lane” (Squirrel no offense) From west to east, and no matter how strangely, the national road stretches back along the entire northern coast in four lanes. From the east and north coasts, a descent to the south, a heavy narrow serpentine, if you have been driving recently, then you need to drive not along them, but through the mountains, there are two lanes. I don’t comment on randomness, if you are from the capital, then there are simply no cars there. There are toffees on weekdays in Heraklion, there is nothing to do there, but to the aquarium along the same national road through the top, and not much in Chania, there at will. We drove with a child (then 3 years old) 1750 km. for 10 days out of 14 in Crete, and I do not regret a single meter. Honey, etc. buy in Spili. Take a map in advance and decide where you will go, it's easier. If so, please ask. I will remember this unforgettable trip with pleasure!
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answered 12 years ago
The roads are really narrow, but driving is easy, because the Greeks, although emotional, are not as crazy as we are, and they will always help you find your way, fill up your car, in any situation. A car is essential for vacation.
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answered 12 years ago
In season, car rental is around 50 euros per day. Gasoline, if you drive, and not look at the car, costs a day in a similar way, or a little less. Food: 20 euros per person on average to eat (at a time)))
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answered 12 years ago
To the maximum in a very good restaurant. Average for two with wine 30-35 euros. The average price is the same everywhere: Greek salad 2.5-3.5 euros, appetizers 2-3 euros, grilled octopuses 3-4 rarely 5 euros, main courses 5-9 euros. Hohus (snails) 2.5-3 euros. Lobster 40-50 euros. (It seems per kg, I don’t remember) In expensive restaurants (there are not many of them, for example, in the Venetian bay in Rethymno 80-100 euros for two, but ethno is not felt that way, purely tourist traffic. Small cars 25-22- 20-18 euros per day, depending on the number of days, 1-3-7 or more.I always take Suzuki Jimny 50-45-40, in good offices, in bad ones a couple of euros cheaper, but dead cars. only with full insurance Scooter 10.
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answered 12 years ago
It looks like a mechanic. I don't remember if Jimny was automatic or not. I just don't care. To be honest, after trips in the mountains of Rhodes, I took jimneys, and for independent travel to the mountain in front of Balos, in Crete, you can easily take a small car on the machine. She's cheaper too. You will have enough on those roads. Don't worry about the prices, everything is much more expensive! :-) Except gasoline.
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answered 12 years ago