Reviews for George and his Taxi
"George took us
to this great little Greek taverna on the road
to the Temple of Poseidon for lunch. It was
great food with a sensational backdrop! All in
all, it was a delightful day. The women will
never stop talking about George! I will
certainly recommend him to anyone headed for
Greece. Thanks"
-RH
"George was
a great guide. I hired him for many
transfers and two full day
excursions! He told me to tell you
hi and asked about your book.
Thanks
again"
-BB
"I called
George, referenced your home page, and,
fortunately, he was available. He
came over two hours later and took us
around Athens for about three hours.
He agreed to meet us at the hotel the next
morning and we took an all day tour to
Corinth and several ancient sites in that
portion of the mainland. Since
we had to return to the ferry on the
evening of the second day, traveling
around with George with our luggage in his
trunk of his air-conditioned Taxi was
great! As you stated in your home
page, it is cheaper to use George than a
tour bus. Besides, George is a
pleasure to be with and we truly want to
thank you for your home page
information."
-JS
"George met
up with us early the following day, and we
set out to tour the mainland. The
Corinthian Canal, Ancient Corinth, Ancient
Mycenae, Naphlion and finally to the
Theatre at Epidaurus. Quite a
day. George generously provided ice
water, cold apples, and on the route home
introduced us to fresh figs which he
picked from a roadside tree. We
arrived back in Athens, the end of a great
day.
One more day in Athens, mostly window
shopping and a walk through the park
before preparing for an early rise and
sail to Sifnos. Aliki arranged
our hydrofoil passage and George made sure
we arrived on time. He secured our
boarding passes, toted our bags and before
long were on route to places
unknown."
-SL
"George was
everything you'd said he would be, and
MORE! He was right there on the pier, as
he said he would be. He whisked us off to
the Acropolis before it got too hot and --
most importantly -- before any tour busses
got there."
-RH
Dear Matt
Having just come
back from 2 weeks in Greece I feel like I know
you since it was your guide that helped make
this one of our best vacations ever.
First of all
there was George the Taxi Driver. He was
outstanding and I hope you will pass this on
to him. We spent 3 days with George one
in the Peloponnese and 2 in Delphi and
Meteora. By the end of 3 days I felt
like I was saying goodbye to a member of my
own family. He was very knowledgeable
and gave us an insight into the Greek culture
that you just can't get from tour books and
huge bus tours. Plus he knows the best
place to stay in Meteora!! Not some
chain hotel in town but a wonderful spic n'
span clean inn in the mountains called
Arsenis. When I walked out onto our
balcony the mountain view was so beautiful I
wanted to sing out a chorus from the Sound of
Music! By the way, no one should go to
Greece without Meteora on their tour. In
all our travels I have never experienced any
natural beauty like it not to mention the
spiritual aspect.
Thanks again for
all your recommendations! We cannot wait
till we return to Greece with all its beauty,
history and warm and friendly people!!
Yassu,
Charlene Carbone
George was VERY
kind to me and the other 3 people who were
with us. He spoke very good English (he
drove a cab in NYC for years). All
Greeks can be short at times, but George was
very polite and courteous. He treated us
like royalty.
After my first
full day with George, I decided to use him a
second day.
Because he was
such a good driver and because his fee was
very reasonable, we tipped him extra, and I
still feel like I should have gave him a
bigger tip. In fact I purchased him a
Christmas present that I haven't sent
yet.
George was very
concerned about our comfort and safety.
He had a wonderful newer car with GREAT
air-conditioning. He insisted that I not
touch any of my bags. He let me spend
many minutes (long distance I add) on his
cellular phone. He did not charge me for
this.
I have traveled
around the world and use personal tour guides
often. George is the best I have ever
had. He made sure we always had water
and would bring food for us to munch on.
He always arrived early to be sure his windows
were clean.
I found George
to be reasonable and a very kind
driver.
(From AOL Greece
Bulletin Board)
Let me tell you
about George! We just got back from two
days in Athens and a week in Crete. We
had originally contract George Kokkotos, VIP
Taxi Service, to have him take the three of us
to Delphi and back on Sunday April 11.
We had already been to Athens' other main
sights, all the Delphi sightseeing tours were
overnight trips, and we had only one full day
to play with. So we decided to splurge
on a private tour, and reserved George well in
advance.
As we got
closer, George found out that Delphi would be
closed that day for Greek Easter Sunday, as
would everything else and sent us the most
amazing invitation: he asked us to spend
the day, Easter Sunday, as his guest, with his
family. Of course, we were thrilled and
accepted with great pleasure.
From the moment
he met us at the airport with our names on a
sign, to the minute we said
good-by-until-next-time, we were welcomed as
if we were family. It was as if we had
all been friends for years. His
whole extended family, and even some
neighbors, made us feel more than just
welcome, they made us really feel happy to be
there. George and his lovely wife, lived
in New York for some years, so they speak good
English, as do his three handsome sons.
We sat around swapping stories, from one
in the afternoon until eleven at night, and if
we hadn't had to catch a plane the next
morning for Crete, we would probably still be
there.
We're going to
stay in touch and will surely get together
again. The day with George set the tone
for our continuing trip to Crete, where the
magic continued and we have memories that the
three of us will never forget. A
fantastic, safe, staggeringly beautiful visit
to Greece. MT
George, the best
taxi in Athens, was the best. He was
not able to meet our flight, but he sent Toni, who
was delightful. George took us on a tour of
Athens on Tuesday and then took us to Voulagmeni,
where Kate was staying. We then had dinner
in Glyfada. Toni again took us to the
airport at 6:30am on Wed for out flight to
Santorini.
Fondly,
Betty
Mr. Barrett,
My wife and I
just returned from a week in the Greek islands
plus a
whirlwind two day tour of Athens. Your
survival guide was extraordinarily
accurate and useful. In particular the gold
jewelry store you recommended,
Byzantium, was clearly the best and the Taxi
driver, George, and his
associate Nick, the VERY BEST! He attended to
us continuously during our
stay and he gives one faith that there are
really intelligent honest and
enthusiastic people in this world who take
pride in their job and their
country. He is the greatest ambassador that
Greece and the Greek people
have. As a result, I recommended him to
friends for the following week. In
spite of the city being on strike, he managed
to pick them up at the airport
at 12:00 am (the plane from Los was 2 hours
late) take them to a hotel for a
short sleep and then return them to the
airport at 4:00 am. In confusion my
friend over-paid the driver, Chris, by a
factor of three. The driver stopped
the car went back into the airport found my
friend in line and returned the
money. Find me another big city international
airport where this would
happen; I can not think of one. In the
Eastern USA you are lucky if the cab
drivers speak English much less know where
they are going.
I give you,
George and his team, full credit for making
our trip to Athens
one that I will always remember with a warm
spot in my heart.
Please feel free
to use me as a reference for George and your
Survival
Guide.
With best
wishes, many thanks, and if you would, please
forward this to
George.
Henry S.
Reeder
Dear George, We
wanted to write to you to tell you thank you so
much for your taxi services! You and your crew
were wonderful. We met the "other" George and
think he is wonderful. He said to write you if we
wanted to book a boat cruise with you next year in
June. How much would it be if we had four of us on
a boat with a captain? We are thinking for two
weeks next June and of course we would want you
for meeting us in Athens and taking us to the
boat! You are the best and we will tell everyone
about you! Thanks for everything...Ron and Anneke
Schieberl
Keep in mind that George and his sons are not licensed tour guides. That means by law they can not
take you into the sites and give you a guided tour. They can tell you everything
they know about the sites up until you enter the site but Greek archaeoligical
sites and museums are very strict about using only licensed guides within the
sites themselves. They can arrange for you to have a guide if you think it is
necessary for you to have a full understanding of what you are seeing and there
are guides available at most of the sites that you can hire.
For lots more reviews for George
see
www.greektravel.com/testimonials/taxi.html
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When you go to Athens, what could be better
then knowing that you have someone waiting for
you at the airport to help you with your bags
and take you to your
hotel, that speaks fluent English and whose primary
concern is your comfort?
When you arrive after a 10 hour flight the
last thing you want to do is stand outside the
terminal, trying to flag down a cab and hope
he understands you and knows where it is you
are trying to go. You can eliminate the
intangibles by contacting George
Kokkotos: The Famous Taxi Driver of Athens, Greece
who has become one of the most popular personalities in the world
of travel in Greece. George and his taxi have provided reliable
and courteous service to thousands of visitors to Greece from the famous
to your own next-door neighbor.
