Greece is situated on the Mediterranean Sea and borders in the north on Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria, in the northeast on Turkey. The eastern part of the country is situated on the Aegean Sea, the western part on the Ionian Sea. Euboea, the second largest island is situated eastwards of Attika. The Peleponesian peninsula is divided through the Gulf of Korinth. In the south of the peninsula (Cape Tarinaro) there is the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea (5,515 m). In the north there are several mountain chains (Pindus). The highest mountain in Greece is the Olymp (2,917 m) and the second highest Smolikas (2,637 m). The islands take almost 20% of the country’s space. The most islands are situated in the Aegean Sea between the Greek and Turkish coast. The seven Ionian islands are situated in western Greece f. e. Corfu. The Aegean islands consist of the Dodekanes in front of the Turkish coast f. e. Rhodes, Limnos, Lesbos, Chios and Samos. The Sporades are very close to the continental Greece. The Cyclades (Santorin, Myconos) consist of 39 islands. Crete is the largest Greek island.
Greece is full of archaeological sites and monuments of distinctive prestige and charm, on which all known periods of its long-standing history have left their mark. Visitors have the opportunity to make a unique “journey” through the rare “mosaic” of historic and cultural memory which has left an indelible mark on every region of the country and effortlessly highlights the manifold manifestations of Greek culture to date.
