Aquamarine waters, delicious cuisine, white-sand beaches and a rich history: Greece has long been a dream holiday destination. As the summer months inch closer, many of us turn to social media for travel inspiration, poring over perfectly posed pictures in the country’s most famous spots, with stock image-esque backdrops of Santorini’s whitewashed houses, the Mykonos windmills or the ancient Parthenon.
But we’ve all seen the “Instagram vs reality” videos: the pink and orange hues of a Santorini sunset over Oia’s blue domes giving way to a camera panning round to reveal thousands of tourists, all jostling to get the same shot. What these more revealing videos also fail to mention is the sky-high costs incurred while holidaying in many of these bucket-list spots.
