19 Quotes About Greece to Inspire You to Plan a Trip

Tina Walsh
May 24, 2022
4 min read

Updated: May 21

CaptK and I are heading to Corfu Greece once more. This visit spending 3 weeks exploring parts of this warm and welcoming country where we have never explored before. We have made more than 7 trip and life along the sun kissed Mediterranean Coast speaks to our hearts. We especially love Greece. We love the affordability, the food, the people, the natural beauty and the history.

One thing that touches my heart every time we visit is how proud the Greeks are about their country. They want you to love it as much as they do! If you have made a visit to Athens, Mykonos, or Santorini and it didn't wow you, I encourage you to go back and bypass these tourist dense places. Head to one of the smaller, lesser known towns or islands, especially in May when the wildflowers are blooming or September/October when the water is warm.

Let these quotes and photographs inspire you to plan a trip.

"The isles of Greece, Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set." Lord Byron

“On a summers night, I have sat on the balcony drinking Ouzo, watching the ghosts of Greek Heroes sailing past, listening to the rustle of their sail cloths and the gentle lapping of their oars…and lain alongside Pythagoras watching him study the myriad of triangles in the constellations twinkling above us.”

Phil Simpkin

Grand Theatre in Epidaurus, Mainland Greece

"If I’d been born in ancient Greece, I’d worship Zeus and Aphrodite"

Richard Dawkins

"I want to have an ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ experience where I drop off the face of the planet and move to Greece."

Jennifer Hyman

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"In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece."

Nia Vardalos

Kandylakia, the Roadside Shrines You See Throughout Greece

“It takes a lifetime to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her.” —Henry Miller

"Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence, native to famous wits."

John Milton

“Greece is not just a destination, it’s an experience that will stay with you forever.” — Unknown

"If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three – wine, food, and art – as a way of enhancing life."

Robert Mondavi

Mount Olympus National Park, Northern Greece

“Today, to walk along the pebbled pathways of a traditional Greek mountain village or the marbled streets of an ancient Acropolis is to step back in time.” Laura Brooks