
Aegean island hopping 2026
Athens first, then south by air to Karpathos, Kasos and Sitia in eastern Crete — and home by way of a night on Hydra. A journey where the best things happen between places.
ONE GREEN BACKPACK
Not every journey needs a plan. The best things often happen between places.

Athens first, then south by air to Karpathos, Kasos and Sitia in eastern Crete — and home by way of a night on Hydra. A journey where the best things happen between places.







A last-minute swap from Skiathos after flight prices spiked — a spontaneous long weekend, second time on Mykonos, this time without the villa.



Skiathos as the base, with a day trip by ferry to its quieter sister Skopelos.




Four days back in a city I thought I knew — a storm on arrival, a flooded salt lake instead of a dry one, and flamingos where I least expected them.




Larnaka, Limassol and Paphos by bus along the south coast; out from Vienna, back to Bratislava.






Trips from before the green backpack: fewer notes, no pins on the map, but they happened.
Before the backpack: by train from home to Venice, down through Florence, Rome, Naples and Sicily — crossing the Strait of Messina by train-ferry both ways — and back.
Before the backpack: a week by train on the Dalmatian coast — the earliest trip in the archive.