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Greece - Information
Area: 131,940 sq km
Population: 10.930.000 (March 2001)
Capital city: Athens 3.192.606 milion
Other cities: Thessaloniki 788.551, Patra 200.000, Volos, Larissa, Irakleio 150.000
People: Greek 98%, other 2%
Language: Greek, English,
Religion: Greek orthodox 98%, muslim 1,3%, other 0,7
Currency: euro
Greece
Greece has a history stretching back more than 4.000 years. The people of the mainland, called Hellenes, organised great naval and military expeditions, and explored the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, going as far as the Atlantic Ocean and the Caucasus Mountains. One of those expeditions, the siege of Troy, is narrated in the first great European literary work, Homer's Iliad. Numerous Greek settlements were founded throughout the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and the coast of North Africa as a result of travels in search of new markets.
Basic Dictionary
Goodmoorning Kalimera
Goodafternoon Kalispera
Goodnight Kalinihta
Please Parakalo
Thank you Efharisto
And about Tourism
Airport Aerodromio
Coast guard Limenarhio
Coach station KTEL
Ferry boats Ferry boats
Flying dolphins Delfinia
Greek tourist organisation EOT
Greek telecommunication OTE
Police Astinomia
Post office ELTA
Railway station OSE
Road assistance ELPA 104
Tourist police Touristiki Astinomia
Also we say Ellada means: Greece
and we say Athina means: Athens
See also my web sites about Greece in virtualtourist
about Volos, about Oros Pilio, about Skopelos Island, about Skiathos Island, about Alonissos Island
My favourite beaches in Greece:
Porto Katsiki (Ionio Sea, Lefkada Island),
Elafonisi (Chania Prefecture, Crete Island), Milopotamos (Magnesia Prefecture, Oros Pilio).
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|  | Archaeological sites in Greece Akrotiri (Santorini Island, Cyclades),
Akropolis Athens (Athens the capital city),
Ancient Corinth (Korinthos prefecture, Peloponissos),
Ancient Thira (Santorini Island, Cyclades),
Argos (Argolida Prefecture, Peloponissos),
Delphi (Fokida Prefecture, Sterea Ellada),
Dilos (Dilos Island, Cyclades),
Dimini (Magnesia Prefecture, Thessaly),
Dion (Pieria Prefecture, Makedonia),
Dodoni (Ioannina Prefecture, Epirus),
Egina (Egina Island, Argo Saronic Island),
Elefsina (Attiki Prefecture),
Epidavros (Argolida Prefecture, Peloponissos),
Eretria (Evia Island, Sterea Ellada),
Festos (Herakleion Prefecture, Crete Island),
Knossos (Herakleion Prefecture, Crete Island),
Kos (Kos Island, Dodecanesse),
Lindos (Rodos Island, Dodecanesse),
Milos (Milos Island, Cyclades),
Mycenea (Argolida Prefecture, Peloponissos),
Mistras (Laconia Prefecture, Peloponissos),
Nea Achialos (Magnesia Prefecture, Thessaly),
Nemea (Argolida Prefecture, Peloponissos),
Nikopoli (Preveza Prefecture, Epirus),
Olympia (Ilia Prefecture, Peloponissos),
Pella (Pella Prefecture, Makedonia),
Philipi (Kavala Prefecture, Makedonia),
Samothraki (Samothraki Island, North Aegean Islands),
Sesklo (Magnesia Prefecture, Thessaly),
Skyros (Skyros Island),
Sounio (Attiki Prefecture),
Thasos (Thassos Island, Makedonia),
Tilisos (Herakleion Prefecture, Crete Island),
Vergina (Imathia Prefecture, Makedonia) |
| Skopelos Island view to Aegean Sea |
| | Prefectures in Greece
Sterea Ellada: Fthiotida, Fokida, Viotia, Etoloakarnania, Evia, Evritania
Popular destinations: Delphi arcaeological site, Rio Antirio bridge, Nafpaktos City, Karpenissi, Thermopiles......
Thessaly: Magnesia, Larisa, Karditsa, Trikala
Popular destinations: Sesklo archaeological site, Oros Pilio, Tempi, Sporades Islands, Elati, Pertouli, Plastira lake...
Peloponissos: Achaia, Korinthos, Tripoli, Messinia, Argolida, Ilia, Arkadia
Popular destinations: Mycenea, Naflio City, Ancient Corinth, Patra City, Corinth Canal, Monemvasia, Githio, Nemea, Olympia, Kalavryta..
Makedonia: Thessaloniki, Pieria, Serres, Drama, Kavala, Kastoria, Florina, Chalkidiki, Kilkis, Pella, Kozani, Imathia, Gevena
Popular destinations: Vergina, Thessaloniki city, Edessa waterfall, 3-5 Pigadia, Paralia Katerinis, Dion, Kavala....
Epirus: Ioaninna, Thesprotia, Arta, Preveza
Popular destinations: Dodoni, Ioannina city, Parga, Metsovo, Preveza....
Thrace: Evros, Rodopi, Xanthi
Crete Island: Herakleion, Chania, Rethymno, Lasithi
Popular destinations: Knossos, Hersonissos, Vai, Elafonissos, Chania city, Matala, Herakleion city, Sitia.....
Greek Islands
Sporades Islands:
Alonissos, Gioura, Kira Panagia, Peristera, Psathoura, Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros
Cyclades Islands:
Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Astypalea, Folegandros, Ios, Kea, Kithnos, Milos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Serifos, Sikinos, Siros, Tinos
Dodecanese Islands:
Astypalea, Chalki, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizo, Kos, Leros, Lipsi, Nisiros, Patmos, Rodos, Simi, Tilos
Ioanian Island:
Corfu, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi, Zakynthos
North Eastern Aegean Islands:
Agios Efstratios, Chios, Fourni, Ikaria, Inousses, Limnos, Psara, Samothraki, Samos, Samiopoula, Thasos
Saronic Islands:
Agistri, Egina, Ydra, Poros, Salamina, Spetses
Crete Island (the largest) |
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JLBG Mon May 5, 2008 21:07 UTC
I will come back to look at the end of your page. It is fine to find lesser known places on your page, together with the “classical” places!TTD | starship Thu May 1, 2008 00:06 UTC
Great info. & great pictures! I see you also like postcards. I collect them too!! Will be in a few towns in Greece this summer while on a cruise. | agapotravel Sun Apr 27, 2008 23:27 UTC
Hi! Thank you for your kind comments on my Hawaii page. I am so impressed by the amount of information you have here for Greece. It's definitely on my wish list of places to visit, so I know just whom to contact when I need more information. :-) | tere1 Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:02 UTC
What an excellent page of Greece ,Nikkos! I know where to go and get indformation on my next trip to Greece;) |
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