Greece is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. There is undoubtedly a wide variety of one to explore tourists attraction in Greece. The tourticketer.com website highlights the most popular tourists attraction in Greece.
1.santorini
Today Santorini is one of the most famous tourist centers in the world. It is known for its volcano.Â
In the 1960s, tourism in Santorini began to develop, reaching its peak in the mid-1980s. Since then, tourism on the island has experienced continuous growth. The cruises start on the island from March and continue until the end of November, having greatly extended the tourist season. During the summer months, more than 30 to 40 charter flights from every corner of the world land at the island’s airport.
It is characteristic that even in the winter months the visits of tourists attraction in Greece to the island do not stop, especially from Asian countries.Â
2.Acropolis
The Acropolis of Athens is a rocky hill 156 m above sea level and approximately 70 m above the level of the city of Athens. Its top has the shape of a trapezoid, 300 m long and 150 m wide. The Acropolis of Athens rises majestically 157 meters above sea level, towering approximately 70 meters above the city of Athens. With a trapezoidal-shaped peak measuring 300 meters in length and 150 meters in width, this historic hill is a prominent landmark in the region. Accessible only from the western side, the fortified entrance adorned with the magnificent Propylaia stands as a testament to the architectural grandeur of ancient Greece.Archaeological evidence indicates that the hill has been inhabited since the 3rd millennium BC.The Parthenon is the largest and most official building of the Acropolis and has been tourists attraction in Greece the admiration of the whole world for centuries now. Work on the construction of this all-marble temple of Athena began in 447 BC. under the direction of the architects Iktinos and Kallikratis.
3.Meteora
Meteora is a cluster of huge dark colored sandstone rocks that rise outside Kalambaka, near the first heights of Pindos and Hasia.The monasteries of Meteora, which are built on the tops of some of the rocks, are today the second most important monastic complex in Greece, after Mount Athos.Of the thirty that existed historically, today only seven are in operation, which, since 1988, have been included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
4.Little Venice, Mykonos
One of the most picturesque corners of Mykonos is Aleukandra or little “Venice”, a district with residences in the sea that began to be built from the middle of the 18th century. and were the homes of rich merchants and captains. It is very impressive the sight that Aleuchandra presents when the waves crash on the rocks and the water rains on the buildings.
5.Ancient theatre of Epidavros
The theater of Epidaurus is located at the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient healer god Asclepius in the Asklepiion of Epidaurus. It is built on the western slope of Kynortios mountain. It is located near today’s Lygourio of Argolis and belongs to the Municipality of Epidaurus. It is considered the most perfect ancient Greek theater in terms of acoustics and aesthetics.The monument attracts a large number of Greek and foreign visitors and is used for the presentation of ancient drama performances. The first performance in the theater of Epidaurus was the tragedy Electra by Sophocles, staged in 1938.
6.Archaeological Site of Delphi
At the foot of Parnassos, in the evocative natural landscape formed between two theorized rocks, the Phaedriades, is the pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi and the most famous oracle of ancient Greece.Delphi was the navel of the earth, where, according to mythology, the two eagles sent by Zeus from the ends of the universe to find the center of the world met, and for many centuries it was the spiritual and religious center and symbol of unity of ancient Hellenism.In modern times, the site of Delphi was associated with the attempt to revive the Delphic idea, by the poet Angelos Sikelianos and his wife Eva, who presented two performances of ancient drama, in 1927 and 1930, wanting to create a new spiritual navel of it land.
7.Plastira Lake
Lake Plastira is a lake located on the plateau of Nevropoli in the Prefecture of Karditsa. It is an artificial lake and its official name is Lake Tauropo. It contains 400 million cubic meters of water, has a maximum length of 12 km, a maximum width of 4 km, its total surface is 24 sq. km, while its maximum depth is around 60 m and its highest altitude is 750 m . Its water is used for irrigation and electricity generation, as nearby, in the village of Mitropoli, there is also a 129.9 MWatt hydroelectric plant, which was put into operation on October 10, 1962. In recent years, the lake has also been used for tourism, with several activities on and around the lake.
8 Benaki Museum
The Benaki Museum is one of the most famous museums in Athens. It was founded in 1929 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis and is housed in the house of the historic Benakis family from Alexandria. It is noted that the contribution of the Benaki family to the political, social and cultural life of Athens, but also of Greece in general, is invaluable.
The museum hosts on three floors representative works of all periods of Greek history and art from prehistoric times to modern times. It is the oldest museum organization operating in Greece as a Private Law Foundation. The museum holds many periodical exhibitions in collaboration with Greek and foreign museums.
9. Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a self-governing part of the Greek State, located on the Athos peninsula of Chalkidiki in Macedonia. It includes twenty Holy Monasteries and other monastic institutions and is unofficially characterized as an “Autonomous Monastic State”. Since 1988 it has been included in the list of World Heritage Sites.
10. Mycenae
Mycenae was an ancient city of Argolis near the mountain Tritos and opposite the Argolic gulf. The archaeological site of Mycenae is located approximately 90 kilometers southwest of Athens, in the northeastern Peloponnese. During the second millennium before Christ, Mycenae was one of the largest centers of Greek culture.Today in this place there is the small village of Mykenes (Harvati during Turkish rule) and the ruins of the Acropolis, which always remind of the distant and glorious times. Of the ruins preserved today, the most important are the two royal burial enclosures A and B which were part of the extensive prehistoric cemetery to the west of the palace hill.
11. Citadel of Lindos
The Acropolis of Lindos is the site of the 4th century BC temple. which was dedicated to the goddess Athena. The Acropolis is one of the many historical sites of Greece. You can visit it on foot or by a Lindos taxi or even by donkey. The site is open to the public daily for visitors. Opening hours are extended during high season.
It takes about 15 minutes of walking to climb the hill of the Acropolis. On the sacred rock of the acropolis of Lindos you can see the knightly walls, the Hellenistic platform, altars and statue bases, the Hellenistic portico, a bas-relief ship, the Temple of the Virgin Lindia Athena, a 13th century temple of St. John beyond the stunning view of the blue sea and the white Lindos.
12. Olympus
Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece known worldwide mainly for its mythological context, as at its peak (Mytikas-2918 m.) lived the Twelve “Olympic” Gods according to the religion of the ancient Greeks. It is also the second highest mountain in the Balkans.
Every year thousands of nature lovers visit Mount Olympus, to admire the charm of its nature up close and to enjoy touring its slopes and conquering its peaks. Organized mountain refuges with a variety of hiking and climbing routes are at the disposal of visitors who want to explore its beauties. The classic starting point is the town of Litochoros at the eastern foot of the mountain, 100 km from Thessaloniki, where the Olympus Mountaineering Marathon ends at the beginning of every summer.
13. Achillio, Corfu
Achilleio is one of the most famous royal palaces in Europe and perhaps the most important architectural attraction of Corfu located in the settlement of Gastouri, about 10 km from the city of Corfu. This mansion was designed by Italian architects in a procession style and was built in 1890 at the entire expense of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who requested its construction due to her delicate health.
He dedicated the mansion to Achilles, hence its name, whose grounds he enriched with statues from ancient Greek mythology. Of these, the most famous works are the “Nine Muses”, some by the Italian sculptor Domenico Morani (Domenico Morani and others were bought by the Empress from the Villa Borghese), and Herter’s Achilles Tniskon.
14. Vikos Gorge
The Vikos Gorge is one of the most famous in Greece. It is located 30 kilometers northwest of Ioannina and is the deepest canyon in the world, according to the Guinness Book. It forms the core of the Vikos-Aoos National Forest, in the area of ​​which a wide variety of rare species of flora and fauna find refuge.
The canyon is 20 kilometers long and in many places the depth exceeds 1,000 meters. The tributary of Aoos, Voidomatis, which runs through it, has water only seasonally.
It is a popular tourist route. The tour for an experienced group lasts from 4 to 5 hours, offering wonderful images. From the village of Vradeto in the position of Beloi, as well as from the position of Oxia, the view towards the gorge.
15. Archaeological Site of Delos
It is estimated that around 90 BC on this small island, which is nothing more than a dot on the map of the Mediterranean, about 30,000 people lived and that in its ports it was possible to traffic 750,000 tons of goods every year.
Delos, a rocky island, just 5 km. long and 1300 m wide, it was a sacred island in ancient times, because Apollo and Artemis, two of the most important gods of the Greek pantheon, were born here.
The wealth accumulated on the island and the friendly relations of the Delians with Rome were the main cause of the disaster.
Excavations, which began in 1872 and are still ongoing, have revealed the Sanctuary and a large part of the cosmopolitan Hellenistic city
16. Cave of Diros
On the west coast of the Laconian peninsula, in the Bay of Diros, there is one of the more than 60 caves of Maniatic land, but also one of the 10,000 recorded caves of Greece. The Glyfada (or Vlychada) Dirou Cave is one of the most beautiful caves in the world and was explored for the first time in 1949, when the founders of the Hellenic Speleological Society, Giannis and Anna Petroheilou, began to systematically explore it.
The length of the cave corridors is 3100m. (according to the Ministry of Tourism), of which the 300m. it is terrestrial. The guided tour of the sea section is carried out by boat. The actual tourist route today is 1.5 km, of which 80% is lake (by boat) and the remaining 20% ​​(300 meters) is on foot. The total cave walk for us tourists takes about 30 minutes.
17. Hydra
Hydra is an island of the Argosaronic Sea. The town of the same name, which is the port and the only settlement on the island, had 1,966 inhabitants in the 2011 census, who, due to the barren terrain, are mainly engaged in fishing and tourism. It is an extremely picturesque, stately and cosmopolitan island.
A particularly popular destination for foreign tourists as well as Athenians, given its relatively short distance from the capital. It owes its name to the abundant waters that gushed from the rich springs it had in ancient times.
18. Monemvasia
Monemvasia is a small historical town in the eastern Peloponnese, in the province of Epidaurus Limira, in the Prefecture of Laconia. It is better known from the medieval fortress, on the eponymous “Rock of Monemvasia”, which is literally a small islet connected by a bridge in a forming neck with a total length of 400 meters to the current beach and town on the Laconian coast. The surviving buildings and structures in the castle include defensive structures of the outer castle and several small Byzantine churches.
The poet Yiannis Ritsos came from Monemvasia, where his tomb is today.
19. Cave of Diros
On the west coast of the Laconian peninsula, in the Bay of Diros, there is one of the more than 60 caves of Maniatic land, but also one of the 10,000 recorded caves of Greece. The Glyfada (or Vlychada) Dirou Cave is one of the most beautiful caves in the world and was explored for the first time in 1949, when the founders of the Hellenic Speleological Society, Giannis and Anna Petroheilou, began to systematically explore it.
The length of the cave corridors is 3100m. (according to the Ministry of Tourism), of which the 300m. it is terrestrial. The guided tour of the sea section is carried out by boat. The actual tourist route today is 1.5 km, of which 80% is lake (by boat) and the remaining 20% ​​(300 meters) is on foot. The total cave walk for us tourists takes about 30 minutes.
20. Gulf of Corinth
The Gulf of Corinth is a closed and very deep sea that forms between Central Greece and the Peloponnese, west of the Isthmus of Corinth. It starts from the Ionian Sea, west, and ends at the Isthmus of Corinth, east.
The trade routes between Athens and the ports of the rest of the world, including the Mediterranean ports, pass along this bay. Ferry routes connect Aigio with Agios Nikolaos in the western part of the gulf. Also, the Rio-Antirrio bridge, an inspiration of the Messolonghi Prime Minister Harilaos Trikoupis, since August 12, 2004 serves thousands of passers-by and local travelers every day.
