Greece Summary

So, in line with our previous European excursions, here’s a little summary of how the numbers lined up for our Greek adventure:-

We spent a total of 85 nights away, which is exactly the same number as for our Italian trip last year.  These can be broken down as follows:-

By Country

UK                         1

France                  4

Italy                       4

Greece                50

Bulgaria              10

Romania               6

Hungary                2

Austria                  3

Germany               2

Netherlands          1

Belgium                 1

Overnight Ferry    1

By Stopover Category

ACSI Discounted Campsites                     15

Other Campsites                                         26

Paid Aires & Motorhome Parking             19

Free Aires & Motorhome Parking               3

Taverna / Restaurant Stops                        5

Other Free (Wild) Parking                          16

Overnight Ferry                                              1

 

Mileage

Total Mileage                                5,751

Average Daily Mileage                      67

Maximum Daily Mileage                260

Average Speed                                   32 mph

Fuel consumption                              30 mpg

Cost

Trying to show our total expenditure on a like for like basis with our previous trips, I have included the cost of our return Eurotunnel fare, even though that was actually paid for in advance on this occasion.  With that added in our total expenditure whilst on the trip was £7,400, i.e. £1,200 more than the £6,200 we spent in Italy last year. 

Thankfully we managed to avoid any repair costs this time around but supermarket bills, eating out and campsites, when we used them, all seemed to be a fair bit more expensive than they were in Italy, although we did have more nights wild camping so that should have balanced out our accommodation costs to a certain extent.

We also drove for an additional 700 miles on this trip so our diesel costs would have increased accordingly.  Toll expenditure for motorways through France and around Greece and also for the tunnel through the Alps and the bridge entering the Peloponnese, were also significantly higher than we have forked out on previous trips.

The one big additional cost was of course the ferry from Ancona to Igoumenitsa, which added €700 (£585), so taking that out of the equation to make it a bit more like for like gives us a net increase of 11% over our Italian costings, which feels to be pretty much what I expected the comparison to show.