GREECE CULTURE

GREECE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IN THE WORLD.  THERE ARE 60 ISLANDS WITH A POPULATION HERE FOR OVER 4 MILLENIA.  EVEN DESPITE THE OLDEST DEBT CRISES, GREECE IS AS POPULAR AS EVER.

MOUNT ATHOS IN NORTHERN GREECE HOUSES 1400 MONKS IN 20 MONASTERIES. THERE ARE MEDIEVAL RUINS IN ANCIENT SPARTA NEARBY AND THE SITE WAS ABANDONED  IN 1832,  IT IS IN A BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT. 

LINDOS IS A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE ON RHODES ISLAND MADE UP OF COBBLED STREETS AND WHITE WASHED HOUSES.  A NET ABOVE THE TOWN OFFERS VIEWS OF SURROUNDING HARBORS AND COASTERS OFFERS SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF SURROUNDING HARBORS AND COASTLINE.  LINDOS BEACH IS NEARBY THE TOWN CENTER.

SAMARIA GORGE IS A 10 MILE LONG CANYON SOUTHWEST OF CRETE.  WALKING THE GORGE IS POPULAR AS A QUARTER MILLION TOURISTS DO EACH YEAR. IT TAKES 4 TO 7 HOURS OF AND PASSES THROUGH FORESTS OF ANCIENT  CYPRESS AND PINES.  THE GORGE HAS VERTICAL CLIFFS THROUGH MOUNTAINS. 

MYRTOS BEACH IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR MAGICAL COLORS OF THE WATERS.  THE  BLUE AND TURQUOISE COLORS OF THE SEA CONTRAST SHARPLY WITH THE BRIGHT MARBLE PEBBLES OF THE BEACH.  THERE ARE TALL CLIFFS BY  MYRTOS BEACH AND IT HAS BEEN VOTED AS GREECE'S BEST BEACH.

THE ANCIENT DELPI THEATRE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SITE IN ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION.  THIS IS HOME TO A SANCTUARY OF APOLLO.  IT IS WITH AN ARC WITH SEATING OF 5000  FOLKS.   TODAY IT IS ONE OF THE TOP ATTRACTIONS HERE.

METORA IN CENTRAL GREECE IS A COLLECTION OF 6 MONASTERIES IN SEVERAL ROCK PILLARS.  THE FIRST MONASTERY IN METORA WAS FASCINATED IN THE 14TH CENTURY.  ACCESS TO THE MONASTERIES WAS DIFFICULT WITH LONG LADDERS OR LARGE NETS USED TO HAUL UP BOTH GOODS AND PEOPLE  THIS REQUIRED  A LEAP OF FAITH - THE ROPES WERE REPLACED WHEN THE LORD  LET THEM BREAK.

THE PARTHENON ON TOP OF THE ACROPOLIS IS A FAMOUS GREEK TOURIST TOURIST ATTRACTION. IN ATHENS.  MOST FOLKS UNDER 40 YEARS OLD SPEAK GREECE HERE.  THE PARTHENON  WAS BUILT IN 447 B.C.  REPLACING OLDER TEMPLES THAT WERE DESTROYED BY PERSIANS.  IT SERVED AS A TEMPLE FORTRESS , CHURCH, MOSQUE, AND POWDER MAGAZINE. 

SANTATORINI IS A  VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE CYCLADES GROUP OF GREEK ISLANDS.  IT IS FAMOUS FOR IT'S STUNNING VIEWS.  IT IS THE MARRIAGE  OF THE WHITE COBBLESTONE STREETS.  GREEK SHOPS AND CAFES CLING TO THE EDGE OF 400 METER HIGH CLIFFS.

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