April 29, 2012
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Experience the Amazing Geographical Features of Greece Updated: April 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Greece offers an array of opportunities to explore the country and the culture. There is food, arts, and festivals, but traveling to Greece can also offer an opportunity to explore various geographical features that vary widely within one country. […]
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Categories: Greece, Nature
January 26, 2012
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Family Activity Holidays in Greece – Windsurfing in Vassiliki Updated: January 26, 2020 | By Claire | More When planning your trip and family activity holidays in Greece, why not have the family try out something new? Sometimes the best holidays are when you learn something. Start with this vacation by being proactive in looking […]
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Categories: Greece, Nature
December 29, 2011
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Climbing highlights of Europe Updated: December 29, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More It’s a little unfair to list climbing highlights in Europe, as other equally great destinations will be left out, but here is just a sample of the best places that you can climb in the Europe. However this time we are […]
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Categories: France, Greece, Italy, Nature, United Kingdom
December 28, 2011
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Athens – one of the noisiest and most important cities in the world | Greece Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More On the Attic peninsula, near the Saronic Gulf, you can find the Greek capital Athens. It has about 5 million people, which is almost a quarter of the whole Greek population. […]
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Categories: Greece, Sights
October 2, 2011
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Pindus Mountain – the spine of Greece and one of the greatest natural wonders Updated: October 2, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More In the northern part of Greece, at the border with Albania, there is one of the most impressive mountain ranges in the country, the mountains of Pindus (known also as Pindos […]
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Categories: Greece, Nature
September 21, 2011
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Poros – one of the most beautiful islands in Greece Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Poros is considered one of the most beautiful islands in Greece and probably the most beautiful one of the Saronic islands. Whether you agree with this or not, in any case, it is certainly one […]
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Categories: Greece, Nature
July 14, 2011
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Corfu – Emerald Island in the Mediterranean Sea | Greece Updated: July 14, 2020 | By Claire | More The island of Corfu (Kerkyra) is situated at the northwestern part of Greece (only 5km from the Greek mainland). The island has a relatively enough rainfall, and thus there is a variety of plants. Green nature […]
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Categories: Greece, Nature
July 1, 2011
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Porto Katsiki Beach – one of the most beautiful and famous beaches in Greece Updated: July 1, 2020 | By Claire | More Porto Katsiki Beach is one of the most beautiful and famous beach on the island of Lefkada in Greece. The translation means “Port of the Goat”. You can enjoy a great view […]
Tags: athan, beaches, beautiful-morning, best-beach, cars, cruise-ships, goat, greece, island, lefkada, mediterranean-sea, most-beautiful-beach, motorcycles, nature, o-clock, porto-katsiki, sea-site, solitude, stairs, sun, tiny-village, tourists, translation, viewpoint
Categories: Greece, Nature
May 20, 2011
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Mount Olympus – the highest mountain in Greece Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece. Its highest peak is Mytikas (2917 m). Olympus was mythological home to twelve most important Greek gods, specifically of the Pantheon. Mount Olympus is World’s Biosphere Reserve and also Olympus […]
Tags: 15th-century, biosphere-reserve, dionysus, greece, greek-gods, highest-mountain-in-greece, holy-trinity, meteora-monasteries, monastery, monk, mount-olympus, mountain, national-park, nature, paintings, pantheon, perimeter-walls, robbers, tourist-destination, turkish-rule
Categories: Greece, Nature
May 18, 2011
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Koufonisia – the most popular islands in the Aegean Sea | Greece Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | 3 Replies More Koufonisia are three well known islands – Kato (Lower) Koufonisi, Pano (Upper) Koufonisi, and Keros – in the Aegean Sea belonging to Greece. They are an important historic part of the complex […]
Tags: archaeological-findings, bronze-age-civilization, cyclades-islands, excavations, greece, islands-2, islands-in-the-aegean, kato, koufonisi, koufonisia, minoan-civilization, nature, prehistoric-times, remarkable-architecture, sailors, sea-site, sheep-farming, southwest-coast, square-kilometres, the-most-popular-tourist-islands-in-the-aegean-sea, typical-examples, venetians, virgin-mary
Categories: Greece, Nature