Vacation and travel to Greece
Greece also known as Hellas and officially the Hellenic, and Greece is a peninsular and a mountainous country situated in southeast Europe on the Mediterranean Sea, with a total area of 130,800 km2. The country is surrounded by the sea.
The Greek islands represent one fifth of the country's surface. Greece has about 1400 Greek islands, of which only 169 are inhabited. The majority of the islands are scattered in the Aegean Sea between the Greek and Turkish coasts.
Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of ancient Greece, generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. As such, it is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama, including both tragedy and comedy. This legacy is partly reflected in the 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Greece.
Greece also known as Hellas and officially the Hellenic, and Greece is a peninsular and a mountainous country situated in southeast Europe on the Mediterranean Sea, with a total area of 130,800 km2. The country is surrounded by the sea.The Greek islands represent one fifth of the country's surface. Greece has about 1400 Greek islands, of which only 169 are inhabited. The majority of the islands are scattered in the Aegean Sea between the Greek and Turkish coasts.
Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of ancient Greece, generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. As such, it is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama, including both tragedy and comedy. This legacy is partly reflected in the 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Greece.
