We were in Greece for 10 days last January. We were a party of nine people including 5 children ages 9 - 16, so we tried to keep it simple. We flew into Athens and got right on Aegean to Santorini. It is obviously off season there, and we got great accommodations for not much money, but there was only one restaurant open in the town where we stayed. Luckily it was great, but the fact that there were no choices was a bit disappointing. We expected things to be slow though, so we weren't surprised, just hoping for a little variety.

That being said, Santorini is beautiful and the weather was cooperative - in the mid-high 60s which was fine for us. Athens was colder, windier and wetter, but of course there's no way to predict that. We had the museums to ourselves and the vendors in the Plaka were anxious to haggle to make a sale. If the weather had been just a bit more cooperative in Athens, it would have been a perfect time to be there.

We did several side trips which I certainly recommend and which are nice at that time of year because the tourists won't be jamming the place. We did Delphi which was fabulous - thoroughly recommend it. Again, perfect weather and no crowds. Friends were there this summer and said it was shoulder to shoulder people and no fun at all. We tend to do our big trips in winter for this very reason.

We booked all of our transportation through George the world famous Athens taxi driver, whom you will meet if you go to greektravel.com. as a previous poster suggested. Although George himself was on holiday while we were there, we arranged for airport transport and our excursions through him and saved a bundle - and all on OUR schedule, not someone else's. When we wanted an itinerary that varied slightly from the published schedule, we got it with no hassle. I do think the tourism folks are anxious for business at that time of year. Anyway, PM me if you want the contact info. Hiring George really greased things on our Athens portion and we had a beautiful new Mercedes mini-bus to and from the airport that was cheaper and ten times nicer than a cab (for nine of us though - for two, you'lll still get a Mercedes but don't know the cost).

Anyway, if I can be of any help, having just done this trip, feel free to PM me. We had a great time.