I sit here writing our last post from Greece, as tomorrow we head off across the border to Turkey. Its been a real dilemma this week as we really do not want to leave Greece. It is such a relaxing and easy place to bumble that we’re finding ourselves torn with the idea of staying a little longer. However, if we stay then we push our arrival date in Turkey, which means we might not end up reaching Mount Ararat before the winter arrives. A good problem to have, but still a hard call to make. In the end, we go with our head rather than hearts!
So for the last week, we’ve been seeking out more unspoilt beaches, dining out, playing in sea and generally really enjoying life. Our last week in Greece is definitely for shore lovers and mountain buffs, as our trip ventured along the Greek coast with some of the most beautiful and extremely quiet sites of Northern Greece.
Besides its pebble and sandy beaches bordered by turquoise waters, Greece is ideal for road trips and can’t recommend it enough. From picturesque little villages to ancient sites and dense forest and natural parks. The country has everything for the perfect bumble. Here are some of our highlights…
Xiropotamos
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- The shore line
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- Cactus Flower
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- Our Parking Spot
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- I want to stay
Our Bumble wild camping spot Xiropotamos N040.361585, E023.887832
our view
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- great coastline
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- farmland
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- hello
Aristotelis
Mount Athos in the background
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- View of the town
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- Church
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- Boat Yard
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- Another meal out
Our Bumble wild camping spot Aristotelis N040.405963, E023.873785
Nea Roda
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- Best Dinner Date
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- Dinner View
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- Cute Dude
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- Parking Spot
Love my Hubby
Our Bumble wild camping spot Nea Roda N040.381210, N023.928599
Fanari Beach
We actually headed in land to the mountains – Drama to Zante. Most scenic and desolate road in a long time but it was way too hot. So we headed back to the coast and settled for come cool ocean breeze.
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- Our path through the valley
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- Church
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- Monastery
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- Fresh Spring Water
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- Making Rainbows
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- Zante
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- Terracotta roof tiles
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- Piraeus statue
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- Bride & Groom
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- Sunset
Our Bumble wild camping spot Fanari Beach N040.961797, E025.127690
Alexandroupoli
Our Bumble paid camping spot Alexandroupoli N040.843344, E025.876277
Connecting the West to the East, Alexandroupoli is the capital of the Evros region. The seaside town is an important commercial hub between northern Greece and Turkey and is very close to the Dada Forest and the magnificent Evros delta. However, as far as parking goes, it the worst spot we have found in all our time in Greece (no photo cause so bad lol) and we’ve paid for it. Good news though, we are now only 40 kilometres from Turkey and the plan is to leave in the morning.
See You In Turkey Folks!
Once in Turkey we will need to find a data package and we’re not too sure on how things work. We have read we need to register our phones in order to purchase the a sim as the Turkish Government control wifi. So we may be off line for a while but will be back up as soon as possible.
Turkey here we come!
great post — my absolute fave is the first photo of you with wine 🙂
I wrote a little on here but it kept having a funny one Enjoy Turkey luv pops Mac n Tosh xxx
Good to hear your voice last night
Is that the website or you having a funny one?
Thanks for the co-ordinates we are thinking of heading that way in a couple weeks!
You won’t be disappointed its a brilliant coastline and wonderful in September
We spent many years in Turkey, registration of phones became mandatory to prevent phone theft. We had one of ours stolen – luckily we reported it to the police immediately as 2 years later the person who bought the stolen phone also had it stolen and they traced it back to a sim card we had bought – sim cards had to be registered even though phones weren’t at that time – luckily a Turkish friend helped us with the paperwork and the judge recognised that we were the first owners and not the people who had stolen it!
It is very easy to register your phones, and then buy a sim card. We also bought a Mifi and data sim as we wanted to use it for 2 phones, 2 tablets and a laptop. We used Turkcell, as it was widely used and there are a lot of Turkcell shops in Muğla but there are other providers. Turkey had better coverage of 4G than we had in the UK, I even downloaded kindle books years and years ago on a coach in the middle of nowhere.
Just had another thought, most cafes, bars and restaurants will allow you to use their Wi-Fi. You can use this on your devices without using a Turkish sim card. It is possible to buy a Turkish sim without registration, or registering your phone, but if there is a purge, and there often is, your sim card can be locked and it will be unusable.
Cheers Wendy. We always try and find free wifi spots but funnily enough there aren’t many here?
Thanks Wendy, lucky you reported it! We wondered why the registration was mandatory. We purchased a prepaid Turkcell sim for our phone, which also allows tethering. Seems they still have the best coverage for Turkey.
Ahh, Greece, I understand your thinking, that’s why we stayed for five months last winter. Glad you are enjoying it once again. Regarding Turkey and SIM cards, when we were there in November 2017 I just purchased a SIM card, wasn’t asked to register my phone and it worked instantly. Not sure if things have changed but I hope you can get online again quickly.
Five months during winter, wow…now thats a thought.
That beach at Xiropotamos could be in the Outer Hebrides! Thought I’d take the opportunity to say that as it’s usually said the other way round. 🙂
So True!