Greece is a place that brings in mind associations of pictures, sounds, senses, persons. The Mediterranean temperate climate of the country, the diversity of the environment, the monuments and the history of the country, the spotless seas, cause the visitor for enchanting tours.
The Greek inland is mountainous up to 4/5 of its surface while just the 1/5 corresponds to flat regions. The mainland includes regions of great natural beauty and is ideal for real nature lovers but also for the lovers of the authentic Greek life and the popular traditions. The mountains of Greece, either with forests or naked, alternate with small or big, scenic and fertile valleys and plains, lakes and rivers, unique biotopes, coastal and mountainous caverns, archaeological places and scenic settlements.
The islands constitute the main trait of the particularity of the Greek nature and the basic element of the Greek culture. In the Greek area there are 6.000 islands and islets in total, scattered in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea. The islands of Greece have endless and splendid sinuous coasts that present great diversity: beaches stretching over many kilometres, small bays and coves, sandy beaches with dunes, pebbly shores and coastal caves surrounded by steep rocks with the characteristic dark sand of volcanic soils. Apart from beaches, the Greek islands allocate archaeological places, gorgeous architecture and enchanting local traditions, samples of an old and many-faced culture. |