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Greece travel - turn it into realityGreece is a peninsular and mountainous country. It is located in Southern Europe and is surrounded by the Aegean, the Ionian and the Mediterranean Sea. It is the most oriental country of Europe and is characterized by its unique beauty and charm. Millions of visitors spend their holidays in Greece.
Greece is a country with a particularly rich and ancient history. Excavations show that the first settlement is dating from the Palaeolithic era. The Classical Period of Greece History (6th -4th centuries BC) was the Golden Age and the most famous world wide; during this period lived the greatest philosophers and mathematicians.
Greece has much to offer to the visitors: paradisiacal landscapes, hundreds of charming islands, amazing sandy beaches in crystal waters, a passionate history...
There are many Greece Travel guides in the internet, which have much information about Greece Travel: history, architecture, cities, museums, Greece tourism... and for every region, a large range of accommodation: hotels, rooms, apartments, villas and more...
There are 1400 islands in Greece of which 169 are inhabited so any Greece tourist can easily find what he seeks. Whether one wants to travel to an isolated island or to a cosmopolitan Greece island full of luxury hotels or even to explore the remains of some of Europe's oldest civilizations, it is all there for you. You can also island hopping in Greece. The most famous are Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Skiathos, Skopelos, Corfu, Lefkada, Zakynthos, Aegina...
Cyclades islands are undoubtedly the most visited and famous islands of all the Greek destinations. It offers to visitors the choice to experience the crazy, the quiet, the famous, the historic, the beautiful and the exotic. Dodecanese Islands, much closer to Asia Minor than to the national Greek territory, the Dodecanese are always sunshine and offers to visitors the chance to travel into the heavy historical heritage. Ionian Islands, near the Greek western coast the Ionian have boundless sandy beaches, pretty mountains with dense vegetation, clear blue seas, beautiful bays with fantastic sea-caves. Crete Island is the largest one and undoubtedly one of the most beautiful islands for a Greece travel. It offers: rich historical heritage, villages, sandy beaches and Europe's only palm-tree forest. Eastern Aegean Sea Islands, although mountainous and green, along with the long beaches, make them ideal for hiking. This group is the less frequented of the Greek seas but not the less interesting. Sporades Islands have maintained their authentic island characteristics and unchanged local traditions. These islands have beautiful landscapes, fertile valleys and superb beaches and hotels. Saronic Gulf Islands are the most accessible islands from Athens Greece. They differ much from the Greek mainland and are the ideal choice for a few days vacations.
Greece has a lot to offer except from islands. There are many beautiful places and villages, beaches, mountains, archaeological sites, etc... in the country, which you can visit during your Greece travel.
Athens Greece is the capital and was named after the goddess of wisdom, Athena. It is a beautiful city with thousands years of history. It is the cradle of one of the greatest civilization ever. It is the place where the political system of democracy, the mathematics, the physics, and the architecture was born. Today, Athens Greece is like any megalopolis with the difference that the Acropolis' Parthenon, one of the greatest monuments in Greece and even in the world, still stands proudly...
In Greece, you are standing at a crossroads of cultures, colours and civilizations, you feel the strength of history and the warmth of being in the southernmost part of Europe, you discover an evolutionary process of thought, influence and experience. Greece is a country of beautiful contradictions, a constant journey in time, from the present to the past and back again. In Greece the fusion of images becomes more than imagery and turns into reality.
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