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Visiting Greece
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About Greece
Greece is whitewashed island villages, ancient ruins that predate most of European history, and a coastline of well over two hundred inhabited islands scattered across the Aegean and Ionian seas. It runs on a slower clock: long lunches, late dinners, and a genuine warmth to hospitality that outlasts the tourist crowds in Athens and Santorini. The mainland offers Byzantine monasteries, mountain villages and archaeological sites most visitors skip in favour of the islands, which is exactly why they're worth the detour. It suits travellers happy to build a trip around ferry timetables and slow down once they arrive.
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Public holidays
- — Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου
- — Το Όχι
- — Χριστούγεννα
- — Σύναξις Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Μαρίας
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Greece is a country of islands and antiquity: the Acropolis above Athens, thousands of islands scattered across the Aegean and Ionian seas, and a mainland of mountains, gorges and oracle sites. The season is long and hot — built for island-hopping, open-air festivals and late tavernas.
Each region has its own character: cosmopolitan Athens and its Riviera, food-and-festival Thessaloniki in the north, the volcanic drama of Santorini, and Crete — a near-continent of beaches, mountains and Minoan history. Ferries tie it all together.
Top places in Greece
- Acropolis & Athens — The Parthenon, the ancient Agora and a buzzing café-and-rooftop city below.
- Santorini — Caldera villages, Oia sunsets and volcanic-sand beaches in the Cyclades.
- Crete (Heraklion) — Greece’s biggest island — Knossos, long beaches and mountain gorges.
- Thessaloniki — Waterfront, Byzantine churches and the country’s best food-and-festival scene.
- Meteora — Clifftop monasteries perched on towering rock pillars — an unforgettable mainland sight.