Welcome to Greece
We visited Greece and the Greek Islands on two different occasions.
Mykonos and Athens on our first cruise in the Mediterranean in 2013 and then again in 2016 to Corfu on another Mediterranean cruise. There is a lot of history with this area of the world and Greece is no exception. Go if you can.
- Officially Hellenic Republic
- Population 10.7 million
- Athens is Capital
- Findings back to 210,000 years ago
- Considered the cradle of Western Civilization
- Has President/Prime Minister
- Has 28 million visitors in 2016
- Official Language is Greek with many local dialects
- 80% of Greece is mountains
- That makes it the most mountainous in Europe
- 227 inhabited islands
- Drive on the right
- Mt Olympus, home to Greek Gods, is 9,573 ft high
- 7 hours ahead of the east coast
- Currency is the Euro