June 9, 2010
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Meteora mountain – one of the most memorable places in Greece Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More One of the most memorable places in Greece is a beautiful monastery complex of Metéora. It is located in northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly. From here to a height of 400 meters […]
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Categories: Greece, Nature, Sights
June 8, 2010
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Valley of the Butterflies in Greece, Rhodes Updated: May 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Just outside of Rhodes, Greece, is where you will find the famous Valley of the Butterflies. It is a beautiful and picturesque valley that has been slowly carved away over millennia by a slow, almost trickling stream. The very […]
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Categories: Greece
April 28, 2010
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Greece is the cradle of Western civilisation — the land where democracy was born, where Socrates questioned and Plato wrote, where the columns of the Parthenon still stand against the Athenian sky after 2,500 years, and whose mythology, philosophy, theatre, and art form the foundation of European culture. But Greece is far more than its […]
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Categories: All Countries, Greece