When does tourist season end in Greece?

[AlexiaTravels]

I am planning my next Greek trip.

I want to go in October but the people I am traveling with - we won't be able to to go until mid-October.

I have been to Crete that late in the year and to Athens, but not anywhere else. On our schedule is to visit some of the smaller islands, like Hydra.

Do places like that shut down? My main concern is, will the tourist shops be closed? I love to browse through them and it's part of my enjoyment.

 

[Hash]

I am planning my next Greek trip.

I want to go in October but the people I am traveling with - we won't be able to to go until mid-October.

I have been to Crete that late in the year and to Athens, but not anywhere else. On our schedule is to visit some of the smaller islands, like Hydra.

Do places like that shut down? My main concern is, will the tourist shops be closed? I love to browse through them and it's part of my enjoyment.

I don't know about Hydra in particular, when I was working in Mykonos I was still working winding down the operations and a lot of the shops were open for cruise ships ...my opinion would be not all but the locally owned like in Syros are always open for a few hours a day,the atmosphere is very relaxed and actually very pleasant to browse around,In Syros for example the shops sell all kinds of cheeses, nuts olives, herbs, souvenirs on the seafront, visit Syros if you can, you will be surprised how beautiful it is,.....So is Andros and Tinos !....not far from Rafina or Pireaus....I will try and find out additional information later on!

 

[ellinasgolfer0320]

Generally, it ends in October, but that doesn't mean everything will be shut down.

 

[k_tsoukalas]

I have been to a few places in Greece in October. I went to Crete the last week of October and some touristy areas were shutting down after that week was over. The main city areas of Chania and Heraklion, though, remained open.

I went to Athens in early October once and it was the same thing.

I found in those places that the crowds had died down and the weather was beautiful - since I don't do a fair amount of shopping when in Greece (I spend most of the time eating, waking, and sitting on the beach) the souvenir shops closing didn't really bother me.

 

[Deborah]

October is a great month to visit Greece! Many tourists will have left, there’s still a lot of fresh produce for those farm-to-table meals, sites will be easier to visit, and the weather (though not a 100% given) will still be sunny and warm in most, particularly southern,locations. Places catering to tourists will typically close down by November 1st, but each year Greece becomes more popular and more of a year-round destination. The only thing to watch when making your plans is that air and ferry schedules will revert to the less frequent Fall schedule.