Aegean Islands
The Aegean Sea lies between Greece and Turkey and includes a complex of islands, whose common features are the internationally unique sparkling clear waters and gorgeous beaches.
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese is found in the southern part of the mainland of Greece and, until 1893, was connected to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth.
Ionian Islands
The Ionian islands are a grouping consisting in most part of seven islands and a number of smaller islets that are found in the Ionian Sea. The seven main islands are Cephalonia, Corfu, Zakynthos, Lefkada, Kythira, Ithaca and the Paxi.
Thessaly
Thessaly, known to Homer as Aiolia became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. It lies in central Greece and its geography is dominated by the Thessalian Plain, the country’s second largest, with a cultivated land area of 500.000 hectares.
Crete
Crete is Greece’s largest, most populated and southernmost inhabited island. From 3000 to 1400 BCE, Europe’s oldest civilization, flourished on the island, the Minoan civilization.
Euboea
Close to the prefecture of Attica is Euboea, the second largest island of Greece, a mini-paradise for connoisseurs of food. Two bridges link it to mainland Greece.
Macedonia
Macedonia is the geographically largest region of Greece and became part of the Greek state during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.
Thrace
Thrace is the northernmost but also the easternmost geographic apartment in Greece. The River Evros is Greece’s main border, but at the same time it is a means of communication and interaction between the two peoples, Greeks and Turks.
Epirus
Epirus is the most mountainous region of Greece and was made part of Greece during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13.
Central Greece
Central Greece is a geographical region that includes Attica and extends north to Thessaly and Epirus.
Attica
Attica is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Sea found on the eastern edge of Central Greece.
