With over one hundred and fifty inhabitant islands, with a unique variety of landscape in the world, with thousand of years of civilization and hundreds of sites, with excellent beaches, bright blue seas, fertile valleys, gorgeous green landscapes, mountains, forested ravines, turbulent rivers, with ageless history, an incredible profusion of cultural monuments, gracious ancient ruins, Greece has interests to fill years of travel. It is an inspiring destination, blessed with natural beauty.
Life in Greece is unique. You can dream the classical myths, relax by the sea, join the locals for a glass of ouzo, or tsipouro or raki dance until the early hours in some of the top night-clubs in the Mediterranean, live a romantic vacation and you can always add an extra dimension to your holiday with activities such as cycling, walking, wind surfing, kayaking, yacht sailing, diving, snow skiing, mount climbing, air sports, horse riding and everything you can imagine.
Regions
Mainland Greece:
Peloponnese: One of the most interesting regions in Greece. Excellent beaches, very fertile but with stony deserts too, cosmopolitan and remote resorts too. Numerous interesting sites such as Olympia the host in antiquity to the Olympic games, the palace of Agamemnon in Mycenae, the ancient theatre of Epidavros, the castles of Nafplio and Methoni, the Byzantine shells of Mystra and Monemvassia. A round of Peloponnese is highly recommended.
Sterea Ellada: Includes the prefecture of Attica where Athens is situated and the prefectures of Boeotia (Thebes of Thiva), Fokida (Galaxidi, Nafpaktos and the site of ancient oracle Delphi), Fthiotida (plenty of sea side resorts), Aitoloakarnania (with the historical town of Messolongi) and Evritania (with Karpenisi and Mount Parnassos, the Greek Alpine scene).
Thessaly: Remarkable beauty with the famous rock monasteries at Meteora, the stunning Lake of Plastira, the beautiful coast of Larisa prefecture with the valley of Tempe and the flanks of Mount Olympos (the mount of the twelve ancient Greek Gods) and Magnesia prefecture with Pelion peninsula, famous for its beauty, with an Alpine with beaches scenery.
Epirous: It has a very strong regional identity, with mountains and passes, turbulent rivers, fantastic villages (Zagori villages, Metsovo), sea side sites (Preveza and beautiful Parga) and a ferry terminal (Igoumenitsa) for Corfu and Italy.
Macedonia: It is the largest region in Greece with Thessaloniki (Salonica) the capital (picture on the left), Halkidiki with fabulous beaches, Kastoria the lake city, Florina where snow is very common, Kavala city with ferry connections to Thassos Island, Edessa with the famous waterfalls, Prespa lakes, Drama and Serres prefectures with unique mountainous beauty, ancient sites, the tomb of Philip II the father of Alexander the Great.
Thrace: It is the eastern region of Greece away from the mass tourism, and it is very fertile, lush with mountains, rivers and valleys, a unique scenery.
