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Athens Acropolis Athens

57 Reviews It’s on all those annoying lists of ‘places you must see before you die’ but the city’s centrepiece, the Parthenon, and the Acropolis, the rocky hill on which it stands, really do live up to the hype....

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Fira Town Santorini Island

14 Reviews We arrived nearly midnight here at Fira. It was dark and there were locals leading us to the bus that takes everyone to the little town called Fira. We got on the bus and packed with young students so...

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Towns and Villages Crete Island

11 Reviews Bali is a small, picturesque village between Heraklion and Rethymno. People go there usually when they buy the whole package (flight, hotel, food etc) Bali used to be a fisherman village, but now...

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City overview Thessaloniki

14 Reviews this tip is not about a "favourite thing" nor a "fondest memory". it is only here to give you a link to this website http://www.thessaloniki360.com an excellent work that gives 360 degree images of...

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Museums Ioannina

9 Reviews You shouldn't miss the VRELLIS WAX MUSEUM! If you have heard of Madam Tysseu's museum in London then you'll get to know that its only Greek counterpart are to be found in Ioannina! But in contrast...

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Exploring Towns and Cities Prefecture of Heraklion

2 Reviews Matala is still charming, although the beach is full of tourists, even at the end of October... About one hour by car south of Irakleio, you may feel how hippies in 1960's were enjoying their lifes......

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Plaka Athens

23 Reviews Starting at the foot of the Acropolis, the old area of Plaka is a maze of narrow, cobble-stoned, medieval streets that twist through ancient sites, tourist-packed squares and lovely Byzantine...

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Oia Village Santorini Island

13 Reviews Our accommodation was in Firostafani Village only 10 minutes walk from Fira Town. It would have been easy to remain in this comfort zone and have a memorable holiday on Santorini , however we made the...

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Exploring Cities Crete Island

22 Reviews Chania (Hania) is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and the second biggest town in Crete, with a population of 60.000 inhabitants. As for me Chania is one of the nicest towns in Crete...

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Upper (old) city (Ano Poli) Thessaloniki

5 Reviews Take a long walk at the Old Town It's one the pretiest areas of Thessaloniki. With old houses, small alleys and a beautiful view its worth it. Especially when you realise that you are totally lost but...

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Lake and island Ioannina

3 Reviews visit the ISLET ON THE LAKE. A Very picturesque place. Frequent boat departures from 'molos' (every half an hour during the summer). You can visit the house where Ali-Pasha's killing and decapitation...

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Ancient Civalisations Prefecture of Heraklion

2 Reviews Faistos, 63 km south of Irakleio, was the second biggest administrative, economical and religious city of minoan Crete. The excavations by Italian archaeologists in 1900 gave away the history of the...

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City Scenes Athens

19 Reviews Time schedule is posted here: http://www.sunshine-express.gr/ The train departs from Ermou Street, which is at the bottom of the Square. The departure point is in front of Geniki Bank, across the...

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Beachs Santorini Island

12 Reviews The photo I place in my tip is to show you on the map where the most popular beaches of Santorini are found. My fondest memory was the beauty of the island, its architecture, but to be honest being a...

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Exploring the Island Crete Island

17 Reviews Cretean spring is beautiful. After months of bad weather, relative cold and rains the plants burst with life. Crete becomes a blooming place and the fresh greens give a great shade against strong...

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Food and Drink Thessaloniki

9 Reviews Usually the Greeks dont have a breakfast at home but most of them every morning eat bougatsa (a pastry constiting of custard, cheese, or minced meat filling between layers of phyllo)accompanied with...

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Castle/Old town Ioannina

2 Reviews A Stroll Around the Frourio: The Walled Old Town & Citadel / For many of the centuries that Ioannina fell under the occupation of foreign conquerors, city walls enclosed all the most important...

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Athens Museums and Galleries Athens

30 Reviews This small museum is situated on the Acropolis, just next to the Parthenon. It contains finds from the Holy Rock. The exhibits are put chronologically. You'll see the characteristic Kouri and Kores,...

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Nea Kameni - The Volcano Santorini Island

11 Reviews The present-day funny shape of the island is created by a huge eruption of the ancient supervulcano, which dates back more than three thousand years. The 30-40 kilometers high eruption cloud was seen...

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Beaches Crete Island

10 Reviews While staying in Stalis although the beach there is not bad I prefer sissi , sissi is a very picturesque village and a lot of boat trips come here and stop for a swim and lunch. we drove the short...

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White Tower (Lefkos Pyrgos) Thessaloniki

8 Reviews There are three floors inside the White Tower, their shape is circular. You can see in a few minutes some such byzantine icons. Thessaloniki is the richest city of Greece in byzantine temples, Agios...

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Cave of Perama Ioannina

1 Review visit PERAMA CAVE (located in the homonymous village, 4 km north of the city of Ioannina) The Cave was incidentaly discovered during the Greek-Italian war of 1940 by a resident of the village who was...

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Panathenaic Stadium Athens

11 Reviews This Stadium is called "KALIMARMARON" which means "Beautiful marble stadium". It was built in the 4th century BC. It has been restored twice and its capacity is 70.000 spectators. In 1896 the first...

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Minoen Ruins Crete Island

5 Reviews The Palace of Minos at Knossos in Heraklion is unmissable. Much of it has been reconstructed but it does give you a better idea of the true scale of some of the ruins once you've seen how the ground...

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Aristotelous square Thessaloniki

6 Reviews Aristotelous square is just beautiful. It's full of cafes and shops and the best place to meet friends..it's a large square that connects the bigest street in Thessaloniki, 'Egnatia Odo' with the sea...

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The Importance of Greek Mythology

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Photo is from a drawing in a mythology book I used as a teacher.The Greeks of a[pre-science] world worshiped many gods & goddesses & used myths to answer questions about the universe.One of my favorites points out how myths were used to explain what science now answers. It is the myth of the of Why We Have Changing Seasons:Long ago, Demeter (de-MEE-tur)was goddess of the harvest & watched over the land. Demeter had a lovely daughter named PersephoneHades, god of the Underworld, lived deep below the Earth, & he was lonely. One day, Hades saw Persephone working in the fields with her mother, & he immediately fell in love with her. He desired for her to become his Queen of the Underworld.So, Hades jumped into his chariot and came up through the Earth's surface, grabbed Persephone, & took her down to the Underworld.Demeter was so sad that she stopped working & ordered the Earth to stop...

Know A Little Mythology Before You Visit Greece

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I was so fortunate to have learned so much Greek and Roman Mythology by teaching it for 30+ years. I gave a "crash" course to my sister-in-law, Jayne Glass, before we left, and as we would see mythological monuments, temples, and statues.An example of the importance of some background information came up when we were on the Acropolis in Athens and saw the Temple for Athena and Poseidon. (The Erechtheion).The pictures show that Temple, which was built in 420 B.C. in the Ionic order. The main temple was divided into two sections which were dedicated to the worship of the two principal gods of Attica, ATHENA and POSEIDON -ERECHTHEUS.Athena was daughter of Zeus, and the myths say that she was born from his head and came out in full armour! Thus, she is the Goddess of both wisdom and war.POSEIDON (better known as Neptune) was Zeus's brother and was the God of the Sea and all Sea Creatures....

The New and The Old of Athens

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Most people who visit Greece on a tour or independently have Athens as the beginning or the end of their visit. This is a city that shows visitors two faces: the new and the old.There are some great positives about the modern city of Athens. I enjoyed Syntagma and Omonoia squares as well as several superb museums. It was fun to hear the university students and the Lawyers arguing politics at the park near the Syntagma Square.A working class area and a fine place to sample food sold by street vendors is Omonoia Square. [Be forewarned that this is also where 8 major streets converge.]Be sure to see Athens' National Archaeological Museum which holds more masterpieces of ancient art than any other museum in the world!But, the new face of AThens, sadly, allows us to hear the screeching of tires, the blaring of horns, and the roar of traffic. Half a million cars, buses, and trucks swarm into...

My Greece

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You may also have a look at my other VT-pages out of my Greek trip in November, 2007:1) Vravrona, 2) Piraeus, 3) Poros Island,4) Hydra Island, 5) Aegina Island, 6) Corinth, 7) Epidaurus, 8) Nafplio, 9) Mycenae, 10) Olympia, 11) Patras, 12) Navpaktos, 13) Delphi, 14) Arachova, 15) Thermopylae,16) Meteora & Kalambaka, 17) Sounio,18) Athens.I have been to 14 out of 51 prefectures of Greece. You may have a look at my following VT-pages:1) Prefecture of Achaia,2) Prefecture of Arcadia, 3) Prefecture of Argolida,4) Prefecture of Attica containing 4 prefectures: Athens, Piraeus, East Attica and West Attica,5) Prefecture of Corinth,6) Prefecture of Elia (2 tips),7) Prefecture of Etoloacarnania, 8) Prefecture of Fokida, 9) Prefecture of Fthiotida, 10) Prefecture of Trikala, 11) Prefecture of Viotia.

Prefecture of Fthiotida

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Phthiotis or Fhtiotida is one of the 51-th prefectures of Greece and one of the 14-th I happened to pass by. My VT-page on Prefecture of Fthitida. You may see my way across Fthitida on the map.I passed by Fthiotida along the Greece National Road 3 on my way from Delphi (Fokida) to Meteora (Tricala) and along the Greek National Road 1 on my way from Meteora (Trikala) to Athens (Attica).The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the Maliac Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Eurytania in the west, Karditsa in the north, Larissa in the north, and Magnesia in the northeast. The name dates back to ancient times.

Parnassus Mountain

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Walking along Montparnasse in Paris I dreamed to see the Mount of Parnassus which gave the name to the well-known district of the French capital. My dream came true!Mount Parnassus is a mountain of barren limestone that towers above Delphi and Arachova. According to Greek mythology, this mountain was sacred to Apollo, the Corycian nymphs, and the home of the Muses.Mount Parnassus is named after Parnassos, the son of the nymph Kleodora and the man Kleopompus.When we visited Arachova the Mountain was covered with clouds so we didn’t see all its beauty unfortunately.

Ionic Sea - Corinthian Gulf

by Kuznetsov_Sergey

The Gulf of Corinth is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. I crossed the Gulf by the Rio-Antirio Bridge which connects Patras' easternmost suburb of Rio to the town of Antirrio, connecting the Peloponnese peninsula with mainland Greece.The Gulf is bounded in the east by the Isthmus of Corinth which includes the shipping route of the Corinth Canal and in the west by the Strait of Rion, which separates the Gulf of Corinth from the outer Gulf of Patras at Cape Drepano, where the narrowest point is crossed by the Rion-Antirio Bridge.In medieval times, the Gulf of Corinth was known as the Gulf of Lepanto.

Aegean Sea – Saronic Gulf

by Kuznetsov_Sergey

I crossed the Saronic Gulf while cruising over its islands: Poros, Hydra and Aegina. You may see my way on the map.The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the Isthmus of Corinth. It is the eastern terminus of the Corinth Canal, which cuts across the isthmus. Islands that are lined in the middle of the Gulf are Aegina, Salamis, and Poros along with smaller islands of Patroklou and Vleves.The origin of the name comes from the mythological king Saron who drowned at the Psifaei lake (modern Psifta). The Saronic Gulf was a string of six entrances to the Underworld, each guarded by a chthonic enemy in the shapes of thieves and bandits.

Prefecture of Viotia

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Boeotia also Viotía is one of the 51-th prefectures of Greece and one of the 14-th I have been. I came there twice. Once from Delphi (Fokida) to Arachova. And for the second time on my way from Meteora (Trikala) to Athens (Attica). My VT-page on Prefecture of Viotia. You may see my way across Viotia on the map.It is within the Central Greece periphery and its area was known in ancient times. Its capital is Livadeia but for me it corresponds with Arachova. Its bounding prefectures are Phocis in the west Phthiotis to the north and northwest Euboea in the east via a bay and a gulf and Attica to the south.Arachova is a mountain small town next to Delphi. Its quaint houses are built up on the north slopes of Mount Parnassos. The name Arachova derives from the South Slavic words ‘ara’ and ‘hova’ which mean ‘walnut trees’ in reference to the many ones found in the area.

Prefecture of Attica

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Attica is subdivided into the prefectures of Athens, Piraeus, East Attica and West Attica. Attica includes 4 of the 51 prefectures in Greece. They are among 14 prefectures I have happened to visit and explore during my short stay in Greece. It was Attica where I started my trip and where I finished it. You may see my routs across Attica at the map. I was happy to visit Vraona, Athens, Piraeus, Poros Island, Hydra Island, Aegina Island and Sounio. My VT-page on Attica.Located in the south of the country, Attica covers about 3,800 square kilometers. In addition to Athens it contains within its area the cities of Peiraeus, Eleusis, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands of Salamis, Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Kythira, and Antikythera.

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