Greece

Main Cities

                    

Islands of Greece

                            

Important places to visit in Greece

              

Athens Highlights

             

Thessaloniki Highlights

         

Santorini Highlights

     

Mykonos Highlights

   

Crete Highlights

    

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Capital: Athens

Area: 131.957 km2

Population: 10.7 millions (2017)

Language: Greek

Main airports in Greece:

Athens International Airport Elephterios Venizelos (ATH)

Heraklion International Airport Nikos Kazantakis (HER)

Thessaloniki International Airport Makedonia (SKG)

Rhodes Diagoras International Airport (RHO)

Chania International Airport Daskalogiannis (CHQ)

Corfu International Airport Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU)

Kos International Airport Hippocrates (KGS)

Santorini Thira International Airport (JTR)

Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos (ZTH)

Mykonos International Airport (JMK)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece

• Acropolis in Athens
• Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina)
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Archaeological Site of Mystras
• Archaeological Site of Olympia
• Archaeolofical Site of Mycenae and Tiryns
• Delos
• Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John in Patmos
• Medieval City of Rhodes
• Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
• Old Town of Corfu
• Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki
• Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
• Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
• Temple of Apollo and Epicurius at Bassae
• Meteora
• Mount Athos
• Phillippi

UNESCO Tentative List

• Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece (Castle of Methoni)
• National Park of Dadia
• Ancient Lavrion
• Petrified Forest of Lesvos
• Archaeological Site of Ancient Messene
• Minoan palatial centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros and Kydonia) in Crete
• Archaeological Site of Nicopolis
• The broader region of Mount Olympus
• The area of Prespa Lakes (Megali and Miki Prespa) which includes Byzantine and post Byzantine monuments
• Gorges of Samaria National Park
• Fortress of Spinalonga
• Ancient towers of the Aegian Sea