Testimonials

  Coming for the first time in Athens I was mesmerized of everything around me and thanks to George our fantastic English speaker driver I left Greece richer in knowledge and... read more with a treasure of memories that I will always remember. The whole experience was so relaxing and educative, it’s clearly that George loves Greece and it’s fantastic history, his sense of humor really sparked and me and my partner are so grateful for all the additional recommendations that he took his time to share with us after the tour. I recommend Nikos’ business for a remarkable experience in Greece.

  Awesome tour and guide - Our driver George was great! The tour was awesome.Highly recommend to everyone. We were picked up promptly at hotel and George was great in explaining the history of Thens and... read more all the sites we went to. He went above and beyound our expectations. This is a must do tour!

  Spyros was an excellent guide who showed us around Corinth, Napflio, Delphi, and Meteora. We had a wonderful time and felt that we fully experienced the history and highlights of... read more each area.

  WOW! I can recommend this company with NO hesitation. We (2 couples) booked a custom 6-day tour that included pickup at Athens airport, Meteora, Delphi, Nafplio and drop... read more off at Port Cheli Ferry. We made all arrangements through emails with Nikos and his gentle guidance helped us to land on the perfect trip for us. He was very responsive and professional and not pushy at all!
Our driver, Jimmy (Demetri) possessed a wealth of knowledge about Greece: history, economic situation, religion, food and drink. We felt completely safe with Jimmy at the wheel. He was a courteous and patient driver. He kept us hydrated with waters and was always willing to stop for photo ops. We are very grateful that Jimmy took us to sites beyond those we requested. He knew so many great spots that we were unaware of. He also arranged dinner reservations for us at great local spots that were our favorites of the entire trip (we were in Greece for 15 days total). Regarding recommended hotels: Iradnos (Meteora) and Hotel Antonio Gambello (Nafplio) were clean, charming, convenient and inexpensive! Hotel Nidimos was not nearly as clean or charming but it was fine for our one-night stay.
Overall, I highly recommend Private Greece Tours and if you can book Jimmy, do so! He was great!!

  My husband and I booked Private Greece Tours after our friends recommended them from touring in 2019. Since Greece was just opening back up after the pandemic, we wanted... read more as much guidance as possible. PGT owner, Nikos, was very accommodating and answered my many emailed questions before our visit and we ended up using his services for 2 full-day tours, one entire day in Athens as well as an out of town trip to Delphi. We were also able to contract with them for our transfers to and from the airport to our downtown hotel. Spiros was our driver and guide throughout our stay and we felt quite comfortable with him. He was open and candid. He was a fountain of knowledge and was eager to share all that he could with us regarding the various phases of Greek history. He seemed to anticipate our timing during our many stops and was always eager to steer us to the most important sites. On our drive to Delphi, Spiros stopped at a town near Thebes where he explained that the Lion of Chearnoea was erected as a funerary statue after the battle in 338 BC to commemorate fallen soldiers on that field. We walked through a charming ski center resort village of Arachova and lunched in the small town of Delphi overlooking amazing acre after acre of olive trees down to the sea. The Delphi Archaeological site was quite impressive but I would suggest stopping by the museum first as to get a better understanding of the depth of treasures found in these ruins. …

  Driving a car in Greece is very difficult for Americans, because there is A LOT LESS ROAD per car over there than we have over here. Watching Greeks drive may... read more appear scary, but their way optimizes the use of the tiny roads, and works there just fine. Hiring a driver is the better idea, because doing so enables you to spend your time watching the sights, instead of looking at the road and for signs as to where to turn. The online ratings are a good way to find reasonably priced drivers who are dependable, diligent, conscientious, and timely. So, if you know exactly where you are going and when, then any driver with good ratings will likely suffice: You will get picked up where you say, when you say, you will be taken where you want, you will be happy, and you will feel compelled to rate them highly, reinforcing the good professional behavior you encountered. The reason I am write this review is because I got A LOT MORE service than I asked for. Let me explain. I grew up in Greece in the 1960s and 1970s, and attended Greek school. I daresay I learned Greek history quite well. With my school we toured many historical places then, and further, my parents took me even more places. I thought I knew it all! 40 years later, having made my own family in the US, I took this trip with my daughter, to show her as much of mainland Greece as I could within 2 weeks. I created an itinerary across 11 different cities, and presented it to several highly rated drivers. The quotes I got were competitive and thankfully uniform: included all car expenses, gas, tolls, and the drivers' stay wherever we went. At the insistence of my Greek relatives I also got a quote from Private Greece Tours - that was golden! Before giving me a quote, the principal Mr. Nikos Loukas, studied my requested itinerary, understood its nature, and risked upsetting me by recommending some adjustments. The adjustments were excellent, for they included places and things that I did not know about. One such example was to include the AWESOME Archaeological Museum of Thebes (aka Thiva) which I had no idea existed, because it was established in 2016, way after my time. I would have been very upset if I'd missed it. After the adjusted itinerary was agreed upon, the quote included a nice surprise: While we knew that we would pay for the driver's night stays, PGT has agreements with several upscale hotels around Greece, whereby we pay a very reasonable room rate and that includes the driver's stay at some other room in the same hotel! Left to our own devices we would have paid a lot more at such hotels, plus extra to accommodate the driver. Per our expectations, we were always picked up on time by the English-speaking driver. The car was very comfortable, air conditioned. We were taken everywhere safely and on time. Delivering above our expectations was our driver, Mr. Dominic Iliopoulos. Diligent: Before driving us to any one of the 15+ sites, he had called ahead to confirm the availability. One was closed (Diros caves) so he immediately counteroffered that we visit a local museum presenting traditional clothes. Time well spent! Knowledgeable: Being a professional tour guide, Dominic knew the sites and their history very well, with much more information than in the Greek School textbooks! Timely: Upon driving us to each site, he would tell us the related history, show us relevant printed exhibits, show us a map, pointing where we should go in, and what to look for. Countering the hot weather he also gave us sun umbrellas and bottles of cold water each time. And with personal care: Dominic carried our suitcases to and from every hotel we stayed at, played the music we wanted in the car, and recommended restaurants for each palate in every city. And when we had a medical emergency, he called the home office to find the appropriate medical specialist in the town we were at the time and took us there. I don't know what else we could have asked for! With many thanks to PGT, this was the best trip I have ever had. …