Greece
Greece is situated in Southeastern Europe, with an area of 131,957 sq.km. and a population of 10,964,020.
Athens is the capital of Greece with a population of 3,192,606.
Local time is GMT +2 hours.
Greece is much more than a predictable summer image of glorious sunsets and sandy beaches.
In Greece, you are standing at a crossroa ......more... | |
Athens
Athens sights are clustered in an easy 8 sq km rectangle, running from Syntagma [NE] to Temple of Olympion Zeus[SE] to the south corner of Acropolis hill [SW] to Thision metro/Keramikos cemetary [NW]. Syntagma Square is where you get to see guards in fluffy bobble shoes outside parliament [picture above right] or catch the metro or airport bus. The ... ...more... | Chania
The
prefecture of Chania (Hania) is one of the four prefectures of Crete and it covers
the west part of the island. It has an area of 2,376 km and approximately 134,000
residents. It is mainly a mountainous region but it is also characterized by velvet
beaches, particularly on its south part, where it meets the Libyan ... ...more... |