http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T01:46:08Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Greece%20Hotel%20Guide http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/5/42644/28990 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our far-flung correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a> has once again slapped together a guide to a place we have only dreamed about visiting. This time, she's summing up various hotels in Greece. Got a tip, question or suggestion about where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>Send it our way</b></a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/chios_mesta_street.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Hotels generally assume you'll be travelling in a couple. But what if you're in a huge family or a big group? Who sleeps with who and who gets the fold-down cot? Can you find a hotel that offers everything everyone wants to do within a short distance? Nightmare.<p> <p>Save yourself the stress and irritating compromise on <a href="http://www.chios.com/index.php?newlang=english"><b>Chios</b></a>, the fifth largest island in Greece and just five miles off the coast of Turkey femmefatale 2008-01-11T09:05:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/5/42019/23290 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our far-flung correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a> has once again slapped together a guide to a place we have only dreamed about visiting. This time, she's summing up various hotels in Greece. Got a tip, question or suggestion about where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>Send it our way</b></a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/emelisse_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Odysseus made the Ionian island of <a href="http://www.greekisland.co.uk/ithaka/ithaka.htm">Ithaki</a> famous - it was his home town, says Homer - but it was the rather lesser hero <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238112">Captain Corelli</a> who put its huge neighbour <a href="http://www.justkefalonia.co.uk">Kefalonia</a> (Cephallonia) on the modern-day map. <p> <p>Avoid the capital Argostoli and head straight for Fiskardo, the only town in Kefalonia saved by the gods in the 1953 earthquake and now a sparky sailing and fishing port lined with femmefatale 2008-01-10T09:05:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/4/4950/65884 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our far-flung correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a> has once again slapped together a guide to place we have only dreamed about visiting. This time, she's summing up various hotels in Greece. Got a tip, question or suggestion about where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>Send it our way</b></a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/orloff_resort.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>If you're in Athens and fancy a bit of island-hopping without having to hop too far, you'll be heading to the islands of the Argo-Saronic, right near Athens.<p> <p>Aegina, Poros and Hydra are three of the best, but they're becoming more and more overrun by foreigners and tacky tourist shops. And we wanna be with locals, no? So escape to Spetses, a 2-hour trip from Athens by ferry and a favourite weekend spot for femmefatale 2008-01-09T09:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/4/4413/27729 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our far-flung correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy">Monica Guy</a> has once again slapped together a guide to city we have only dreamed about visiting. This time, she's summing up various hotels in Greece. Got a tip, question or suggestion about where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it our way</a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/aigilios.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>One HotelChatter reader <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/28/212823/489/hotels/Hotel_Hell_in_Santorini">had a bad time on the island of Santorini</a> (Thira), Greece.<p> <p>It's a shame, because Santorini has tons to offer. It's unlike the other islands in the Cyclades in that it's a volcanic island, with black sand beaches, a huge caldera (parts of which you can swim in), and some of the most fantastically clear light you've ever seen (or seen through) in your life. Volcanic soil is also fertile femmefatale 2008-01-08T09:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/4/35415/42476 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our far-flung correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy">Monica Guy</a> has once again slapped together a guide to city we have only dreamed about visiting. This time, she's summing up various hotels in Greece. Got a tip, question or suggestion about where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it our way</a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/oandbehotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Chaos. It's a Greek word originally, and it's exactly what you'll find in Greece's capital of Athens. <p> <p>Chaotic driving, chaotic shopping, chaotic, hot, throbbing nightlife. It's good chaos - especially if you need a break from the boring predictability of an office - and one of the most fun and alive places to visit in southern Europe.<p> The hotel scene is as chaotic as the rest of the city. We've had the femmefatale 2008-01-07T09:00:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/