11 Things NOT to do in Greece - MUST SEE BEFORE YOU GO!

Greece has some of the best beaches, tastiest street food, and richest culture's in the world. From historically important cities like Athens, to beautiful pristine island cities like Santorini, there's so much to see here. To help you not make any mistakes here is a list of 11 things not to do in Greece.

Huge thanks for additional footage by Edmundo Yeomans, Wolfie71, manxi, Drone Photography, The Hellenic Trainspotters, and AthensAttica, Ivan Valor, and Ladislav Jecminek, Babis Papapostolou, Φραγκίσκος Κουλούρας, and Ladi & Margaret !

a movie by Cal McKinley

[CalMcKinley]

Hope you enjoy the video! sorry for the lack of uploads it's hard to get new footage due to covid so thanks for sticking with me :) Show some love for Greece below, it's one hell of a country!

CORRECTIONS: As of the uploading of this video new smoking laws have been passed that ban it indoors so not to worry! Thanks as always for the correction guys.
-cal

[jasant]

Forgot to say don't EVER eat souvlaki with knives and forks because everyone will look at you like you are an alien😂(no joke)

[elsoudani]

Generally if a Greek tells you to say something it's propably a curse, but we have a lot of fun when we hear you saying them.

[ra_creation_s]

As a greek my favourite was the one with the restaurants you are absolutely right and every tourist has to know the good places in Greece are quite

[nikitasmpaltas]

Η φάση που είμαι ελληνας έχω περιεργια τι θα λεει

[philosophos_a]

As a Greek you pointed out se really good parts
Unfortunately a lot of things have to get fixed. But we will go to the straight way one day

[dimitrisgj]

Greetings from Greece !! You are to the point my friend! Nice video, thanks for sharing👌😁

[bog_pepper]

3:18 i have told an egyptian guy that malakas meant "good morning" he said he was gonna visit Greece

[MYeyeBLINKedONCEbutSTAYedinNCT]

5:26 It's true that we're friendly. Me and my friends went to Acropolis and we had sooo many conversations with tourists, it was really fun!

[andrianak.]

I'm greek and i love this video 😍❤️🙏 Thank you for showing my country in such an amazing way.

[jacobstehly]

Thank u for that video. I’m going there in 3 weeks and I’m tryin to learn how to respect their culture and keep my family and I safe.

[FuckFeminists]

Me: a Greek. You: a maker of a successful, considerate and accurate video! Impressed.

[jacobstehly]

Thankfully someone talking who shows videos of Greece and not just talking into the video. Thank u!!!

[emmajindal]

Lots of videos on what to do in Greece, Great of have a video that talks about what not to do! Thanks.

[sophiewanlin]

I spend all my holidays in Greece for years, having done my Erasmus years there, so I can give you my opinion, knowing better, as a French, this country than the "ordinary" tourist.
1) Yes, definitely tip ! Think like in the USA, tip. Simple as that!
2) NOT always true, Athens and other towns have of course touristic places, and being in contact by an employee who wants to sell his restaurant doesn't ALWAYS mean that's a touristic trap. It depends, and sometimes, I've eaten better at "touristic" tavernas than so-called 100% Greek restaurants themselves.
3) Yes, BUt it fits also for a lot of countries. Once more, it depends of the time you plan to stay and the time you plan to do the classic R, R & R. If you spend only one week, you certainly won't run all other Rodos to see everything in the "official" bucket list.
4) Avoid politic and religion? I do agree BUT, I guess it works also for a lot of countries. I'm not an American, but I guess that Americans don't like to hear tourists speaking badly about the former President, even if you're a democrat, because, well... That's not of any tourist's concern.
5) what is this BS? Okay, that's not polite, but it's like "don't say in the USA the word F*** you"!!! You can say it, but like anywhere in the world, don't be surprised if people react badly at you afterwards... Speaking Greek, I DO say it sometimes. I'm not dead, and I NEVER had any problem.
6) Driving in Greece can be a challenge ven for French drivers like me, , but respect the signal traffic anyway. And stay safe.
7) WTF is the so-called advise about alcohol? Do whatever you want as long as it's respectful and not going against the law of course.
8) I speak Greek, so that's not a problem for me, but I advise you to learn in Greek at least 4 expressions : Hello, thank you, bye, I don't understand.
9) Most of the time, yes, you'll be late, but not always. Depends where, depends whe, depends with whom. I remember in Crete, at Irakleio, this bus driver who was always in time, so funny... (at least at the departure where I used to take it)
10) Yes, Americans be prepared, cigarettes are everywhere in Greece. Theoretically it's forbidden inside, in practice, they don't care. If you call the police, they'll laugh at you ! I saw it a few years ago in Thessaloniki where there's an important French expat community.
11) And something very important that Cal McKinley didn't mention : Don't throw toilet papers in the toilet but in the trash !!! Yes, it's written everywhere, especially in touristic places of course. why? The sewage disposal facilities can't handle it because it's not built to handle it. That's not true for modern buildings, but most of Greece is like that.

[humanbeing]

Thank you for the inspiration! This really chimes with inspirations I take for my independent music, it’s so nice to see this kind of work out there.

[TravelTourTaste]

hello we hope all is well we are sorry we have taken so long to reconnect with you. We were stuck in Malta and now we are on the game of catch up lol. Love the video my friend thank you for sharing. Thank you for sharing your advice on Things NOT to do in Greece. one thing we deffo agree on is DONT STAY IN ONE PLACE We hope you have an amazing rest of the week and Love and Light Sarah and Glenn

[giannakossimos]

i am greek and hone one thing to say: you are so so so correct and very well said

[lyzwtgc]

As a Greek I agree with what you said! :)

[CYV_COV]

Thanks for the information on things visitors should not do while in Greece