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mykonos

An ideal destination for those who love the night, but not only, also perfect for those who like to wake up early and walk to the beach, mainly because until the early afternoon, the beaches are still empty and it seems to be in a distant island and known a few! In July and August the island’s roads are clogged with tourists, it is recommended for calmer visit the island in June to September or even to walk around the [...]

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Mykonos is known worldwide for its white sand beaches in relation to the golden sand water crystal known, and their sporting activities and recreational opportunities. The high season on this island is the summer holidays. A large number of visitors coming for the Mykonos Greek joy, and makes it extremely crowded. These beaches are open to all, because it beaches gay services for families, couples or singles. This place was able to do, go here, no end of things, to [...]

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The sailing holiday ride within Greece would help to make its memories linger within every corner of your mind. You just get the taste of real adventure, real pangs of danger, real freedom and explore the actual true meaning associated with being happy. Greece is essentially a visitor’s paradise as well as its memories would wrap you with a feeling associated with thrill and passion that would remain as an emblem of enigma in your heart.

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Greece, also known as Hellas and officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. The country has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the tenth longest coastline in the world at 14,880 [...]

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The famous valley of the butterflies ( Greek petaloudes ), a green streamed which, as we shall see, has ample reason for attraction thousands of visitors every year. The valley is one of the natures most beautiful gifts to Rhodes. A designedly wooden and penetrably by trickling stream valley. The main studies of this butterflies has been carried out by a German entomologist, who spent two seasons watching them. These butterflies belong to the species Callimorpha Quadripunctaria. They live wherever [...]

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The Samariá Gorge is a national park in the island of Crete, one of the major touristic attractions of the island. The gorge is in the prefecture of Chania in the South West of Crete. It was created by a small river running between the White Mountains (Lefká Óri) and Mount Volakias. There are a number of other gorges in the White Mountains. The gorge is 18km long and is often claimed to be the longest in Europe, although this [...]

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Mount Giona is a mountain in Central Greece, in the prefecture of Phocis, located between the mountains of Parnassus and Vardousia. Known in classical antiquity as the Aselinon Oros, it is the highest mountain south of Olympus and the fifth overall in Greece. Pyramida is its highest peak at 2510 metres. Other peaks include the Perdika (2484m), Tragonoros (2456m), Platyvouna (2316 m), Profitis Ilias (2298 m), Kastro (2176 m), Vraila (2177 m), Paliovouni (2122 m), Pyrgos (2066m), Lyritsa (2007m), Botsikas [...]

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Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Greece, Albania, and the Republic of Macedonia. Of the total surface area, 190 km² belongs to the Republic of Macedonia, 84.8 km² to Greece and 38.8 km² to Albania. They are the highest tectonic lakes in the Balkans, standing at an altitude of 853 m. The Great Prespa Lake is divided between Albania, Greece and the Republic of Macedonia. The Small Prespa Lake is shared only between [...]

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Oia is a village on the north side of the island of Santorini (also named Thira) in Greece and is one of the foremost tourist destinations of the Aegean Sea. Many tourists says that the famous Oia sunset, is one of the most beautiful views in the world and also that the fishing docks at Oia are the oldest continually used docks in the world, supposedly being in service for 3000 years. The most popular spot to watch sunset is by [...]

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