Travel Review: Luxury Greece & Turkey Honeymoon Vacation, Santorini, Crete, Mykonos, Rhodes, Athens, Istanbul,...

My wife and I are both interested in history and archeology, so it was great to go to Athens and see all the history and the origins of how things got started. In our next trip however, I think we'd check Athens off the list as we completed it, and very much enjoyed the islands over the mainland. We'd probably spend more time in Crete as we had a magical time there at our hotel, the Avli (http://www.avli.gr/). At the Avli, we were greeted and taken care of as if we were family. The manager of the Hotel/Restaurant... a gentleman named Thanassis was simply remarkable. He greeted us promptly at the parking area, helped us with our bags through the cobblestone roads... and introduced us to the most wonderful stay we had during our entire trip. He helped us each day by providing ideas and options of where to go and what to choose... and provided insight to amazing day trips as only a local resident would know. He made our stay in Crete the most memorable time we have ever shared, and we look forward to returning to Crete with family and friends, as soon as we can! If we could swing it, we'd like to arrive in Athens, quickly go see the parlament and "changing of the guards"... then move onto the islands again! We loved Santorini, and would make that a destination again for sure... the sunsets there were breathtaking, and the "sunset boat cruise" we did via catamaran was amazing... we'd do that again in a heartbeat. We enjoyed the Dana Villa boutique Hotel, but the layout of how their restaurant is situated was distant enough to make us choose something different next time... In addition, their service was slightly less than helpful at times and it seemed as through they were stretched due to lack of people resources... Next time, we'd choose a different hotel... In the big picture, the villas were great, but when compared to the other destinations, the other hotels and other food... everything else stood out just that much more! We'd for sure look to visit other islands that we couldn't get to.... like Corfu. We heard so much about it from the locals... for sure it will be on our next itinerary.... and for sure Stella and this travel company will be responsible to book and plan the whole thing. Our Honeymoon was amazing, and we have Stella and her company to thank for that!!!