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Your family's trip to Greece, as its own app

Planning a family trip to Greece? TripNest turns it into its own app: 4 narrated story podcasts about Greece for the drive, games and a quiz for the kids, an audio phrasebook, and the day-by-day plan and map the whole family shares.

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What makes Greece great for kids

  • Greece has around 6,000 islands and rocky islets, but fewer than 250 of them have people living on them 🏖️
  • The Parthenon on the Acropolis hill in Athens was built about 2,500 years ago for the goddess Athena, who the city is named after 🏛️
  • Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece at about 2,900 metres, and ancient Greeks told stories that their gods lived on top of it 🏔️
  • The Olympic Games began in a place called Olympia, and winners were given a crown of wild olive leaves instead of a medal ⚽
  • The Greek alphabet has 24 letters, and the first two, alpha and beta, are where the word 'alphabet' comes from 📿
  • Greek has been written down for more than 3,000 years, which makes it one of the oldest recorded languages still spoken today 🎭
  • Ancient Greeks invented the kind of theatre we still watch today, and actors wore big painted masks so the back rows could see who was who 🎭
  • The island of Santorini sits on the rim of a volcano, and a huge eruption thousands of years ago blew out the middle, leaving a curved bay 🌋

Peek inside the Greece podcast

⚡ Gods of Olympus

Zeus, the gods and Greek mythology

Before there were gods, there was only chaos. Out of it came Gaia, the Earth, and a family of giants called the Titans. One of them, Kronos, swallowed his own children - until baby Zeus escaped, grew up in a secret cave, and came back to challenge his father. This is the story of how the gods of Olympus came to rule the world.

🏛️ Classical Athens

Democracy, the Parthenon and Socrates

Twenty-five centuries ago, a small city did something no one had done before: it let its citizens vote on everything. Athens invented democracy, built the Parthenon without a single machine, and gave the world Socrates - a barefoot philosopher who asked so many questions it changed history.

🐴 Heroes & Monsters

Achilles, the Trojan Horse and Medusa

A war that started over a golden apple. A hero whose only weakness was his heel. And a wooden horse with soldiers hiding inside. The greatest adventure stories ever told all come from the same place - and you are about to visit it.

🫒 Greek Food Adventures

Tavernas, moussaka and the olive tree

In Greece, a meal is never just a meal. The table fills with little dishes everyone shares, the taverna owner treats you like family, and dessert often arrives free. Learn what to order, how to eat like a local, and why the olive tree is sacred.

First words to learn for Greece

  • Hello: Γειά σου (ya su)
  • Good morning: Καλημέρα (kaliméra)
  • Good evening: Καλησπέρα (kalispéra)
  • Good night: Καληνύχτα (kaliníchta)
  • How are you?: Τι κάνεις; (ti kánis?)
  • Goodbye: Αντίο (adío)
  • Thank you: Ευχαριστώ (efcharistó)
  • Please / you're welcome: Παρακαλώ (parakaló)
  • Sorry / excuse me: Συγγνώμη (signómi)
  • Yes: Ναι (ne)
  • No: Όχι (óchi)
  • Enjoy your meal: Καλή όρεξη (kalí órexi)

Try a real Greece quiz question

Who was the king of the Greek gods?

Poseidon / Zeus / Hermes / Apollo

Who was the god of the sea?

Poseidon / Hades / Ares / Zeus

What is the capital of Greece?

Sparta / Athens / Corinth / Delphi

Greece with kids - questions parents ask

What will kids learn about Greece?

The Greece podcast has 4 narrated story episodes for the car or the plane: Gods of Olympus, Classical Athens, Heroes & Monsters and Greek Food Adventures.

How do you say "thank you" in Greece?

"Ευχαριστώ", said efcharistó. It's one of the phrases in the Greece audio phrasebook, recorded so the kids can hear it before they try it.

What is the emergency phone number in Greece?

112 (Emergency (all services)), 100 (Police), 166 (Ambulance) and 199 (Fire). TripNest puts it in your trip's contacts page next to your own contacts.

How much does the Greece trip app cost?

Every trip starts free: the day-by-day plan, map and contacts. Premium adds the Greece podcasts, kids' games and the audio phrasebook for $24, once per trip - no subscription.

Does the family need to download an app?

No. Your trip is one link that opens on everyone's phone, grandparents included, without an account. You can add it to your home screen so it works offline once you land.

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