GREECE, THE LAND OF MEN AND GODS.
A single trip is not enough to visit the entire country. One has to choose: The Greek islands or the Greek mainland; the Greek beaches or the Greek monuments; Ancient Greece or Byzantine Greece; calm Greece or cosmopolitan Greece; And then one has to choose once more, amongst the islands… .
THE COUNTRY’S HISTORY- and the history of the people- is particularly rich and complex.
From the Neolithic period to our days, Greece has known a series of rich civilizations- Cretan (2000-1450 B.C.), Mycenaean (1600-1200 B.C.), Classic (from the VI century B.C), Byzantine (VI-XV centuries A.D.)- but also a series of vicissitudes which have brought sudden disappearance or disintegration to many such civilizations: the mysterious disappearance of the Mycenaean civilization XII B.C., the Roman invasion, the Crusades, the Turkish occupation, the domination of foreign rulers, world wars, civil wars, military coups.
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By Plane
Travelling by plane is the fastest and often most economic way. There are direct flights to Greece, from all five continents. The Eleftherios Venizelos airport accommodates both domestic and international flights. The international airports of Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Chania Rhodes, Kos, Lemnos, Samos, Skiathos, Kalamata, Araxos, Kephalinia, Zakynthos, Corfu and Aktion mainly accommodate charter International flights and scheduled domestic.
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By Car/By Boat
There are daily departures from Ancona to Corfu, Igoumenitsa and Patras, with greater frequency during the summer. The crossing to Igoumenitsa takes 24 hours, and 26 hours to Patras.
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