Greece

Greece is one of those rare places where ancient history is still very much a part of modern life. Visitors are as much drawn to the country’s epic intellectual history as its beauty and charm. Make time for the iconic features of the Acropolis of Athens, which include the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, and the Temple of Athena Nike. Mythology buffs will appreciate Crete, Olympia, Samos, and Naxos for their mythological significance. For a peaceful beach vacation, the island of Santorini is perfect.

Explore the historical landmarks of the city of Athens, Greece Greece has more than 2,000 islands, of which about 170 are inhabited; some of the easternmost A Greek Xeniteia, or sojourning in foreign lands, with its strong overtones of Greece is a country that is at once European, Balkan, Mediterranean, and Near Eastern. It lies at the juncture of Three characteristics of geology and structure underlie these landscape elements. First, northeastern Greece is occupied by a stable block of ancient (Hercynian) hard rock. Second, younger and weaker rocks, the majority of which are of limestone origin, make up western and southern Greece. These were heavily folded during the Alp-building phase of the Paleogene and Neogene periods (about 66 to 2.6 million years ago), when Earth movements thrust the softer sediments east-northeast against the unyielding Hercynian block and produced a series of roughly parallel tectonic zones that gave rise to the mountain-and-valley relief. Third, both the Hercynian block and the Hellenidic (Alpine) ranges were subsequently raised and fractured by tectonic movements. These dislocations created the sunken bce. The vents of the Kaméni islands in the sea-filled explosion crater of Thíra remain active. The island of Mílos ( Northeastern Greece: Makedonía and Thráki Several topographic regions surround the main mountainous core and are often penetrated by extensions of it. The northernmost part, roughly the regions of Greek Mount Órvilos. The Maritsa R...