The Greece You Feel
About Greek Sun
An independent guide to the Greek islands, written for people choosing between them rather than looking for the cheapest week in the sun.
What is here
Guides to 40 islands across the 6 groups the ferries actually organise themselves into: the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, the north-east Aegean, the Sporades, eastern Crete and the two mainland bases most island trips pass through. Each guide covers what the island is like, what there is to do, and the legs that reach it, with scheduled crossing times.
Alongside those, 36 of the islands carry the connections that make hopping possible, mapped on the island hopping page, and a month-by-month view of what the season actually does on when to go.
What is not here
No prices, no availability, no booking. This site does not sell holidays and has nothing to gain from recommending one island over another, which is the reason the small islands get as much room as the famous ones.
Nor are there rankings. An island is not better than another island; it is a different kind of week. The guides try to describe the difference precisely enough that the choice becomes obvious.
How the guides are written
Every island page is built around specifics rather than adjectives: named beaches, named villages, the walk between them, which port the boat comes into and how long the crossing runs. Where a detail changes with the season, such as a sailing frequency or a bus service, it is described as the shape of the route rather than quoted as a timetable, because a timetable printed on a web page is wrong within a year.
Where something cannot be stated accurately, it is left out. That is why some guides are shorter than others.