Greece- Backpacked

Greece- Backpacked


Cradle of the western civilization, Greece is an ideal place for having a backpacking vacation. The bright, sunny and warm climate is a perfect spot for exploring the place and mountaineering. There are various backpacking tours that are designed and organized for all the people having varied levels of caliber, strength and capability. This Greece backpacking tour is the chance for the tourists to get close and personal with the Greece’s ancient wonders.

Greece- Backpacked


Though there are various destinations that are worth a visit while you go in for a backpacking tour. The tour can be started with one of the most liked destination Athens. You can have innumerable samples of Greek delicacies and accustom yourself with the Greek way of living. If you are love the architectural sites then a visit to Nafplion is a must to explore the 4th century BC theaters that are located at the Epiavros. Southern most tip of the peninsula has some of the sensational and incredible view of the mountains along with exploring the caves at the Dinos can be an exciting experience while you are on a backpacked tour. For having a better backpacking experience, you can carry on your journey with the next destination that is Mystras and then to Pylos that is situated on the gorgeous and beautiful bay of Navariono. For the people who love exploring the architectural sites, the Venetian fortress at Methoni is a great option; the next destination can be the home of original Olympics, Olympia. It is the place where the first Olympics took place in the 776 BC. Last but not the least to have sweet memories you can also have a photograph at the Temple of Athena located in Delphi and is also one of the well known symbols that are worth watching in Greece.

Greece- Backpacked

Documents for Travel to Greece

Greece

Documents needed to travel to Greece
Valid passport or identity card.
MONEY: EURO
At almost all points of sale in restaurants is also possible to pay with credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Euro card ...)
SAFE: the money, documents and other values it is advisable to keep in safe.
Telephone:
The international code for Greece is 0030 + local + private number,
Phoning from a hotel room or the reception is usually very expensive.
Your mobile phone will operate in Greece without any restrictions.
HEALTH INSURANCE:
In Greece, subject to basic health insurance for emergency assistance in all countries .Recommendation you an extra health insurance abroad Coris Assistance prior to departure, by payment at the point of sale.
ELECTRICITY: The electrical voltage is 220V, the adapter is not required.
WATER: Water from the aqueduct is virtuous, but I recommend drinking bottled water from the store.
RENTAL VEHICLES:
In Greece, it is possible to vary the rental car and a scooter at affordable prices.
The rental car will need a valid international driving license, a driver over the age of 21 years.
Beaches: Greece is a land of spacious and beautiful sandy beaches, which are regulated, sleeping berths and blinds to rent extra charge. Nudism is possible at isolated beaches.


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Ouzo-Greece's National drink

Facts about Greece presents:Ouzo-Greece's National drink



Ouzo-Greece's National drink

The creation of ouzo is made from a precise combination of pressed grapes and herbs and berries. It begins as alcohol made from grape skins or other local produce. It is then brought together with herbs and other ingredients, including star anise, coriander, cloves, angelica root, licorice, mint, wintergreen, fennel, hazelnut and even cinnamon and lime blossom. The mixture is boiled in a copper still, regulated by a taster.


Ouzo-Greece's National drink


Ouzo-Greece's National drink

The best Ouzo it is considered that of the island of Lesvos.
Ouzo drinking is an art. Or maybe it's a way of life.


Ouzo-Greece's National drink

Greek Monasteries of Meteora

Facts about Greece presents: Monasteries of Meteora


Monasteries of Meteora

The Greek word Meteora means "suspended in the air"

The monasteries of Meteora are one of the world's most spectacular places.They are located in north central Greece.Most of this hanging monasteries were abandoned and today only six survive,of which four can be visited by way of bridges.


Monasteries of Meteora


Monasteries of Meteora

The isolated monasteries of Meteora helped keep alive Greek Orthodox religious traditions during the turbulent Middle Ages and Otoman Turk occupation of Greece.

Acropolis of Athens

The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis. The monuments of the Acropolis stand in harmony with their natural setting.The Acropolis of the fifth century BC is the most accurate reflection of the splendour, power and wealth of Athens at its greatest peak, the golden age of Perikles.The word "Acropolis" means city by the edge, and there are many acropolises all over Greece. They were always situated on a high spot, and were often used as a place for shelter and defence against various enemies.


Acropolis of Athens

Despite the unique historical, symbolic and cultural value of the monument, the cultural offense of the brutal removal of the sculptures from the Athenian Acropolis, committed by Elgin in the 19th century, is continued today by the British Museum, who refuse to return the sculptures to Athens.


Acropolis of Athens

Presentation of Greece

Presentation of Greece

• Capital: Athens
• Area: 131,940 sq km
• Population: 10,707,135 (July 1999 est.)
• Currency: drachma
• Form of government: parliamentary republic; monarchy rejected by referendum 8 December 1974; unicameral Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; members are elected by direct
  popular vote to serve four-year terms); president elected by Parliament for a five-year term; prime minister appointed by the president
• Languages: Greek
• Religion: Greek Orthodox (98%), Muslim (2%)
• National holiday: Independence Day, 25 March (1821)

Greece is a country with a hallowed past and an at-times turbulent present. Appreciation of the achievements of its classical past has tended to overshadow its development as a free nation since the War of Independence from the Ottomans in 1821. Many foreign Hellenists imbued with a romantic ideal of the Greece of Pericles and the Parthenon are blithely ignorant that Greece today is a vibrant modern European country. It is equally a land where the languages of recent migrant communities from the Balkans, Africa and Asia - not to mention the English and German of EU migrants and retirees - contribute to Greece's status as one of Europe's more recent multicultural societies.


Presentation of Greece

As recently as 1983, when it acceded to the EU, Greece was essentially a conservative, agrarian society famous for olive oil, coups, beaches and islands.Greeks boast more mobile phones than fixed-line phones. Internet hotspots pop up like mushrooms, while car ownership, once the privilege of the affluent few, is now a consumer commodity enjoyed by the majority. While sleeping on beaches was once de rigueur for travellers in the carefree '70s, tourism is now most definitely pitched to the middle to upper-end markets and sleeping rough is now oh-so out.


Presentation of Greece

Yet the fact that Greece continues to enjoy a steady influx of foreign visitors is easy to explain. The Greek people still have the welcome mat out. It is they who, after all, make Greece. Without the indomitable bonhomie of the Greeks themselves, Greece would be a different place altogether.


Presentation of Greece