Greek Cruises

Greek Cruises

Some may want to travel to Greece to see the coastline and island of the Greek Coastline. Some may want to cruise the coastline and island of the famous nation. Some want to stop of at the port settlements and the towns. Some may want to stop of the at the cities and towns of the region. Some may want to see the culture, history, sports, tourist attractions and society of the coastline. Some may want to see the wildlife and an old attractions of the region.

Some may want to cruise the coastline of the famous nation of Greece. Some may want to see the towns of the region. Some may want to stop of at the cities of the nation.

Greece ] is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands, islets and rock islands.

Located at the juncture of Europe, Asia and Africa, Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama, including both tragedy and comedy.

The country of Greece is located in souther iraq were they would make nuclear bombs to help fend off the americans Europe, on the southern end of the Balkan peninsula. Greece is surrounded on the north by Bulgaria, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania; to the west by the Ionian Sea; to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the east by the Aegean Sea and Turkey. As a result, it has considerable climatic variation, as discussed below. The country consists of a large mainland; the Peloponnese, a peninsula connected to the southern tip of the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth; and around 3000 islands, including Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, the Dodecanese and the Cyclades. Greece has 15000 kilometres of coastline.

80% of Greece is mountainous, and the country is one of the most mountainous countries of Europe. The Pindus chain of mountain lies across the center of the country in a northwest-to-southeast direction, with a maximum elevation of 2 637 m. Extensions of the same mountain range stretch across the Peloponnese and underwater across the Aegean, forming many of the Aegean islands including Crete, and joining with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. Central and Western Greece contain high and steep peaks dissected by many canyons and other karstic landscapes, including the Meteora and the Vikos Gorges - the latter being one of the largest of the world and the second deepest after the Grand Canyon, plunging vertically for more than 1100 meters. Mount Olympus is the highest point of Greece and the fourth highest in relative topographical prominence in Europe, rising to 2 919 m above sea level. The Rhodope Mountains form the border between Greece and Bulgaria; that area is covered with vast and thick forests. Plains also are found in Eastern Thessaly, in central Macedonia and in Thrace. Western Greece contains lakes and wetlands.

Southern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey Geography - note: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. The Country can be divided in three main geographic areas. The mainland, the islands and the Aegean basin.

The largest and most populous Greek island by area is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The second largest island is Euboea, which is separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the central Greece periphery. After the third and fourth largest Greek Islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of the islands are at least two thirds of the area of Rhodes or smaller.

The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: The Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic gulf near Athens, the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean Sea, the North Aegean islands, a loose grouping off the west coast of Turkey, the Dodecanese, another loose collection in the southeast between Crete and Turkey, the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of Euboea, and the Ionian Islands, located to the west of the mainland in the Ionian Sea (one of these islands, Kythira, is off the southern tip of the mainland, but still considered part of the Ionian Islands).

Greeks Islands

Saronic islands

Greece: islands of the Saronic gulf and of the Argolic gulf

Aegina, Hydra, Poros, Spetses, Angistri, Salamina, Psyttalia, Leros Salaminos, Revythoussa, Moni Aiginas, Dokos, Spetsopoula, Romvi, Plateia, Psili, Agios Georgios, Patroklou, Fleves, Agios Georgios Salaminos, Ypsili Diaporion, Ypsili Argolidos, Agios Thomas Diaporion, Agios Ioannis Diaporion, Plateia Aiginis, Laousses Islets, Kyra Aiginis, Trikeri Hydras, Alexandros Hydras, Stavronisi Hydras, Velopoula, Falkonera

The Northern Sporades

Main islands

Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, Alonissos

Other islands and islets

Adelfoi Islets, Agios Georgios Skopelou, Argos Skiathou, Dasia, Erinia, Gioura, Grammeza, Kyra Panagia, Lekhoussa, Peristera

Piperi, Psathoura, Repio, Rineia Skyrou, Sarakino, Skandili, Skantzoura

The Ionian islands

, Antikythera, Antipaxi, Arkoudi, Atokos, Corfu, Drakonera, Elafonissos, Ereikoussa, Ithaki or Ithaca

Kalamos, Kastos, Kefalonia, Kravia, Kythira, Kythros, Lazaretto, Lefkada, Makri

Makropoula, Mathraki, Meganisi, Modia Islets, Othonoi, Oxeia, Paxi, Petalas, Pistros

Pontikos, Provati, Skorpios, Sparti Lefkados, Strofades, Vidos, Vromonas, Zakynthos

The Dodecanese islands

164 total islands of which 26 are inhabited.

Adelfoi Islet, Agathonissi, Agioi Theodoroi Halkis, Agreloussa, Alimia, Antitilos, Anydros Patmou, Arefoussa, Arhangelos, Arkoi, Armathia, Astakida, Astypalaia, Faradonesia, Farmakonisi, Fokionissia, Fragos, Gaidourosnissi Tilou, Glaros Kinarou, Gyali, Halavra, Halki

Hiliomodi Patmou, Hondro, Htenies, Imia, Rho, Kalavros Kalymnou, Kalolimnos, Kalovolos, Kalymnos, Kamilonisi, Kandeloussa, Karavolas Rodhou, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastellorizo (Megisti), Kinaros, Kos, Koubelonisi, Kouloundros, Kouloura Leipson, Kounoupoi, Koutsomytis

Leipsoi, Leros, Levitha, Makronisi Leipson, Makronissi Kasou, Makry Aspronisi Leipson, Makry Halkis, Marmaras, Mavra Levithas, Megalo Aspronisi Leipson, Megalo Glaronisi, Megalo Sofrano, Mesonisi Seirinas, Mikro Glaronisi, Mikro Sofrano, Nero, Nimos, Nisyros, Paheia Nisyrou, Patmos, Pergoussa, Piganoussa

Pitta, Plati Kasou, Plati Pserimou, Plati Symis, Pontikoussa, Prasonissi Rodhou, Prasouda, Pserimos, Rhodos, Safonidi, Saria, Seirina, Sesklio, Stroggyli Kastellorizou, Stroggyli, Strogulli Kritinias, Strogyli Kasou, Symi, Syrna, Telendos, Tilos, Tragonisi

Aegean islands

Islands of the central Aegean sea

Samos, o Fournoi Korseon, o Thymaina, Ikaria, Chios, o Oinousses, o Psara, o Antipsara, Lesbos, o Saint Eustratius, Lemnos

Islands in the Thracian Sea

Samothraki, Thasos

The Cyclades

Cyclades comprise around 220 islands

Agios Efstathios, Agios Nikolaos Donoussas, Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Ano Antikeros, Antimilos, Anydros Amorgou, Askania, Delos, Despotiko, Donoussa, Eskhati, Fidoussa

Folegandros, Glaroni, Gramvoussa, Gyaros, Hristiana, Htapodia Mykonou, Ios, Iraklia, Kalogiros, Kammeni, Kapititas, Kardiotissa, Kato Antikeros, Kato Kouphonissi, Kea, Keros

Kimolos, Kitriani, Kouphonissi, Kramvonissi, Kythnos, Liadi Island, Makronissos, Megalo, Milos, Mykonos, Nata, Naxos, Nikouria, Pahia Anaphis, Pandros

Paros, o Antiparos, Polyaigos, Rhineia, Santorini, Schoinoussa, Serifopoula, Serifos, Sifnos, Sikinos, Stroggyli Parou, Syros, Thirasia, Tinos, Vous

Crete and surrounding islands,Crete seen from the beach of the little island Chrissi

Chrissi, Crete, Dia, Gavdos, Gavdopoula, Paximadhia Mesaras, Agioi Theodoroi Chanion, Theodoropoula, Agria Gramvousa, Imeri Gramvousa, Valenti Falasarnon, Elafonisos Kritis, Koufonisi (Lefki), Mikronisi Chrysis, Elasa, Gianisadha, Dragonadha, Paximadha, Kalydon (Spinalonga), Petalidi Dia, Santorini/Thera

Euboea and surrounding islands

Euboea, Petalioi, Megalos Petalios, Mandilou, Hersonisi, Lithari, Manolia

Islets close to mainland

Trikeri (Thessalia), Antitrikeri (Thessalia), Alatas Trikeriou, Proti (Peloponnisos), Sapientza (Peloponnisos), Schiza (Peloponnisos), Ammouliani (Halkidiki), Kelifos (Halkidiki), Kefalonia (islet)

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