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Top 5 Greek islands to be descovered

Top 5 Greek islands to be descovered


The Greek islands are considered to be a true paradise on Earth. They are scattered in the Ionian Sea
in western Greece and the Aegean Sea to the east, in different archipelagos as Dodecanese, Cyclades, Saronic and Sporades. Greece has a hundred. We chose you, difficult, a top 5 of the most beautiful Greek islands to visit.


Crete, birthplace of Zeus

Crete

Crete lies to the south of Greece in the Mediterranean Sea. Once called "Candia", it is attached to Greece in 1913. This large island of 8,336 km² is the cradle of the Minoan civilization. The capital Heraklion is popular with tourists! Knossos, 5km south of the capital, is the most important archaeological site.

Santorini and its white villages with blue domes

Santorini

The island of Santorini was born following the Santorini eruption around 1600 BC. AD It is the fragment of the ancient island destroyed. In 1840, this archipelago is linked to Greece. Santorini, in the Aegean Sea, is one of the best known Greek islands, with its white villages with blue domes on cliffs.

Mykonos, Cyclades

Mykonos

Mykonos (Myconos or) is a Greek island that is part of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. This small island of 105.2 km² annually attracts about 400,000 tourists!

Rhodes, Dodecanese

Rhodes

Rhodes is the largest Greek island in the Dodecanese, between the Aegean Sea to the north-west and the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast. Located at the entrance of the port of the city of Rhodes, the Colossus of Rhodes was a gigantic status with the image of Helios. This monument, now destroyed, is the sixth of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Ithaca, the land of legendary King Odysseus and Hero

Ithaca

Ithaca is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea west of the Greek mainland. It is therefore part of the archipelago of the Ionian Islands. This small island of 96 km² is known to be the land of the King and Hero legendary Odysseus in ancient Greek epic "The Odyssey," the poet Homer.

?Have you ever visited the Greek islands? What is your favorite island

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