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With 227 inhabited islands in total and six main island regions, Greece offers almost too much choice. Lucy Thackray lays out some of the best routes to help you plan your next island-hopping ...
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the ...
Corfu (/ k ɔːr ˈ f (j) uː / kor-FEW, - FOO, US also / ˈ k ɔːr f (j) uː / KOR-few, -foo) or Kerkyra (Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced ⓘ) [a] is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, [1] and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the nation's northwestern frontier with Albania. [2]
The next two sites listed were the Archeological site of Delphi and the Acropolis of Athens, in the following year. Five sites were added in 1988, two in 1989 and 1990 each, one in 1992, one in 1996, two in 1999, and one in 2007. The most recent site added was the Zagori Cultural Landscape, in 2023. There are no transnational sites in Greece.
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo ( US: / ˌkɑːstəˈlɔːrɪzoʊ / KAH-stə-LOR-iz-oh; [ 3] Greek: Καστελλόριζο, romanized : Kastellórizo ), officially Megisti ( Μεγίστη, Megísti ), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean. [ 4][ 5] It lies roughly 2 kilometres (1 mile) off the south ...
Some believe that the etymology for the name Cranae (Kranai) comes from the legendary king of Athens Kranaos, the successor of King Kekropas (Cecrops) as Athens was also known as "Kranaa". However the word Kranaos according to Homer it has the following meanings: 'Rocky', 'ragged', 'hard'. Therefore, some believe that the word Kranai literally ...
Website. www.sifnos.gr. Sifnos ( Greek: Σίφνος) [ 3] is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, near the center, known as Apollonia (pop. 918 as of 2021), is home of the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to come from an ancient temple of Apollo on the site of the church ...
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