Whenever you think about visiting Greece you have one main decision to make before you do anything else. Will you visit the mainland and explore all that it has to offer, or will you opt for one or more of the islands instead?

Typically many people head for the likes of Crete, Rhodes and other beauties sitting out in the Aegean Sea. But the mainland has its own character and slew of places that are worth visiting. If you have the luxury of a two week break to look forward to, you may want to consider spending a week of it on an island and the other week in mainland Greece. This would mean you can successfully enjoy the best of both worlds.

Of course there is Athens to look forward to; indeed if you are flying out to one of the smaller islands you may find you have to fly to Athens before catching another flight out again. This would give you the perfect opportunity to explore this most famous of cities. Thessaloniki is another city you may be familiar with on the mainland; Larissa is another location worth looking at.

Most people are familiar with the bigger islands in Greece, but wherever you go you have to consider whether the mainland or the islands would prove to give you a better holiday. Obviously if you are going to visit a city you are not going to see too much in the way of beaches or the sea. This could give you something to think about and it might persuade you to limit a mainland trip to just a couple of days, before heading out to an island to indulge in the best of the beaches.

The point is that you should give careful consideration to the idea of where you want to go and what kind of holiday you want to have – before you book anything. The idea of a two centre holiday in Greece and its islands may not have occurred to you before, but it could be just the ticket if you are looking for this summer.