About Greece
Greece information, geography and historical facts
Greece – General Information Greece offers a myriad of experiences, landscapes and activities. Often cited as the birthplace of European Culture and Civilization, Greece offers a versatile and colorful mix of museums, archaeological sites, boutique hotels, chic restaurants and rustic taverns, family oriented resorts and hedonistic islands and clubs.
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The Greeks
Greeks are passionate people Equally diverse as their country, Greeks are passionate people; they love with passion, hate with passion and in most cases at the same time. Greeks laugh loudly, shout, cry loudly and they are the first to jump in a fight if needed.
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Greek Cuisine - Greek Drinks
Greek Cuisine Greek cuisine is famous worldwide, due to its variety and amazing tastes. Restaurants and tavernas in Greece cater all flavors, while a vast variety of fusion cuisine is available everywhere. Some of the most known Greek dishes are: Dolmades, stuffed vine leaves, Moussaka, eggplants with minced meat, cinnamon olive oil and wine, Souvlaki, [...]
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Greek coffee
Greek coffee used to be the most popular type of coffee in Greece, but today younger Greeks prefer an iced frappe coffee or an Italian freddo. Greek coffee or “ellinikos kafes” in Greek, is a very tasty coffee and it takes some sort of “art” in making it. How to make Greek coffee You pour [...]
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Frappe
Greek frappe coffee Frappe is the hallmark of the Greek coffee drinking culture. Frappe is an ice coffee, made with instant Nescafe coffee shaken, so as to create the foam that covers the liquid coffee. Frappe is tasty and strong, and is the trademark of all coffee shops in Athens, Greece and Cyprus. Some people [...]
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Greek Music
Greek music is of impressive diversity, mostly due to the assimilation of different cultures and needs throughout the mainland and islands. Greeks adore music and it a very important part of their everyday life, even since the antiquity.
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Delphi, information about Delphi
Situated at the foot of Mt Parnassus, Delphi is one of the sacred areas in Greece, once considered the center of the world. The Omphalos of the World, or Navel of the World is an imposing ravine on the side of Mt Parnassus. The Pan-Hellenic Sanctuary of Delphi set amidst a breathtaking landscape has been [...]
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Meteora Monasteries
Meteora Monasteries on the Meteora Suspended Rocks Meteora is the Greek word for the suspended rocks, a name that attributes completely the spectacle you see when you reach the plain of Kalambaka and you see the imposing and stunning rocks. The Meteora monasteries rise at the central Greece, where River Pinios surges into the Thessaly [...]
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Olympia
When referring to Olympia, we usually refer to Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Ancient Olympia was the sanctuary of Zeus and one of the most popular archaeological sites in Greece. Modern Olympia is a village that pales to its ancient namesake: the village of Olympia is a small one-street town, with many [...]
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Mystras
Mystras – The Castle State of The Peloponnese Mystras or Mistras, frequently referred to as the “wonder of the Morea”, is a castle – state in the Peloponnese Peninsula in southern Greece. Mystras is built amphitheatrically around the large fortress erected in 1249 by the Achaian prince of the Franks, William of Villehardouin. The fortress [...]
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Sparta
Sparta in Greece Sparta is a small town (15,000) surrounded by olive and citrus groves, lying at the banks of River Evrotas beneath the sleepless eye of the imposing Mt Taygetos, 220km away from Athens in Southern Greece. Sparta is a modern, easy-going and hospitable town able to receive and cater for its visitors since [...]
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Corinth Canal
The idea for the Corinth canal providing a shortcut and safe passage between the Aegean and the Ionian Seas dates back to the Roman times, when Nero performed some initial excavations with a silver shovel. It was only in the 1980s though that technology made it possible, providing everything needed to cut across the 6km [...]
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Arachova, information about Arachova
Arachova is a picturesque mountainous village situated at the Mt Parnassus county. Arachova is the last town east of Delphi, with the peaks of Mt Parnassus standing tiered above, sullied by the wide asphalt road cut to a ski resort: Arachova is the main ski resort for the Athenians. Even if you are not an [...]
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Monastery of Osios Loukas - St Luke
The Monastery of Osios Loukas (Blessed Luke) or Monastery of St Luke is one of the most important monuments of the Byzantine Era, listed in UNESCO’s World heritage sites. The monastery of Osios Loukas is the precursor of the last defiant flourish of Byzantine Art that influenced the monasteries in Mystras. The Monastery of Osios [...]
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Visiting hours for museums and archaeological sites in Greece in 2011
The new visiting hours for museums and archaeological sites during the tourist season have been announced by the Ministry of Culture for the current tourist season. It should be denoted that the Acropolis of Athens, which is anyway one of the sights you should not miss in Athens, will remain open from 8am to 7pm [...]