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Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese after Rhodes and Karpathos. It lies between Nisyros and Kalymnos, close to Asia Minor. A perfect place for holidays, Kos is the greenest and most fertile island of the Dodecanese and the second in tourism after Rhodes. Kos is the birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of medicine. It is oblong in shape, flat for the most part and it has 2 low mountains (Dikaio and Sympatro) along the southern ...

Lefkada, the "Emerald Isle" is a beautiful island in the Ionian Sea and is situated between Corfu and Kefalonia. It is the fourth largest of the Ionian Islands. The island lies near the coast of Acarnania in western Greece. Many historians such as Thucydides and Strabo mention it in their writings not as an island but as a peninsula. Around the island of Lefkada there are 20 other smaller islands such as Meganisi (sailors' island), Kalamos, ...

Loutraki is a special heavenly place blessed with a temperate Mediterranean climate which gives the tourist equal opportunities for both summer and winter breaks. Beautiful beaches with crystal clear blue seas surround the town. The rich green pine forests of the Geraneia Mountains extend away from the city into the horizon making Loutraki a truly magical place of pure beauty… Tourism is boosted by the natural elements which favour this area. ...

Perhaps the most famous Greek island, Mykonos has always been one of the most popular tourist islands. However, the island still maintains its cycladic features and traditional look, consisted of white houses with blue details, old windmills, little churches and paved twisted narrow streets. Ancient Delos is a really special place to be, as it was considered by the ancient Greeks to be one of the holiest of sanctuaries, the fixed point around ...

Whether looking for a place to relax, enjoy the sea and sun, or just want to see and do as much as possible, or just have fun, Naxos is the place for you. Naxos is generally a green island, the largest of the Cycladic islands and very different from the neighboring islands. The uniqueness of Naxos is due to the varied landscape. It is an island with mountains, valleys and verdant plains, rivers and springs, caves and sandy beaches. It is one of ...

The 100% of the beaches of Messinia have an excellent water quality, according to the data submitted by Greece to the European Environment Agency (EEA). These evidences show that Messinia is an ideal tourist destination with its spotless and pure beaches to meet the expectations of the visitors. The classification of the bathing water quality in four categories ('excellent', 'good', 'satisfactory' and 'poor'). In Messinia, 50 beaches were tested ...

If you are a fan of the rock climbing then the Island of Kalymnos is your place. Kalymnos is an island close to the Turkish coasts and located between the two islands of Leros and Kos at the northern side of the Dodecanese. The island is covered by rocky mountains and is an ideal place for the rock climbers. The most dedicated rock climbers visit this island every September to enjoy the International Climbing Festival. There are several relaxing ...

The island of Kefalonia which is also known as Cephalonia is the largest island of the Ionian Islands in the western Greece with 36.550 permanent habitats. Argostoli is known as the capital of this beautiful island. The island was almost razed in 1953 after one impressively strong earthquake and started to be rebuilt by its residents. Since then, the island is a continuously developing into a high quality tourist destination. Between the ...