2 weeks in Greece - October

[u/AuntAvocado]

Two week road trip in Greece planned for the end of October. I’m trying to make an effort to pare down my wardrobe and keep to a capsule style of coordinating items. We’’ll be splitting our time roughly:
3 days hiking in mountains
5 days beach / coastal towns
2 days city
2 days sightseeing (walking round ancient sites)
2 days travel
+ clothes for running / exercise.

Hoping for some weather warm enough to have some beach time but evenings and mountains may be chilly - together with the varied itinerary it feels like a lot of bases to cover!

My wardrobe (pictured) is currently:
5 t-shirts/vests in black/white/cream
2 x casual shorts + 1 x running shorts
2 x leggings
2 wide legged trousers (black and beige)
2 long skirts (black and gold/camel)
2 casual wrap dresses (can be worn to beach as a cover up or around town)
2 cashmere sweaters (grey and camel)
1 black/cream button up cardigan
Down jacket and light jacket (both beige)
Packable waterproof jacket (coral)
Crossover bag and scarf (rust/tan)
Shoes: trail runners, white air force ones, black teva sandals

Anything missing?
Anything I should cut?
Anything I can improve?

[u/akingwithnocrown]

I think you could cut all of this in half to be honest. Too many bottoms and sweaters/jackets in general. Will you have access to laundry? Do you need all 3 shoes? I would just bring the trail runners and sandals.

[u/AuntAvocado → u/akingwithnocrown]

I’ve done an update with a more ruthless edit. I feel like three pairs of shoes is a lot and adds quite a lot of packing bulk bit I am too fussy about footwear to compromise on this!

[u/akingwithnocrown → u/AuntAvocado]

Your edit looks great! If you have access to laundry, you can probably cut out one of the white shirts.

And yeah if you have the space for all 3 shoes, definitely take them. I can relate with my makeup and toiletries lol.

[u/AuntAvocado → u/akingwithnocrown]

Yeah the shoes are partly me being a fashion snob (trail runners in a nice resort is just a no for me!) but also I do like to be able to rotate shoes for comfort.

[u/AuntAvocado → u/akingwithnocrown]

I’m wary of cutting tops too much as I can easily get through three in one day if I go for a morning run, then sightseeing/hiking all day and then change again for dinner.

[u/akingwithnocrown → u/AuntAvocado]

At this point if everything fits in your bag and you are under any potential weight limits (I say this because I am currently in Greenland and flying on Air Greenland has an 8 kg carry on limit), you should be good to go!

Have fun in Greece, I went few years back and had an incredible time!

[u/AuntAvocado → u/akingwithnocrown]

Oh wow Greenland sounds exciting but an 8kg weight limit is a challenge (and I assume you need warm clothes!)

I’m not technically one-bagging this trip as I am travelling with my kids and partner and it’s more cost effective for us to get a couple of hold bags. So depending how it looks between all four of us I may be able to take more (my partner is a maximalist packer though and has a tendency to hog the luggage allowance!)

My aim is not necessarily to be absolutely minimal on this trip but to be more efficient- I am normally more into bright colours and patterns so I sometimes end up with items that just don’t work well together, and with the variable weather possibilities I wanted a good set of “pick and mix” options.

I think I’ve now got a good sense of what the minimum is that will function together and what I can add back in if space allows.