30 Beautiful Greece Quotes That Will Inspire Your Next Trip
Ooh, Greece’s beautiful and iconic views have conquered many people, including me. Who could resist such amazing sceneries, clear beaches and delicious food?
So, check out this collection of 30 beautiful Greece quotes; they will make you want to see the beauty of this country for yourself.
Those quotes about Greece are also perfect for Instagram captions for photos of your vacations in Greece.
30 Beautiful Greece Quotes That Will Inspire Your Next Trip
Let’s jump right into the goodies; from short quotes about Greece, quotes describing how beautiful Greece or Greek history is, or using Instagram captions, there is something for everyone here!
I went to Greece twice; my first time was on Santorini island, and I made a 4 days itinerary on the blog.
My second time was a spontaneous summer trip to Corfu, which is also on the blog (and a post about how we went to the wrong airport and almost missed our plane.)
I loved both those trips and cannot wait to visit more of Greece in the future.
Ready for those beautiful Greece quotes, let’s go!
1. “The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.” – James Monroe
2. “The only sounds: – when ‘gan the West to burn, and red sun upon the seas to ride, I stood upon the soil of Greece at last!” – Oscar Wilde
3. “On a summer 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.” – Phil Simpkin
4. “The world is expanding Greece and Greece is the shrinking world.” – Victor Hugo
5. “The island has magical landscapes and a special energy coming from the sea, the winds, and the land that can’t be found elsewhere.” – Eugenie Niarchos
6. “Unless you have seen the houses of Mykonos, you can’t pretend to be an architect. Whatever architecture has to say, it is said here.” – Le Corbusier
7.” Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can’t know even if you’re Greek. It’s sprinkled out all around the edge of the Aegean, all over the place. It’s already a secret place wherever you go, even if it’s somewhere huge like Athens or Corinth. The place enchanted me.” – Joanna Lumley
8. “I want Rome and the Coliseum, the Acropolis, Athens; I want beauty, and the flame of life.” – Eleanora Duse
9. “Give me a word, any word, and I’ll show you that the root of that word is Greek” – Unknown
10. “Such is the aspect of this shore; “Tis Greece, but living Greece no more! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for the soul is wanting there.” – Lord Byron
11. “Greece was a muse. It inspired creativity in magical ways that I can’t even begin to understand or explain.” – Joe Bonamassa
12. “The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.” – James Monroe
13. “If you deconstruct Greece, you will, in the end, see an olive tree, a grapevine, and a boat remain. That is, with as much you reconstruct her.” – Odysseas
14. “Located in the Cyclades and surrounded by the blue-green water of the Aegean sits whitewashed, windmill-strewn Mykonos, the island of the winds.” – Lizy Manola
15. “Greece – The feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead in a prospect of un-conjecturable magic” – Patrick Leigh Fermor
16. “Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.” – Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek
17. “Some places, such as Paris, have a magic best experienced for bride periods, so the romantic feeling doesn’t become tainted by a day to day reality. But Mykonos was different in that respect. Mykonos made you long for the restful, happy day to day reality of life on the Greek island, and it was the brief visits that tortured the soul. Paris was a romantic respite from life, Mykonos was life itself, and living” – Bobby Underwood
18. “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
19. “We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
20. “According to some theories, the legendary Atlantis said to have sunk beneath the sea in a great cataclysm, is in actuality the Greek Island of Santorini.” – Laura Brooks
Cute & Short Quotes About Greece
21. ‘At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.’ – Alcuin
22. “Get ready for wine, raki, and getting hand-fed by strangers.’ – Anthony Bourdain
23. “Gods, not wanting to deprive the Greeks of the truth, they gave them poetry.’ – Joseph Joubert
24. “The problem with Greece is that she’s just too beautiful.” – Unknown
25. “Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence, native to famous wits.” – John Milton
26. “Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence.” – John Milton
27. “The light of Greece opened my eyes, penetrated my pores, expanded my whole being.” – Henry Miller
28. “Greece is a good place to look at the moon, isn’t it.” – Kari Hesthamar
29. “It takes a lifetime to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her.” – Henry Miller
30. “In many ways, we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.’ – Nia Vardalos
And that’s a wrap on those 30 beautiful quotes about Greece! Hopefully, if you haven’t visited Greece yet, they inspired you to plan a trip to Greece as soon as possible or to plan a surprise trip for a loved one; it’s a romantic destination!
If you’ve already visited, I hope you enjoyed those, and maybe it’s high time to plan the next trip. 😉
Or you can use those quotes about Greece for Instagram. Speaking of Instagram, I also have the perfect travel quotes for Instagram in this post!
The photos that illustrate this post about Greece quotes were taken on Santorini island and Corfu island.
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Beautiful Greece Quotes That Will Inspire Your Next Trip
✈ Best Travel Ressources To Plan Your Next Trip
✈ How To Find Flights?
– Skyscanner; it is a good comparator for finding the cheapest flights.
– Google Flights is also a good help when comparing flights.
✈ Where To Book Accommodations?
– Booking.com: plenty of options and ways to get discounts the more you book.
✈ Best Sites To Book Activities
– GetYourGuide when I can’t get a ticket directly on the website or if it’s easier to go through them.
– Klook if you need to book more than just activities and would like to get everything from the same website or different day trips—(i.e. transport cards, car rental, hotel…).
✈ Other helpful travel resources
– Radical Storage: If you need a place to keep your luggage for an extended period when you travel, I recommend using them.
– TheTrainline: If you love to travel by train like me, then TheTrainline needs to be your go-to website for train travel in Europe.
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These quotes are definitely getting me excited to re-plan my cancelled trip to Greece this year! I don’t often see quotes about Greece so this was fun to read.
I hope it works out this time!
As a lover of Greece, I really appreciated this unique post! I always say once you go, you just “get it!”
Exactly!
Wow those are beautiful qoutes.. some of them are my favorite
As if I needed more reasons to crave a trip to Greece! Thank you for compiling these wonderful quotes.
Greece is always a good idea!