Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Friday, March 28, 2025

Luxury Villas: Where Elegance Meets Serenity

Whether you’re seeking a restful retreat or a lavish escape, a luxury villa promises to deliver an unforgettable experience.

Luxury Villas: Where Elegance Meets Serenity

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Greece

Greece is the mother of European civilization with a distinctive language, culture and cuisine. Its economic difficulties have been in the headlines in recent years, obscuring the fact that it is still one of Europe's best tourist destinations.

Greece offers excellent beaches, tavernas and a classic Mediterranean climate along with masses of ancient sites to visit. There is no getting away from the historic atmosphere reminding you of centuries of history.

Greece

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Athens

The Parthenon, Athens

The first reliable historical information about Athens relates to an incident some time after 640BC when a certain Kylon (once an Olympic champion) attempted a coup during a religious festival. The coup failed. He escaped but his followers were
killed. The mythical story of Athens goes back to Theseus who was credited with much of the city-state's legal system and city council. In fact, the region of Attica - unusually large for a city-state - took centuries to unify. More at: Athens

Athens, capital of Greece, was transformed as a tourist destination by the Olympic Games of 2004. The Greek capital now has a modern international airport, metro system and motorway connections to match the unparalleled archaeological sites that have made Athens one of the world's most dramatic cities for thousands of years.

More at: Tourist Athens