Best places to visit in Greece

Best places to visit in GreeceBy Marina Rivas

Best places to visit in Greece

Greece is a country in Southern Europe and Balkans, strategically located at thecrossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa. It’s capital is Athens an history of this area isso magnificent that it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and thebirthplace of democracy.

Delphi

Delphi Theatre is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on thesouth-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. In ancienttimes Delphi was the most important site in ancient Greek religion, home to thesanctuary and oracle of Apollo. The ancient theatre at Delphi was built further up thehill from the Temple of Apollo giving spectators a view of the entire sanctuary and thevalley below. It was originally built in the 4th century BC but was remodeled onseveral occasions since. Its 35 rows can seat 5,000 spectators

Meteora

Meteora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Greek Orthodoxmonasteries in Greece. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars,at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and PindusMountains, in central Greece. The Metéora is included on the UNESCO WorldHeritage List.

Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city in Greece. With it’s rich history as a centre of arts,learning and philosophy it is sure you will find amazing things too see and do inAthens. Today Athens is a cosmopolitan metropolis, central to economic, financial,industrial, political and cultural life in Greece.There are many fascinating locations to visit while in Athens, some of them are:Acropolis, Temple of Hephaestus, Temple of Olympian Zeus, National ArchaeologicalMuseum, Athens, Erechtheum, Athens Planetarium, Acropolis Museum, Odeon ofHerodes Atticus and many more.