Greece is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and very affortable place to live and retire

I moved from the US to Crete (Chania) a few years ago. I was born here, but lived in the US my whole life. Love the US, but Crete is truly a piece of heaven. Many come and decide to make this home. Rent is the most expensive around 400-800 euros is the average for a nice place, but if you have intentions on staying, there are great opportunities to build on a nice piece of plot land. Food runs around 50 euros for dinner for 2 with wine. or about 8euros a person for delivery. Happy exploring :)

I'm from Crete and I just knew that my home would be number one. I love it and I truly wouldn't change it for the world. Greetings from Rethymno!

Nafplio in Pelopponese is also a great choice for living, the first capital of Greece with a lot of wonderfull places to look at

No matter where you choose to live in Greece, you will always be in close proximity to both mountains and sea, to tasty food and friendly people, to historical sites and rich culture. Greece is one of a kind. You could live your entire life here and not regret it.

omg greece is so beautiful.i cant get enough from this country.everything is perfect there.i love the land,sea,sky,weather,food,culture,people,night life. maybe greece is at economic peek for many years but the quality of life is way better there than many other north european countries.trust me i am north european and my best times at my life are the 40 days of my vacations to this magical country with the best people by far. greeks will never let you down and you always feel safe with them.never met people like them at my entire life and i been at 24 countries so far. my best experience at greece was at peloponese.stuning place

It's HELLAS... Know it and honour it !

Volos is also an amazing greek city with countless beaches both in Pagasitikos bay and Agean sea. It also has an international airport and a big port with ferries to Skiathos, Skopelos and Allonisos islands. And is under the shadow of Pelion the mountain of Centaurus. The food here is amazing and many Europeans have properties in the many picturesque villages of Pelion!!

I'm from Thessaloniki and I would recommend my city as its close to Chalkidiki peninsula (combines mount scenery and forests along with emerald waters at affordable prices, especially at the middle "foot" as the 1st "foot" isnt quiet at all) plus its rly close to Mt Athos, a globally unique religious experience but only for male visitors, and within close proximity to other Balkan countries for easy and CHEAP weekend trips) Ithaca (quiet with amazing scenery, you may lose yourself by the beauty of this place) Crete (have it all, big and small, ancient, traditional or modem, you name it) Thasos and Lefkada (excellent connection to mainland with low prices esp for Thasos) Ikaria (unique in every way possible + world champion of long life) with minimum touristic industry. For those looking something away from the crowds at the shores Epirus and Central Greece holds some gorgeous mountains, rivers so clean that you can drink their waters without any concerns with iconic stone build villages and bridges that would blow your mind if you re an nature lover. Ioannina with its lake island and Parga as main places to check with close 3rd and 4th places Litochoro (Mt Olympus small town) and Karpenisi with its mountains and a unique "πανταβρεχει" ie foreverrains small iconic waterfall to discover by hike through a small gorge

Agios Nikolaos in Crete & that area is a v nice. Long summers... as long as you don't mind the summer winds (at least they are cooling). Beautiful mountains beside the deep blue med 👍 I've sailed the islands for the last 5 years, still favour Crete for living.

Kastoria is also a wonderful place to retire! Kastoria has a big community of Greek Americans, direct contact with nature and is walkable (when it is not freezing during the winter). The only downside for someone who wants to retire there is that its hospital is not exactly what you are looking for.

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So happy to see that the beautiful island of Lesvos made the list. Unlike many other islands, because there is a university, the island has a pulse throughout the winter. If you are looking for authentic Greece, fabulous food, affordable restaurants, history, nature, adventure....Lesvos has it all!

Kavala is an awesome place to retire. One of the most beautiful cities in Greece, stunning beaches and excellent local seafood, the perfect town size (not too large, neither too small), good local health & services for seniors, all at affordable cost. Thassos is an amazing destination for short trips if you live there (can even be done on a rented sailboat). Great winter resorts in northern Greece or southern Bulgaria are also in close proximity. Most of it's younger residents speak english, some speak german or french. Great access on motorways and a few international flights from it's local airport too (but mostly during the touristy months atm). I believe it's not attracting larger crowds because not many people are aware of it.

Weird reference to the 'gloomy suburbs' of Athens. Gloom is not exactly an attribute that Mediterranean cities are renowned for. And suburbs such as Glyfada, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Psyhiko, Filothei, Halandri, Maroussi and Kifissia have been appealing to expats and retirees for decades (although don't expect property bargains).

Thanks for uploading this wonderful video.

If you are over 65 and plan to retire in Greece you need to consider the distance to big airport to let your children easier visit you, distance to large private clinic / hospital to help health issues recovery, easy access to your house without million ladders and steep slopes, not to be close to forest due to fire risk. May be focus your search on north to avoid killing heat in summer. And be ready to spend 5-9 months to buy a house due to bureaucracy as we did. And be ready to very low quality of houses.

Στην Κέρκυρα εινε ωρεα να μενης..πανεμορφο νησί..

Crete and ikaria is the answer

For Green hearts sake ! Kavala is where i live i am so happy that there is a list that has my city.

Nea Proponditha is the bomb. That's were I'll be spending my retirement, May through September. Chicago for a month or two, then Thessaloniki. I've already set myself up with properties, my next move once I'm there full time, which should be in a couple of years is to get a boat. The Chalkidiki area is awesome for that.

Thanks for making this interesting video

Thankyou. Those were some strong words. Necessary ones. I am grateful to you and spirit for the feeling of hope at last. Bless you. xxxxx

Please make a video on the 12 best places to live or retire as a Greek comfortably as well cause with all this influx of money raising the prices, living expenses will become unbearable for locals. Probably Uganda or Namibia will be up there.

Karpenisi is a wonderful place to live if you like mountains, nature and rivers

As long as you enter the country legally, respect the culture, traditions and LAWS ....well why not....

Thanks a lot for this wonderful video.

Actually unemployment in Athens (and for Greece as a whole) has dropped to record low levels, 11% for the whole country, down from a national record peak of 28% ten years ago (and keeps falling sharply, whereas for Athens it stands at around 9%, down from nearly 30% ten years ago as the economy has picked up steam over the past 3 years and left the crisis of the previous decade behind). In the meantime businesses are searching for employees and they cant find enough despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of younger Greeks who had left in search of job elsewhere in Europe are returning, so businesses are trying to find foreign ones. Finally, allow me to add that Athens has an amazing sprawl of middle and upper middle class suburbs with great infrastructure and amenities along the coast, the east and the northeast off the main center (which is fast being gentrified). Crime rate is relatively low, as you rightly mentioned (and I hope it stays that way). I also love the international permanent population from all over the world and ethnic neighborhoods (African, Indian, Middle Eastern and Chinese). These people are pivotal in turning semi-abandoned gritty Athenian districts into lively places to explore and eat and visitors are fast taking notice. I also love Kalamata and Thessaloniki (it also starts having an increasing international permanent local population) and of course CRETE!

I've been to Greece several times, and the two things I love most about the country, is the friendly people and the food - oh my god the food... :) If I was to retire to Greece, I would probably find a small village on Corfu, with a few restaurants that are open all year, and situated by the sea. That's actually something I've seriously thought about, and may end up doing, since I'm single and can do what the heck I want. Since I'm Norwegian, my pension will be more than enough to cover the costs when the time comes. I would NEVER EVER move to Athens, though. It has a few beautiful sights, but overall it's not a beautiful city, actually quite the opposite, imo. But there are thousands of other incredible places in Greece, so finding a great place to move to, wouldn't be a problem at all. Btw, wouldn't move to Crete either - been there a few times, and it's super-expensive compared to the rest of the country, and it has a lot of half-desert-ish and stoney landscape that doesn't appeal much to me. Many beautiful towns, though, but they're too crowded by tourists in the summer.

Respect Greeks

WELL AS A GREEK I CAN SAY THAT OUR COUNTRY IS PERFECT AND VERY CHEAP FOR THE FOREIGNERS RETIRED TO LIVE,THE LOCALS CAN'T BECAUSE THEIR PENSIONS ARE VERY LOW BUT CAN'T LEAVE EITHER!!!

Thank you for the great video! Can you continue to add the cost-of-living statistics for all the cities you mention?

The Peloponnese region is home to great beaches, amazing historical landmarks, lower cost of living, a mild climate and only a few hours away from Athens by car. Kalamata is my favorite!

Great video!

Retire in Drama if you love rivers, Mountains and forests

I’m from Greece and I love my life in Athens

Big cities and beaches. I'll take a small village in a countryside any day.

You got to check out Chíos & Samos 🚀

Thank you for the fine video. I would only like to object to 2 things: 1) distance between Athens and Lefkada is not 120 km., it is actually 351 km.;

we want to move and retire in rhodos.been there many times and we love it,also my wife and me have a bad back and the warm sun is so good for us that my wife,who is in a wheelchair,use last medicen..

I always loved Greece and I would like to retire in Greece but for many Greeks life is tough. I would like to integrate and contribute something to the local community, a simple life, not just for my own convenience.

I am only thirty but I feel like I am already planning retirement in Greece. To me there is no other country where I would rather spent my free time.

My island, Crete ❤️❤️❤️

Finally someone put an underrated city in the list, where I live

Since you addressing to retirees you should stress that Greece, especially the countryside, is very safe, random crime virtually unknown. Also, we have a world class health care system, with abundance of very competent doctors of any specialization and Hospitals that can provide very high quality health care for free …. Yes, Greeks bitch, moan and complain all the time about our Health care system but trust me, its one of the best. They cannot resurrect the dead, but I can testify on multiple occasions, including my case, they came really close ...

Nafplio, Preveza, Volos, Parga, Nafpaktos, but yeah, Crete has to be #1 option.

See also Volos and pilion

The distance between Athens and Lefkada is 337km not 120! And a lot of places that you mentioned do not have proper hospitals and you can’t live on the budget that you mentioned. Get your facts straight!

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Indeed.....:)

Very cheep & beautiful island for retirement is Leros in the Dodecanese. Personally I prefer Astypalea, because i'm in deep love with that magic island, but unfortunately has become one of the most expensive in the Aegean and I speak mostly on buying a house or just a plot... don't thinking on that anymore. On my island Lesvos, I prefer the southern coasts from Tarti & Plomari till the westernmost South coasts of Tavari & Eressos!!! These places in my opinion are having the best natural energy for your soul, because these are the most sunny cause are looking towards the most southern archipelago. Also Molyvos is a preserved masterpiece traditional settlement & looking southwards to the rest west island, but a more expensive one. I can't miss also the beautiful small settlement of Sigri, the most Aegean whitewashed looking settlement on the island, with an open sea positive energy, on the westernmost point of Lesvos and having a new constructed ferry port!!! Crete is one of the best places for retirement, cause its climate, especially the south part of the island which has the most wild "face" & for it's a huge island with many chances. Also I love very much Tinos island in the northern Cyclades. It's an architecture cycladic diamond with many beautiful small villages & nice "calm" nature (not very green or very arid)!!! The rest of the most appropriate islands are Amorgos, Kythira, Kea, Andros, Kythnos, Skyros, Sifnos & of course... Icaria!!! In Chios island I like mostly the southern medieval villages, which are the most preserved & traditional with their vast mastic cultivations around... a magic place to be!!!

I'm Greek. But if I was a foreigner, I would go for only Crete. PS. I'm not Cretan. I live in the North

I'm Greek Thracian living in London UK, the problem is salary, as long as you have a good income, you can live like a king in Greece.

Well I'm from Rhodes, and I can understand why people want to make the move to some of these places. As for Rhodes you can expect the most expensive to the very cheap for land and homes. It's a big island and has something for everyone. It already has many people from around the world who live here. The best part is the weather and the ability to fly directly to other places in Europe. Good luck with your search.

Lots of good options.

KALAMATA ❤

i leave in Greece the bst placs in row in my view is Pilio, Thessaloniki,Chania(Crete) Corfu , Rodes ,Athens

Beautiful may be but better option is Portugal weather is mostly sunny and don't have cold winters as Greece has and is cheap by western standards - - sardines are delicious

Ok living in an island and there's an emergency health issue and the weather is bad... there are no doctors in abundance on the islands so you gotta go to Athens or Thessaloniki via...a wavy sea or a chopper etc Living in a small island during winter...id say... Good luck!!! Don't confuse it on what it is during summer vs winter time. Its a whole different situation.

I want to retire in Greece.

Alexandroupoli also

Kalamata is one of the best places to live in Greece

Athens should be judjed per neighbourhood. Nea Smyrni, Pagkrati, Neos Kosmos etc. could be considered good. Crete is a vast place. Chania, Rethymno and Irakleio provide everything. That's not the case for the rest of Crete. There are other nice places, like Palaeochora, that are very quiet during winter time. You missed cities that provide everything, such as Alexandroupolis, Xanthi, Volos, Ioannina, Ermoupolis etc.

Make your research correct EU members, they can stay is to Greece as long as they like Canada and USA yes and 90 days.

You saying Thessaloniki, a city with a 1000 year old history is influenced by a 20 year old country is atmost disrespectful

Nafplio is where id like to live, but it seems hard to find work there as an soon to be expat from sweden

Is it warm enough in April to go to the beach and maybe swim? Or is it too cold still?

i would give a like but you failed to mention Xanthi bro! google our gold sand beaches, Nestos river, and Rodopi mountains yourself besides being one of the best municipalities in Greece when it comes to infrastructure. oh, and literally half the price for what you'd pay for rent in those touristy places!

Check out Kastoria...

I'm thinking of moving with my family from the UK to Greece, as we can work remotely. Apart from Athens, do you know where there are good international English schools for children (aged 3 and 7)?

What are the seasons climate in Greece ??

You put Lefkada but actually, Preveza, next to Lefkada is far better o live. It is a bigger city, just as beautiful. It is touristy as well in summer but not as much as Lefkada, which btw has become unbearable in summer months and if you want to visit Lefkada, it's only half an hour away by car.

very affortable place to live and retire

FYROM, Not North macedonia.

Where is Nafplio;

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As someone who works remotely, does anyone know if Crete has good internet?

Older people need decent healthcare and such a thing is non-existent in the smaller Greek Iskands.

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No Kως on the list? 😢

Except Crete , I would suggest not to retire in islands . They are very beautiful but health services are not top notch there . Better stick with the mainland

If you make another one of this lists make sure to include Pyrgos it’s a beautiful city and safe

As a Dane, I do not need a visa- I can live and work in all EU countries without one.

Kalambaka is one of the best places,or even trikala

there is NO north macedonia, there is yugoslavian vardarska

Only Americans and Canadians must stay up to 90 days. Citizens from an EU member state don't need a visa or resident permit because they are European citizens, they can work, retire, stay, and open business free. All EU citizens and their family members have the right to move and reside freely within the EU

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What town is the thumbnail ?

However beautiful Greece may be, it is not a place for digital nomads, as it has one of the slowest and more expensive internet connection in Europe!

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Beautiful but do the Greeks really want more immigrants? I’d love to live there but only if I’m welcome.

With my $1200 retirement paycheck once I got retired several years ago I moved to Russia looking for a cheaper place to retire. Africa could be the cheapest, but not a desirable place to retire, but in Russia I found acceptable life where my income was more than enough. There were nice relationships between the US and Russia at that time so I did not expect any trouble. However three months ago my retirement payments have been stopped without explanations and Social Security has not responded anymore. I find myself trapped in a foreign country having no sustenance. On the other hand I am too old and weak to resettle again. I don't have power and money to move anywhere else. I can only go to the street begging in a foreign country. The government has defrauded me. Don't trust them. They are swindlers.

A video totally forgetting Nafplio-Porto-heli-Corinth (the actual first capital of Greece, where Germans and Brittish expats have already invested) and Alexandroupoli (a US Navy fleet hub and LNG hub investment spot, near Kavala).... Athens and Thesaloniki should not be in this list!!

I wanted to retire there but all will be Islamic soon so I’ll just stay here

It's recommended only for tourism because hospitals are in bad condition to settle in Greece.

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there is no country such as north macedonia