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Greek Islands
Virtually visit the marvelous islands of Greece.

Greek Mythology
Great Greek Gods and Goddesses to nearly-forgotten nymphs and satyrs - look here for the stories of them all - Zeus, Aphrodite, Artemis, Hera, Artemis, and many others.

Olympics 2004
The Games are returning to their homeland, Greece, and the Athens Olympics 2004 will be especially splendid.

Santorini and Mykonos - The Top Two
Santorini and Mykonos, Greece's most popular islands, got that way for good reason.

Photo Gallery of Greece
Photos of Greece and Greek sites, free electronic postcards, screensavers, even clip art.

Hotels in Greece
Hotels in Athens, mainland Greece, the Peloponnese, and the Greek Islands.

Beaches in Greece
A taste of the abundant, picture-perfect beaches in Greece. Great virtual vacation! Wander through images of beaches, tips on where to go to avoid crowds, and secluded beaches. Beach hopping ideas.

Beaches - Nude & Naturist
Where you can get bare in Greece.Great beaches permitting nude sunbathing throughout Greece, including Mykonos, Crete, and many other places. Naturist resorts, nude-friendly hotels, gay, family, and mixed nude beaches, how to get to secluded beaches, what a "textile" is, and nude beach etiquette.

Party Islands - The hot places in Greece
Explore the vibrant, young party culture on the Greek Islands of Kos, Ios, Mykonos, Crete, and elsewhere. Nightclubs, barhopping, cheap places to stay, music - more!

Greece Nightlife and Entertainment
Nightlife and Entertainment in Athens, the rest of mainland Greece, and the Greek Islands, including Santorini, Mykonos, Paros, Tinos, and others.

Air Travel to Greece
Get information on Greek airlines, scheduling, ticket information, and routes to, from, and throughout Greece. Tips on travel by air in Greece, bargains and specials on Greek flights.

Area: Athens, Greece & Attica
Everything you need to know about Athens, Greece, including hotels in Athens restaurants, how to get there, travel from the airport, practical tips and information, and much more. Sightseeing, tips on visiting the Acropolis, the Plaka, Cape Sounion, the Saronic Gulf islands, other short trips from Athens, where to go and what to see. Look here for bargains, guides, special trips, and more.

Areas: Central and Southern Greece
Look over all of mainland Greece, including Delphi, Arachova, Mt. Parnassus, skiing. Check out hotels, travel plans, restaurants, and much more.

Areas: Crete
Crete, Greece's largest island, is a paradise for travelers. Get everything you need to plan your trip here.

Areas: Cycladic Islands
Everything you need to know about the Cyclades, including Delos, Mykonos, Santorini, Naxos, Syros, Anafi, Folegandros, Ios, Amorgos, and other islands.

Areas: Greek Cyprus
Greek Cyprus -a haven of culture, folklore, recreation and great natural beauty. Find out the best hotels, most beautiful sightseeing, and more.Take a look at this unique island nation preserving Greek culture.

Areas: The Dodecanese Islands
Lodging, dining, sightseeing and yachting information about the islands of the Dodecanese, including Kos, Karpathos (Carpathos) Leros, Patmos, Rhodes.

Areas: Ionian Islands
Enjoy the charms and find travel tips about Corfu (Korfu), Cephalonia, Zakynthos and all the rest of the lovely Ionian islands.

Areas: Northern Greece
Don't miss the often-neglected northern region of Greece, including the prominent city of Thessaloniki.

Areas: The Peloponnese Peninsula
Plan your travels to this beautiful peninsula, rich in archaeological sites such as Corinth, Mycenae, and Epidauros (Epidavros). Explore the intriguing Mani district, visit thriving Patras with its vineyards, or relax at Hermioni.

Arts, Culture, & Entertainment
A guide to the arts and entertainment highlights of Athens, Crete, and the rest of Greece, including theater, plays, concerts, operas, art exhibits, and more.

Getting Married in Greece - Honeymoons
Wedding requirements, notes on papers and documents, great venues for weddings and receptions on Santorini and elsewhere, plus honeymoon getaways.

Car Rentals in Greece
What you need to know about car and motorcycle rentals in Greece, where to go, what car models are available, driver requirements, rules of the road, and more. Also, agencies with offices in Greece, discounts, bargains, special offers.

Maps of Greece
Find your way to what you want with these useful maps of Greece, including Athens and the mainland, the Peloponnese, Cycladic islands, Crete, and more. Also, historical and topographical maps, maps of Greece through history, road maps and charts. Streetmaps, islands, more.

Greek Tours and Cruises
Greece has something for everyone and the tours cover the entire spectrum, from Honeymoon getaways to family holidays and senior learning tours, volunteer opportunities, religious pilgrimages to sacred places, discount travel, wine tours of Greece, off season travel, and much more.

Events, Festivals, and Folklore
Holidays and cultural customs throughout Greece, including religious celebrations, cultural revivals, folkdancing, fishermen's festivals, mock weddings, and many others.

Weather and Climate of Greece
Want to know if it's raining in Athens today, or ten years ago? Check here for up-to-the minute forecasts for all of Greece, including many of the Greek islands. Long-term forecasts, weather history, wind, rain, and snow details.

Food & Drink in Greece
Information on wining and dining in Greece, regional specialties, Greek recipes, and cuisine, cheeses, wine, wineries and vineyards.

Hydrofoils & Ferries
Schedules, routes, and travel tips for the many ferries and hydrofoils of Greece.

Practical Information - Travel to Greece
Quick answers and helpful info on a variety of travel details, including bus and rail passes, weather information, currency exchange, and much more. Practical information to enhance your Greek vacation, with information about embassies, weather, traffic, newspapers, and other resources in Greece.

Shopping
Greek shopping, including on-line shops throughout Athens and the rest of Greece, shopping tips, catalogs of Greek products, and more. Connections for Greek products, in Greece and abroad.

Cell Phones, Mobile phones in Greece
Cell phone providers in Greece, including Athens and Thessaloniki. Where to get a phone to use while you're traveling in Greece, rates, equipment, more.

Sports and Recreation
Root for a Greek soccer team, find out all about the Olympics, and locate the best sports facilities in Greece. Resources for exploring Sports and Recreation in Greece, including diving, sailing, golfing, hiking, mountaineering, parachuting, and more.

Skyros (Skiros) - Sporades Islands
Launch your journey to Skyros with these travel resources to help in planning your trip. Information on yachting, hotels, sightseeing, restaurants.

Disabled and Handicapped Travel Greece
Information and resources for the handicapped traveler in Greece, including wheelchair-friendly hotels, cruise lines, and general safety tips.

UK - Greek Travel information for Brits
Information and travel tips for United Kingdom travellers to Greece. Embassies and Foreign Office advisories.

Architecture in Greece
Links to images and discussions of the glorious monuments of Greece and how, when, and why they were built. The Parthenon, Acropolis, ancient theaters, cities, styles, columns, and much more.

Student's Greece - Homework help
Homework assignments? Here's help for all ages, including Greek fonts, and links to study abroad programs in Greece.

Archived and Miscellaneous Pages
Archived material which has been updated elsewhere, preserved here for your convenience. Please check the main subject page for up-to-date link lists and articles.

History of Greece and Greek Historians
History and historians, philosophers, and other writers and chroniclers of Greece, including Plutarch, Xenophon, Aristotle and more.

More Greek Islands
Information on enjoying the islands of Greece, including Hydra, Poros, Aigina, the Sporades, Lesbos, and more. Travel tips, where to stay, what to do.

News from Greece and on Greek issues
Check here for up-to-date Greek news stories, especially on issues that may affect your travel plans.

Special Interest Travel Info
Special interest tours for seniors, women, archaeology buffs, language intensives, photographers and photography, families with kids, sports vacations, faith pilgrimages, and more, showing you the best of Greece, the Greek islands, from various operators.

New Links on Greek travel
A selection of the many new links continuously added to the Greece for Visitors website. Fun browsing - what will you find?

Griekenland - Travel pages for Greece
dutch, greece, griekenland, griekse, travel

Modern Greece
Understand the politics, personalities, and history of Modern Greece through these internet resources.Links about Greece and its government, history of modern Greece, Greek foreign policy, Greek law, armed forces, defense industry, shipping, issues, ministries, political parties in Greece, elections, politicians, and political biographies and more.

Greece travel, Greek culture links
A selection of the many new links recently added to the Greece for Visitors website.

Webcams in Greece
Take a peek at Greece through these live web cameras.

Bargains and Specials
Discounts, special offers, inaugural cruises, and more ways to enjoy Greece on the cheap.

Travelogues and Travel Guides
Learn from the experiences of others in these travel journals, and guidebook sites describing travels throughout Greece, Crete, the Greek isles, yachting adventures, backpacking trips, and more.

Weird Greece - Ghosts, Vampires, UFOS
A look at the odd side of Greece, with ancient and modern sites purported to be haunted, visited by UFOs, or infected with vampires.

Cruises and Yachts in Greece
Enjoy the highlights of the Aegean with these links to cruise lines operating in Greece. Choose a great cruise from these cruise lines, crewed yacht rentals, and bareboat rentals.

Greek Travel Polls
Find out how others are planning their vacations in Greece, and post your own opinions on Greece and Greek travel.

Athens Olympics Tickets - 2004
Where to buy tickets for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Purchasing ticket packages for the Olympics, ticket brokers, official providers, travel agencies with Olympic Games ticket packages.

Christmas Customs in Greece
Explore the rich Christmas traditions celebrated in Greece, including kalandas, foods, and the Greek history of Santa Claus (St. Nicholas or Nikolaos).

Winter travel in Greece
Discover the delights of off-season winter travel in Greece - discounted hotels, tour packages, and tips for enjoying your trip.

Greek Archaeology
Reports on Greek sites, recent finds, student volunteer opportunities - everything for the intrepid amateur or student of ancient Greece and its culture.

Greece - Travel Atlas for Greek Travel
Atlas of the top destinations for travel in Greece.

Glossary of Greek Travel Terms
Words, places, and terms relating to Greece and Greek travel.

Sex, drugs, gambling, and other vices
The lowdown on sex, drugs, gambling, prostitution, and other "vices" in Greece.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding
In a category by itself, all about the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", including interviews with writer-star Nia Vardalos, info on the TV series, plus where to buy CDs, DVDs, and videos.

Areas: More Islands
Explore the Greek islands of the Saronic Gulf, the Aegean islands, and the Sporades. Information on enjoying the islands of Greece, including Hydra, Corfu, Poros, Aigina, (Aegina), the Sporades, Lesbos, and others.

Hotels in Attica near Athens Greece
Hotels in the Attica area of Greece, near Athens. Resorts, budget, business hotels in Attica and near the new Athens Airport at Spata.

Hotels in Athens, Greece
Hotels in Athens, Greece - budget, tourist, business, and deluxe and luxury hotels in Athens.

Video Cameras and Photography in Greece
Find resources and tips on videotaping and taking photographs in Greece. Where to find tapes, film, disks, processing services, and tips on shooting pictures in Greece.

Turkey Travel Information - Ephesus etc
Travel information for Turkey, including Ephesus and Kusadasi, often visited from Greek cruise ships, Istanbul, Cappadocia, and the Turkish Riviera.

Greek Hotels by Area/Island
Look at Greek hotels sorted by area.

Quick Tips on Travel to Greece
What you need to know about travel to Greece - fast tips to make your Greek trip a successful holiday.

Greek Singles - On-line dating services
Find Greek guys and girls looking for romance at these on-line matchmaking services.

Museums in Greece - Archaeology and more
Virtually visit great Greek museums and plan your trip to Greece to include these fascinating collections of Greek arts.

Romantic Greek Islands
Find the most romantic spots in Greece - perfect for vacations, honeymoons, or weddings.

Rhodes Dining and Restaurants
Where to eat on the Greek island of Rhodes.

Delphi Greece Hotels, Inns, Rooms
Where to stay in Delphi, Greece - hotels, inns, apartments and more.

Greece Year Round Travel Tips
Find the best time of year for your travel to Greece.

Heraklion Dining, Restaurants, Food
Where to eat in Heraklion, Crete (Iraklio) - tavernas, restaurants, inns, plus information on Cretan cuisine.

Cities, Towns, and Islands of Greece
A quick look at hotels, sightseeing, dining, nightlife and more in places throughout Greece and the Greek islands.

Rhodes Hotels, Accommodations
Hotels on the Greek island of Rhodes, including coastal resorts, pensions, small hotels, and hostels.

Travel to from and in Turkey, Istanbul
Many cruises and packages to Greece include a stay in Turkey. Get the most out of your time in Turkey, or plan your own explorations.

Visiting Ephesus and Kusadasi, Turkey
Visit Kusadasi, the port for the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey, a frequent stop on (otherwise) Greek cruises and tour packages.

The Seas of Greece - Seas and Seafaring
Explore the seas of Greece with these links on the seas around Greece, including weather, ecology, lighthouses, legends, marine parks, and more.

Olympic Games, ancient & modern history
All about the Olympic Games, ancient and modern, from their creation in Greece to the modern recreation in 1898, to the Winter 2002 Greek teams and the Athens 2004 summer Games.

Know Before You Go
Crete info to know before you go, maps, towns and cities such as Heraklion (Iraklio), Mallia, Chania, Elounda, Agios Nikolaos, general information, tips on travel.

Travel Info
All about the Cycladic Isles, places to go, sightseeing, dining, hotels and lodgings, nightlife. Mykonos, Santorini, Ios, Naxos, Milos and many others.

News about the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
Check these news briefs detailing preparations, problems, and announcements for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.

Travel & Rooms for Athens 2004 Olympics
Travel planning, tips, organizers, hotel rooms, tour providers and other information on attending the Athens 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.

Carnival Time in Greece
Patras, Xanthi, and other cities in Greece go all out for the pre-Lent festival known elsewhere as Mardi Gras. Join in the fun!

Hotel Alternatives- Inns,camping,hostels
Greek Alternatives to the usual hotels - inns, pensions, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, home sharing, and hostels throughout Greece and the Greek islands.

Maps of Greece, Athens Map, Greek maps
Maps showing all of Greece and the Greek islands, general locations, mileages, distances.

Health and Medicine
Greek doctors, hospitals, healthcare information, and other resources in Greece.

Greece Search Engines
Search engines, web indexes, and other resources specializing in Greece and things Greek to help you quickly find whatever links you need.

Greek Cybercafes
Connections, email, and computer time for rent for travelers at these Internet computer cafes throughout Greece.

Areas: Saronic Gulf Islands
Information and links on enjoying the Saronic Gulf islands of Greece, including Hydra (Idra, Ydra), Poros, Spetses (Spetsai), Agistri, and Aigina (Egina, Aegina, Egine).

Greek Recipes and Cuisine
Tasty, easy-to-follow recipes for favorite Greek dishes. Net links to Greek recipes to enjoy before or after your trip to Greece, including tzatziki sauce, baklava, choriatiki salata, souvlaki, and more.

Travel Maps of Greece
Maps of Greece - Travel Maps - these maps will get you around Greece and help you in all your Greek travels.

Greek Sightseeing
Sightseeing in Athens, the rest of mainland Greece, and the Greek Islands, including Mykonos, Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Tinos, and the rest.

Saronic Gulf Islands
Close to Athens, Greece, the Saronic Gulf islands offer quick getaways from the city for both tourists and Greeks. Enjoy Hydra, Spetses, Poros, and others, all easily reachable by hydrofoil or ferry. Find out about transportation, accomodations, dining, and sightseeing.

Areas: Aegean Islands
Links to information on enjoying the islands of the Aegean. Chios, Icaria, Lemnos, Limnos, Lesvos (Lesbos), Samos, Thassos, and others.

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