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• Irakleia Island

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Hotel St. George Lycabetus
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4 Stars hotels
Hotel Titania
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Hotel Acropolis View
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Hotel Carolina
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Santorini island, is one of the best known of the Cyclades. It differs from the other islands in the group because of its geological morphology which is the result of action by a volcano now dormant. Santorini which is officially known as Thira, is regarded as the most spectacular of all the Greek islands

Greek Islands Culture On the Greek Islands, like the rest of Greece, education is free. Children between the ages of 6 and 15 are required to go to school. Greece also has 10 universities. Greek culture is very old and has influenced the culture of many other countries in the western hemisphere. Some important kinds of Greek culture from the ancient days are drama, art, architecture, literature, music, philosophy, religion and sports.

Santorini Island Hotel Melina Homeric Poems Hotel

Aegina Island Myrmidon Hotel Irides Studios Hotel

Crete Island Pantheon Palace Hotel Elounda Palm Hotel

Naxos Island Hotel Palace Barbouni Hotel

Paros Island Golden Beach Hotel Philoxenia Hotel

Ikaria Island Hotel & Studios Cavos Bay Ikaros Star Hotel

It is said that they took its name from the nymphs Cyclades that the God of the sea transformed them into islets when they provoked him. There are also and other traditions about their name as for instance from the word cycle, because they spread around Delos or because the winds that blow violently were forcing the ships to rotate.

To mythical figures imputes also the creation of each island while a large number of traditions reflect their eventful history.

Cyclades, because of their geographical position, between mainland, Asia and Africa were - during their history - the bridge for the development and civilization. Cyclades are composed by the islands Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Antiparos, Delos, Ios, Kea, Kimolos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Serifos, Sifnos, Syros, Tinos, Folegandros. Very important was also their contribution to the Greek Revolution of 1821.

Greek Islands

The islands are Greece's chief morphological trait and an integral part of the country's civilisation and tradition. The Greek territory comprises 6,000 islands and islets scattered in the Aegean and Ionian Sea, a truly unique phenomenon on the European continent; of these islands only 227 are inhabited.

The Greek Archipelago takes up 7,500 km of the country's total 15,000-km coastline, offering a highly diversified landscape: beaches stretching along many kilometers, sheltered bays and coves, golden stretches of sand with dunes, pebbly beaches, coastal caves with steep rocks and black sand typical of volcanic soil, coastal wetlands... Many Greek beaches have been awarded the blue flag under the programme Blue Flags of Europe.

Apart from swimming, they lend themselves to scuba diving, snorkeling, water skiing, sailing and windsurfing. As they are the cradle of some of the most ancient and prosperous European civilisations (the Cycladic, Minoan civilisations, etc.), the islands boast unique archaeological sites, an outstanding architectural heritage and centuries-old, fascinating local traditions of a multifaceted cultural past. Moreover, 58.5% of the country's lodging establishments and 62.6% of hotel beds are found on the islands (data for 2003). All the above, combined with the ideal climate, the safety of Greek waters and the short distances between ports and coasts, have rendered the Greek islands extremely popular among Greek and foreign visitors.

Most islands lies in the Aegean Sea and are divided in seven groups
(from north to south):

• The Northeastern Aegean Islands: Agios Efstratios, Thasos, Ikaria, Lesvos, Limnos, Inousses, Samos, Samothrace, Chios, Psara.
• The Sporades>: Alonissos, Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros  
• Evia
• The Argo-Saronic Islands: Aegina, Poros, Spetses, Hydra and the coastal area of Methana.
• The Cyclades: A group of 56 islands, its most important ones being Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Antiparos, Delos, Ios, Kea, Kimolos, Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Serifos, Syros, Tinos, Folegandros, as well as the "Minor Cyclades" comprising Donousa, Irakleia, Koufonisia and Schinousa.
• The Dodecanese Islands: Astypalaia, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Thasos, Kastelorizo, Kos, Lipsi, Leros, Nissyros, Patmos, Rhodes, Symi, Tilos,
• Crete
  

The Ionian Sea is a home to one sole island group:

• The Ionian Islands (Eptanissa): Zakynthos, Ithaca, Corfu, Cephallonia, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxi, Antikythira, Antipaxi, Ereikoussa, Mathraki, Meganissi, Othoni, Strofades.

The islands of Gavdos (situated on the south of Crete ), Elafonissos (in the Gulf of Laconia) and Trizonis (in the Gulf of Corinth ), although not forming part of any group, are of unparalleled natural beauty.

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