Greece Country Guide | Guide to Greece
Country Guide Greece
Population: 11,120,000
Currency: euro (EUR)
Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Government: parliamentary republic
Languages: Greek 99% (official), English, French
Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
Phone Code: 30
Festivals in Greece
PAF Graffiti and Music Festival [snippet]
Athens Wine Festival [photo gallery]
Panigiri Lagada [video]
City Challenge - Budapest [web site]
Panorama of European Cinema Film Festival [web site]Greece Accommodation
Hotels in GreeceGreece Flights
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Greece Tours
Tours in GreeceGreece DVD
As seen on TV and formally known as Lonely Planet the Pilot Guides are undoubtedly champions of the travel world.
Greece, cradle of the Western Civilisation, is often considered as the last country of the West and the first of the East.
Traveller Christina Chang visits Mainland Greece, its cosmopolitan and culturally rich capital Athens, and the Peloponnesian peninsula; while Megan McCormick heads for the beautiful Greek Islands, scattered around the blue waters of the Ionian and the Aegean Seas.
Along the way
- Visit the awe inspiring Acropolis overlooking Athens
- Witness the ancient fire walking festival of Sires in Northern Greece.
- Visit the most southern tip of mainland Greece, thought by the Greeks to shelter the entrance to Hades
- Catch the ferry Hydra for the celebrations of the Miaoulia Festival
- Visit the holy isle of Patmos, the party island of Mykonos, the ancient island of Delos, and the volcanic island of Santorini
- Trek through the spectacular Samaria Gorge in Crete
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Further Greece Resources
Go Mykonos [web site]
Greek National Tourism Organisation [web site]Click here for the full range of Greece web resources


