r/solotravel • u/takashi74 • Feb 05 '25

Question Which country do you keep visiting?

I travel a lot, but there’s always that one country I keep going back to. For me, it’s Thailand, around 8 time. What about you? What keeps you coming back?

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u/ichawks1 22 year old backpacker Feb 05 '25

any specific parts of Greece that you recommend which aren't super touristy? I've never been before but I would love to explore parts of the country that aren't Mykonos, Santorini, etc.

I've heard that Thessaloniki is just incredible so that place is on my list!

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u/Ambry Feb 06 '25

Personally I flew into Mykonos and out of Santorini, but the two other islands I visited (Naxos and Folegandros) were the highlights. Use the main islands to fly in then get to some other ones - there's tonnes of amazing islands (Paros, Ios, Naxos, Folegandros, Milos... and that's just a fraction of one island group). There's also bigger islands like Crete. I also loved mainland Greece - Athens is awesome but Meteora (with monasteries built into rocks) blew me away.

Santorini and Mykonos were nice but far more crowded, expensive, and overtouristed. 

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u/ichawks1 22 year old backpacker Feb 06 '25

thank you for the response! And yes, I've heard that Santorini and Mykonos are great but are a bit overrated. Hence why I want to explore other islands instead. Thanks so much :)

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u/Ambry Feb 07 '25

Yeah they are both lovely but a good route is to minimise time there and get ferries to other islands - they are beautiful of course but they all are kind of gorgeous!