Dreaming of blue domes, picturesque villages clinging to vertiginous cliff drops, and Aegean Sea views for days? When that Mamma Mia summer craving hits, Santorini is still the first destination of choice of a majority of travelers, despite the fact that it’s the most expensive, overcrowded, and inauthentic of all Greek islands. Trust me, I’ve been to …

The country of over 6,000 islands, surrounded by the teal-colored waters of the Aegean Sea and boasting a rich ancient heritage, Greece is one of the hottest destinations to visit this year, both literally and figuratively, with one (huge) caveat: Santorini, Mykonos and the like are all succumbing to mass tourism, and between the surging …