Category: Greece
Top 10 Places For Watersports In The World Part 1
The summer is one of the most beautiful season. Many people likes this season because loves the beach and the sea. I present you top ten places for watersports, the perfect destinations for surfing and for other sports in water. Here are the first five places for watersports in the world: Paros, Greece In Paros, [...]
Mount Athos , Greece
Mount Athos is a mountain on the Holy Mountain peninsula in northern Greece. The peninsula political status in Greece is known as the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain. Mount Athos , World Heritage Site , is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries, 12 skites, and about 700 houses, cells, or hermitages and forms [...]
Meteora , Greece
The Meteora , located in Greece , is one of the most important complex of Eastern Orthodox monasteries , and second largest after Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains . The Meteora is [...]
Colossus of Rhodes – One of the Seven Wonders
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek god Helios, built in Rhodes , Greece by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC . It’s considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was raised to celebrate Rhodes’ victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus . Colossus [...]
Parthenon – Symbol of Ancient Greece
The Parthenon , symbol of Ancient Greece , located in Acropolis , Athens is a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, the protector of the city . Parthenon is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world . The Parthenon has stood atop the [...]
The Acropolis , Athens
The Acropolis or Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis in the world . The word “Acropolis” means city by the edge and there are many acropolises in Greece and worldwide but this one is called without qualifications due to its importance and significance . The Acropolis is a flat-topped rock that rises 150 m [...]
Corfu – The island of unparalleled beauty – Perfect Greece Vacation
Corfu is the second largest island group known as “Seven Islands” or Eptanisa, with an area of 589 km2 and a coastline of 217 km long. Corfu Greece, is the most popular of the Ionian Islands. It is a very green island and a mixture of the civilizations that have passed through at various times. [...]
