Greece is a country unique of beauty that has everything to offer to the visitor who wants to make tourism: beautiful and variable landscapes , some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, picturesque white painted or stone-built villages, passionate culture and traditions and, a heavy history , archaeology and mythology heritage.

Greece is also called Ellas, Hellada or Elliniki Dimocratia (Hellenic Republic).

It is a peninsular and mountainous country situated in southern Europe , and it is bordered by the Aegean Sea , the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea . It has borders with Albania , Turkey , Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and it is the only country of the EU that doesn't have any border with the other members.

Greece has a total area of 130.800 square km and one fifth of the area is represented by the large number of islands. In fact, Greece has more than 1400 islands, but only 169 out of them are inhabited. The majority of the islands are scattered in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey .

Greece is a parliamentary republic with a president at the head of the state. The actual head of government is the Prime Minister Karamanlis and the chief of state is the President Konstandinos Stephanopoulos.

Greece is one of the poorest countries of the European Union. It is an agricultural country. 22% of the workforce is employed for agriculture, 27% in the industry sector and 50 % in the services. Tourism and shipping is the biggest economical contributor of Greece .

The Greeks belongs to the Orthodox Church with a majority of 98% of the population.

Greek is the unique language of the country but most of the people connected to tourism and the younger generations currently use English at a good level and sometimes German, Italian or French.

Greece is a country that has much to offer to the visitors: paradisiacal landscapes, hundreds of charming islands, amazing sandy beaches in crystal waters, a passionate history…

Traditions in Greece are either of a religious character or coming from paganism. Furthermore, most of the traditions and festivals still celebrated today are religious.

The Greeks are very superstitious people and believe a lot in religion but also in supernatural or paranormal phenomenon.

Traditions and superstitions vary from island to island, from villages to villages and from region to region.