About Us: Meet Yannis Divramis of Greece Tours Online

My name is Yannis Divramis, and I am the owner of Greece Tours Online. This page is about me, the person behind the site. Before you read a tour page, I want you to know who wrote it and where I come from.

Think of this page as a short chat before a trip. I will tell you about my childhood on two islands. I will also share my summers of travel and the questions my friends kept asking. The other sections of this page explain how Greece Tours Online works.

Yannis Divramis, owner of Greece Tours Online, in a sea cave at Kleftiko, Milos
Me at Kleftiko, Milos, a place I keep going back to.

Hello, I Am Yannis Divramis

I am a real person, and I founded Greece Tours Online myself. I still own it today. My name sits on this page because I want you to know who stands behind the advice you read here.

I was born in Greece, and Greek is my mother tongue. I grew up between Milos and Santorini, two islands in the Cyclades. For me, the Greek islands were not a place to visit once a year. They were the place where I lived.

Being Greek helps in small ways. I read the road signs and talk with local people in their own language. I also know how everyday life works here. That quiet advantage helps me every time I write for Greece Tours Online.

Friends were the first to ask me for help. They wanted to know which island to pick for their trip. They also asked me which day trips are worth the time.

Soon, friends of friends sent me the same questions. I answered the way I talk to a neighbour: in plain words, with an honest opinion. I did not read from a brochure, because I had no brochure. I had my own memories and my own trips.

I liked those conversations, because a good answer depends on the person asking. A traveller with three days needs a different plan from a traveller with two weeks. That is the thinking I bring to Greece Tours Online today.

Summers Between Milos and Santorini

As a kid, I swam in the coves of Milos. Kleftiko was one of them. It is a bay of sea caves on the south-west coast of the island.

I have been back to Kleftiko more times than I can count. The photo on this page shows me there, in a sea cave at Kleftiko. A place like that never gets old for me, even after all those visits.

Each summer I set aside a month or more to travel around Greece. I treat those weeks as a fixed part of my year. They keep my own picture of the country fresh, and that picture shapes how I write for Greece Tours Online.

On the islands, my trips have taken me to Lefkada, Corfu, Crete, Skiathos and Patmos. Each one is a good reminder that Greece is not one place.

Lefkada and Corfu lie in the Ionian Sea, in the west. Patmos sits far to the east, in the Dodecanese. Crete is the largest Greek island, and Skiathos is a small green island in the Sporades. The landscape and the pace of life change from one stop to the next.

I travel the mainland too. In the Peloponnese, I have spent time in Messinia and in Laconia. In Laconia, the Byzantine town of Mystras stands on its hillside. Islands and mainland are two sides of the same country, and I enjoy both.

I learn a little more about Greece every summer. I started as a boy who swam in the coves of Milos. Today I am still a traveller who loves this country. That is the person behind Greece Tours Online, and it is nice to meet you.

Why Greece Tours Online Exists

I answered the same questions about islands and day trips again and again, in messages and over dinner. One day I thought: why not write the answers down once, so anyone can read them? That is why Greece Tours Online exists.

Each tour page takes one of those questions and gives it a clear, calm answer. You read the page the way you listen to a friend who has already asked around. You do not need a long chat to understand the trip, and you do not need ten open tabs either.

My aim is simple. I want you to understand a day trip before you book it. Greece Tours Online is one place where you can read the details, compare the options and decide without pressure.

Booking, payment, tickets and cancellation all happen on GetYourGuide or Viator, under their terms. The tours themselves are run by local operators. My pages explain the days, and they run them.

How I Choose Which Tours to Write About

I do not choose topics by guessing, and I do not choose them by taste. Greece Tours Online picks its topics from booking data. I look at which day trips, boat tours and tickets travellers book more than any others.

Then I write one page for each of them. When a tour keeps showing up in the data, it earns a page. The data decides, not my own favourite places.

This keeps the site useful. The pages answer what travellers really book, not what I wish travellers booked. If a trip is popular, you will find an honest page about it.

My own travel helps me judge a route. Those long summers on the islands and in the Peloponnese taught me how a day out really feels, from the first ferry to the last bus back.

Travelling there myself shows me what sea, distance and time mean in real life. A boat trip that looks short on a map can still make a long day. A choppy crossing feels different from a calm one. I like to be honest about these things, because they decide whether a day is a good one for you.

So when I read the booking data for Greece Tours Online, I do not only see numbers. I picture the road, the harbour and the water, and I write the page with that in mind. That keeps each page close to a real day, not a brochure.

How This Site Earns Money

Here is how this site earns money, in plain words. Greece Tours Online is an affiliate partner of GetYourGuide and Viator.

When you book through a link on the site, the site earns a commission. You pay no extra cost. The tour is not more expensive because you came from one of my pages.

That commission pays for Greece Tours Online. I prefer to say so openly instead of hiding it in small print. It keeps the pages free for you to read, and it keeps the site running.

You will not see prices on the tour pages. Prices change with the season and with the operator, so a number written here is soon wrong. The booking box shows the current price instead, and that is the one to trust.

I want you to know exactly how Greece Tours Online works before you click anything. Read the page, check the price in the booking box, and choose the tour that suits your trip.

Islands, Mainland and Cyprus: The Tour Pages So Far

Greece Tours Online has 33 tour pages so far. Thirty are in Greece and three are in Cyprus, in the Ayia Napa area. They cover Athens, Corinth, Thessaloniki, Mykonos, Santorini, Milos, Crete, Rhodes, Kos, Corfu, Zakynthos and Cyprus. Here they are, grouped by region. Each link opens one page.

Athens and the mainland (9 pages)

Northern Greece (2 pages)

Cyclades (5 pages)

Crete (5 pages)

Dodecanese (5 pages)

Ionian Islands (4 pages)

Cyprus (3 pages)

Pick the region you are visiting, then open the trips that fit your days. Each page on Greece Tours Online stands on its own, so you can read just one.

What You Will Find on Every Tour Page

Every page on Greece Tours Online follows the same plan. That way you can set two trips side by side and see which one fits your days. Here is what each page gives you, and why it helps you choose.

  • The route. You see how the day runs from start to finish. That tells you how long you travel and how long you stay at each place.
  • The departure points. You learn where the trip starts. If that spot is far from where you sleep, you know before you book, not on the morning itself.
  • The stops. Each page names the places you visit. You can check them against your own wish list and skip a trip that misses what you came for.
  • What the day includes. You see what the day covers and what stays on your own list. That avoids surprises once the trip has started.
  • Season and weather notes. These help you choose the right time of year. A sea trip and a long walk among ruins ask for different weather.
  • Five common questions. Every page on Greece Tours Online ends with five common questions, answered in plain words. They save you a search for the small answers.

Each tour page on Greece Tours Online also has a map and a short video. It adds a selection of bookable tours from GetYourGuide and Viator. The map shows where the day goes. The video lets you see the place before you commit. The selection lets you compare real tours for the same trip.

Because Greece Tours Online repeats these parts on every page, you always know where to look.

When you pick a tour, you finish the booking on GetYourGuide or Viator. They handle payment, tickets and cancellation under their own terms, and local operators run the tours. Greece Tours Online stays with you at the planning stage.

Read two pages next to each other and the differences show fast. Look at how long the day is, where it starts and which stops it makes. That is how I want every Greece Tours Online page to help you choose.

What Greece Tours Online Is Not

I want to be clear about what this site is, so you know what to expect. Greece Tours Online is not a tour operator, and it is not a travel agency. I do not run boats, buses or walking tours. I do not take payments either.

The tours you read about are run by local operators in each place. When you decide to book, you do it on GetYourGuide or Viator. Booking, payment, tickets and cancellation all happen there, under their terms.

So think of my work as explaining the day before you buy it. The tour page explains the trip, and the local operator runs it. Each side does one job, and nobody pretends to do the other.

It matters to me that you know who does what before you spend any money. That is how Greece Tours Online stays honest: it informs, and the operators and partner sites do the rest.

From Reading to Booking, Step by Step

Here is the short path from a first read to a booked tour. Every step is simple, and you can stop at any point. Take your time with each one, because the trip is yours to plan.

  1. Pick a tour page for the day trip, boat tour or ticket that interests you.
  2. Read the route, the departure points and the stops, so you know what the day includes.
  3. Check the map and watch the short video on the page.
  4. Compare the bookable tours from GetYourGuide and Viator. The booking box shows the current price.
  5. Book on the partner site, and read its cancellation terms before you pay.

The first four steps happen on my site. The last step happens on GetYourGuide or Viator, because they handle payment and tickets. Greece Tours Online only shows you the way there.

Get in Touch

If you spot a mistake on a tour page, please tell me. I welcome corrections, and I welcome questions about a route, a stop or a tour. Write to me through the contact page. Your notes help keep Greece Tours Online accurate.

For a booking, a payment or a cancellation, please contact GetYourGuide or Viator, the partner site where you booked. They handle those, not me.

Questions About Greece Tours Online

Who runs Greece Tours Online?

I do. I am Yannis Divramis, the owner and founder, and a real person. I was born in Greece and grew up between Milos and Santorini. Greek is my mother tongue. I pick the topics and run the site.

Does booking through the site cost more?

No. Greece Tours Online is an affiliate partner of GetYourGuide and Viator. When you book through a link on the site, the site earns a commission, at no extra cost to you. That commission pays for the site.

Who runs the tours?

Local operators run the tours. I do not run boats, buses or walking tours myself, because this site is not a tour operator or agency. You book, pay and cancel on GetYourGuide or Viator, under their terms.

Why does the site show no prices?

Prices change with the season and with the operator, so a number on a page is soon out of date. The booking box on each tour page shows the current price instead. Check it there before you book.

Does the site cover Cyprus?

Yes. Three of the 33 tour pages cover Cyprus, in the Ayia Napa area. The other 30 cover Greece, in Athens, Rhodes, Corfu, Santorini, Milos, Crete, Zakynthos, Kos, Mykonos, Thessaloniki and Corinth. Each tour page has a map, a short video and a selection of bookable tours.

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