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The History of Crete goes back to the 7th Millennium B.C., preceding the ancient Minoan civilization sa pamamagitan ng madami than four millennia. The Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europa and the first, in Europe, to build a palace. After the Minoan civilization was devastated sa pamamagitan ng the Thera eruption, Crete developed an Ancient Greece-influenced organization of city states, then successively became part of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Venetian Republic, the Ottoman Empire, and the modern state of Greece.

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This is a listahan of islands of Greece. The Greek Islands are a collection of over 6,000[1] islands and islets that belong to Greece. Only 227 of the islands are inhabited, and only 78 of those have madami than 100 inhabitants.

The largest Greek island sa pamamagitan ng area is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The segundo largest island is Euboea, which is separated from the mainland sa pamamagitan ng the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the central Greece periphery. After the third and fourth largest Greek Islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest...

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Greek coasts
The Greek coast has a total length of approximately 16,000 km. Half of this length includes the thousands of Greek islands scattered through the Greek seas, while the rest extends along the mainland.

The Greek shores are world-famous and exceedingly popular because they are known for their crystal clean and clear waters, as well as for their unique diversity.



The visitor has the opportunity to enjoy beaches stretching along over many kilometers, sheltered bays and coves, golden stretches of sand with dunes, pebble beaches, coastal caves with steep rocks and dark sand typical...

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Despite its small surface area, Greece is endowed with a particularly rich and diversified natural environment, with singular geomorphology, intense contrasts and many regions with great economical value. The country’s abundant natural “gifts” -thousands of lace-like (indented) coasts, imposing mountains, caves and gorges, lakes, rivers, biotopes of rare beauty and unique ecosystems, coupled with the mild climate- rank it among the ideal destinations for ecotourism and alternative forms of tourism.



When visiting various regions in Greece, the tourist has the opportunity-...

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Sea
The wealth and diversity of the Greek seas, the endless kilometers of the Greek coast and the thousands of Greek islands, the protected sea areas covering thousands of square kilometers, the mild climate, the high percentage of sunshine and its interesting and varying landscape make Greece the ideal destination for the development of sea tourism activities.

This advantage is strengthened both sa pamamagitan ng thousands of years of marine tradition and sa pamamagitan ng conditions favorable for sea travelling: the Greek seas are considered safe, distances between coasts are small, while conditions related to...