Interesting Facts About Greece. Photo by BluEyedA73
Nature has given Greece a mesmerizing beauty of landscapes, picturesque islands and untouched beaches. Since ancient times, Greece is fraught with a lot of interesting facts to know about which you can right now in this article.
25 Interesting Facts About Greece
1. There are only two metropolitan In Greece: Thessaloniki and Athens. 90% of the territory occupied by small towns and cities. Houses are lower, typically no more than five floors. High-rise buildings – is or offices or hotels.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Nikis avenue, Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo by Tilemahos Efthimiadis
2. Greece has a lot of historical monuments. Even in cities, conducted excavations. If you come across any lot, fenced with strange inscriptions, you can be sure that it is any next historic landmark. Churches, chapels and churches – every 100 meters.
3. Greece was made up of 1500 different city-states or policies. Each had its own laws and the army, and they often quarreled. Athens was the largest city.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Acropolis, Night View. Photo by Emilio García
4. About 16.5 million tourists visit Greece every year. Tourism accounts for almost 16% of the gross domestic product (GDP).
5. Greece is the third largest world producer of olives, Greek olives grown since ancient times. Some olive trees planted in the thirteenth century still multiply olives.
6. In Greece, more than 2,000 islands, of which about 170 are inhabited. The largest of the Greek islands is Crete.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Crete Landscape. Photo by idleformat
7. Rhodes has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Rhodes City (the capital of the island of Rhodes) is the most popular destination for tourists in Greece. Choosing tours to Greece, be sure to ask whether your program visit the island of Rhodes. It is there where the Colossus of Rhodes. This giant 98-foot (303 meter) statue of the god Helios, which unfortunately was destroyed by an earthquake.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Rhodes. Photo by James Bird
8. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in Greece. The first Olympic champion was a Greek by the name of Cook.
9. Food in Greece can be divided into two main types: meat and fish. Meat cooked in Greece is not much sea food but, on the contrary, to the occasion.
10. The most popular drink in Greece – coffee, his Greeks drink liters. Tea is not lovely drink.
11. Greeks are very much smoke.
12. Greek salad with the Greeks called the village (horiatiki). And in composition and taste is very different from what is prepared by the World.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Santorini Night Landscape. Photo by John Y. Can
13. On a visit to go empty-handed is not accepted. Most often, the Greeks brought with him a box of candy or a watermelon. In general, the Greeks are very hospitable. The guests just will not leave hungry and without attention.
14. Upon meeting the Greeks kiss twice, one on each cheek. Men, too, of course, this applies to acquaintances, friends and relatives. But if you’ve seen more than once a Greek-then consider, it was already a good friend, so you’ll not avoid a kiss.
15. 99.9% of Greeks are the baptized. Baptism is a big event in the family and among close friends. Celebrating this event is mandatory.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Navagio Beach, Zakynthos island, Ionian Sea. Photo by Anna Oates
16. Higher education is very expensive. To go to college, you need after school to get a certain number of points. From these points depends on the choice of a profession. Many Greeks to spare, often leaving to study in other European countries.
17. Pay taxes here do not like it because of what the state and there are financial problems, while the Greeks themselves live very well, and believe not shameful “trick” the tax authorities.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Sunset in Oia, South Aegean. Photo by Pedro Szekely
18. The laws are intended to gather the maximum amount of taxes. For example, you can not buy any car, what would be desirable, but only the one that matches your official income. Or do you have to pay higher taxes for the maintenance of this machine. The same applies to land and property. It would seem wise laws, but they are fairly easy to learn to crawl. For example, you can buy a car in Bulgaria and other neighboring countries, with Greek license plate characters.
19. There are three seas In Greece: the Ionian, Aegean and Mediterranean. The purest of them – the Mediterranean.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Mount Athos Monastery. Photo by Michael Clarke
20. The most popular tourist spot – Halkidiki, a peninsula consisting of three “fingers”. Tourists usually visit the first “finger”.This place is perfect for parties and visiting youth. If you want the cleanest sea, air and beautiful nature – you need to visit a second “finger” of the peninsula. But keep in mind, the second “finger” is expensive, and there is nothing to do without a car.
21. The third “finger” is located in the State of the State – Athos. To visit it is required to make separate visa, own, without guides you is unlikely to succeed. Athos consists of several dozen monasteries. Women, by the way, is not allowed to Mount Athos. If your company has a woman or do not want to bother an individual visa, you can just ride on the ship along the coast, the largest monasteries perfectly visible from the ship.
Interesting Facts About Greece: Meteora. Photo by Graeme Churchard
22. In Hellas, I advise you to visit Meteora, the truth of the resort places it is far away. A total of 7 Meteora monasteries, they are located right on the rocky peaks, at an altitude of 300 meters. Here you only have to be in good physical shape, have to walk a lot and up the hill. But it’s worth it.
23. At the first “finger” a lot of night clubs, he and the Greeks considered party venue. The people in the clubs behave very interesting. The crowd starts to gather only 12 hours in the night, but no one is dancing. All visitors to the club just drink and somewhere to one in the morning to reach the desired state, and then the fun begins!
24. Generally, night clubs are divided into two categories: where to drink and where to drink and dance. And in those and other musics loud screams, but only in the last dance. All clubs are located outside the city.
25. There are Cafes and bars complete in the cities, but they work until after midnight.
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