Santorini is a place dedicated to taking your money, so you’ve got to tolerate being taken advantage of at times to balance the perks, and hope it will all work to your advantage in the end. For example, when I got off the ferry, which was an hour late and had already been rescheduled after I booked it, I wasn’t sure if a public bus was available. I had read it was only two euros, was all the way to the right, but it wasn’t always available, or at least it wasn’t clear. I also read warnings about the taxi and shuttle people. Still, I didn’t see anyone go towards the buses — everyone went towards the info booth. I figure if I tried to get the bus and failed, I could get charged more upon return because I would be more desperate. So when I was quoted 10 euros for a shuttle I paid. Immediately I was fit into a crapped and hot shuttle that waited for well over 15 min to fill up way over capacity. Two American girls sat next to me complaining bitterly about being swindled. Turned out they wanted the 2 euro bus too, but accepted the shuttle without checking: at 20 euros each. Then I found out an older lady who didn’t get a seat paid 50 euros for the same trip to Fira. Amazing. So on the whole I got swindled less. Later I took the public bus to Kamari. I got kicked out initially for having a coffee, but after getting on again, the bus driver never asked me for money, so I saved 1.80. Then when I got my hotel, I paid 4.50 for some govt tax that hadnt been given in Crete. But this is my cheapest hotel, at less than 40 euros a night, with balcony and pool, unheard of in Santorini. So you take the good with the bad. Here are shots of the volcanic cliffs, black beach, and some perfectly cooked sea bass 🙂 #travelling #budgettravel #budgettips #budgeting #santorini #greece #greecetravel #greece2024 #foodie #foodblogger #foodlover #seabass #travelblogger
2 min readMay 3, 2024
