• GENERAL FACTS• LOCATION• CLIMATE• MOUNTAINS• WHAT TO EAT• WHAT TO SEE/WHAT TO

DO• THE COAST• FAMOUS PEOPLE

GENERAL FACTS

CAPITAL AthensAREA 131.990 km2

POPULATION 11.260.40 inhabitants

MAIN CITIES Athens, Crete, Olimpia

CURRENCY Euro

LANGUAGES Greek

GOVERMENT Greece is a parlamentary republic

ECONOMY Agriculture, industry, fishing, mining, tourism and energy

EU MEMBERS  

1981

LOCATION

CLIMATE

There are three different climates:

Mediterranean climate

The alpine climateThe moderate climate

MOUNTAINS

ALPS

RODOPE

OLYMPUSMYTIKAS2919m

WHAT TO EAT

SALMON TO THE BUTTER

SHEEP BROCHETTE

CHICKEN WITH OLIVES

FILLED TOMATOES

CREAM OF AUBERGINE

GREEK RICE

WHAT TO DO / WHAT TO SEE

Athens:Partenon and Acrópolis

Delfos:Oráculo

Tirinto:Passage of the wall of Tirinto

Crete:A lot of time to visit this Ireland

Olympia:it was the religious and athletic centre. The Olympic Games

THE COASTThe Balcanic peninsulas have 6.000 Greek Irelands and are spreadin the Mediterranean Sea.

Ionic Islands

Island Saronic

Cyclades

Egean Islands

Crete Islands

Dode canese archipelago

Ionic Islands

Egean Islands

Island Saronic

Crete Islands

Cyclades

Dode canese archipelago

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Anaxagoras (500 b.c.)philosopher 

Doménikos theotokopoulospainter

Hipócrates de cosscientific  

Pítagoras de Samos (582 b.c.) fisherman 

Sófocles(496 b.c. )writer