Greece

Vacations In Greece, you are standing at a crossroads of cultures, colours and civilisations, you feel the strength of history and the warmth of being in the southernmost part of Europe, you discover an evolutionary process of thought, influence and experience. A country that despite being rich in history has a populaton that moves towards the future. A country that although statistically small, is huge in its diversity. A landscape that has given us thousands of postcard images but remains incredibly vibrant and impossible to capture. Greece is a country of beautiful contradictions, a constant journey in time, from the present to the past and back again. Walk through the olive groves, through ancient sites. Move to clusters of sparsely inhabited islands. Roam from the beaches to rocky mountains and explore breathtaking scenery. In Greece the fusion of images becomes more than imagery and turns into reality. Explore your senses in Greece.

Archaeological Monuments

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.
According to the UNESCO catalogue, the following archaeological sites and cultural areas in Greece have been characterised as Monuments of Cultural Heritage:

1. Monastery complex of Aghio Oros (Mount Athos)
2. The Acropolis of Athens
3. Vassae: The Temple of Epicurean Apollo
4. Vergina - Aegae
5. Delphi (archaeological site)
6. Delos (archaeological site)
7. Epidaurus (archaeological site)
8. Early Christian and Byzantine Thessalonica
9. Monastery complex of Meteora
10. Mystras (Medieval City)
11.The Monasteries of Daphni (Attica), Ossios Lucas (Central Greece) and Nea Moni (New Monastery) of Chios
12. The archaeological sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
13. Olympia (archaeological site)
14. Patmos: Monastery of Aghios Ioannis Theologos and the Cave of the Apocalypse
15. Medieval city of Rhodes
16. Samos: Pythagoreio and Heraion

Attractions

Greece has an abundance of resources that tourists with ecological and cultural interests will find attractive. The wealth of cultural as well as ecological resources, both biotic and abiotic, constitute a special comparative advantage of the country for those interested in the conservation of cultural diversity, bio-diversity and eco-systems. These resources are marked by their wide variety, rareness and distinctiveness and are found in areas many of which have already been placed under special protection.

Transportation

During the past few decades the transportation network of the country was modernised and impressively upgraded and, as a result, Greece today has an integrated transportation structure allowing for fast and safe travelling all over the country.  Moreover, new projects are continuously being programmed, so that the infrastructures of the transportation grid of the country become more and more reliable. 
The operation of the Rio-Andirrio Bridge (connecting the western Peloponnese with western Central Greece), the longest cable-stayed suspension bridge in Europe, is of great importance for the improvement of road transportation in Greece.  Parts of the closed motorway of “Egnatia Odos” in Northern Greece (total length 680 km) are still under construction, while interventions for the development of PATHE - the central road axis connecting the cities of Patras, Athens, and Thessalonica - are extremely important.
Moreover, in the field of sea transport, works are progressing in order to improve the existing infrastructure in many ports of the country, and especially those of Piraeus and Rafina, the two basic ports for the connection of the Greek mainland with the islands of the Aegean and with Crete. The airports of the country were radically modernised, and so was the railroad network, where existing lines were upgraded, new ones created and highly modern and fast-rolling stock was introduced.       
Furthermore, with the opportunity of the Athens Olympic Games 2004, a series of big transportation projects was planned and implemented in the prefecture of Attica. The construction of the Attiki Odos motorway radically changed the transportation map of the area. In the city of Athens, the public means of transportation were upgraded and quality of life was improved thanks to the construction and operation of the metropolitan railroad (metro), the suburban railroad and the tram.  The existing mass means of transportation were considerably upgraded with the renewal of the bus and trolley-bus fleets and the overhauling of the Athens–Piraeus electric railroad stations. The connection of the electric railroad with the metropolitan and suburban network, as well as with the national railroad network created a functional transportation grid. Finally, the construction and operation of the new modern Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport, in Spata, Attica, was an important milestone in the improvement of air travel in the country.