Greece has more coastline than any other Mediterranean country, nearly 7400 miles if you unravel the coastline of all those islands, and importantly a much indented coastline providing an abundance of natural harbours and anchorages. When to go The season in Greece normally starts around mid-April and runs through to the middle of October. In general it is more settled and warmer in the Dodecanese in the east than in the Ionian in the west and Northern Sporades. High season June to September. Some nights will be hot and it takes a while to get used to sleeping in these temperatures.
Wind patterns are dependable and the prevailing winds constant in direction and strength.
There are few days of rain. Late season October. There are daily scheduled flights to Athens international airport from most major European airports and less frequent scheduled flights from major overseas airports. In the summer there are frequent charter flights from many European airports and these are substantially cheaper than scheduled flights. Charter flights connect not only with Athens, but with many smaller airports including Corfu, Preveza, Kalamata, Crete, Kos, and Rhodes.