Greece is a country in southern Europe on the tip of the Balkan Peninsula. It is officially known as Hellenic Republic. Hellas is the historical name of Greece.

Greece borders Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, and Albania to the north and Turkey to the east.

Greece has a long and rich history. It's regarded as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy.

Greece is also the land of Olympia. Athens, Greece was the venue of the first Olympic in 776 BC. Greece also hosted the Summer Olympic Games 2004.

The tourism is one of the corner stones of the economy of Greece. The tourism in Greece has grown 50 times in the past 40 years and is expected to surge further in the next 10 years. Approximately 14.180 Million visitors visited to enjoy greece vacation in 2004. The greece vacations and greece vacation packages including luxury greece vacation and greece sail vacations are highly coveted deals.

The famous places to visit in Greece include the coast of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnesus with antique Olympia, Athens with its Parthenon on the Acropolis, or Thessaloniki in the north. The main destinations in Greece include Santorini, Mykonos, Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, Kos, Kefalonia, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian Islands and Sporades islands.

Greek nature has some thing for everybody's choice ranging from snow covered mountains and dense forest inhabited by brown bears, lynx and deer to thousands of sun drenched islands with sandy beaches.

Greece is also home to great number of museums and world famous archaeological sites.

The greece hotel industry fetches the big portion of the country's revenue. The hotels in greece are available for every taste and pocket. The greece hotels are known for their quality, comfort and luxuries. They offer one of the most romantic aromas in the world.