One of the most visually splendid and culturally developed nations in the world, Greece, happens to be the southernmost nation of the Balkan peninsula and the tiny little picture postcard perfect Greek islands and islets that dot the mysteriously blue Aegean sea like emeralds on a bed of blue offer a view magnificent enough to sweep you off your feet.

The name and fame of Greece primarily rest on the fact that Greece was the ancient seat of culture in Europe and the civilization was very evolved and of a very high order being the land that boasted of stalwarts in every field like Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Xanthias, Pericles, Xenophon, Sappho, Archimedes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Clytemnestra, Oedipus, Medea, Antigone, Electra, Orestes – the list goes on and on.

The Cycladic culture of the Aegean islands and the Minoan culture of Crete, later on Mycenaean or early Helladic civilization that gave birth to the glorious era of classical Greek or Hellenic culture and eventually the Hellenistic era and the architectural wonders they built, the gifts they gave to European civilization through their discoveries are what draw millions of tourists to Greece every year.

You can relive and experience that glorious era from the past once more and soak in the indescribable beauty of the verdant hilly landscape overlooking a deeply azure Aegean sea canopied under a crisp blue sky if you visit Athens – redolent of the scent and fragrance of a bygone Attic civilization and the land of the Parthenon, Acropolis etc, Corfu islands – boasting of unsullied unspoiled virgin beauty, Lesbos – the island that gave us Sappho and her poetry, Olympia – the abode of the Greek gods and goddesses and the birth land of the Olympic games, Delphi – the seat of the oracle, Zakynthos, Skiathos, Rhodes, Paros Poros, Naxos, Mykonos, Meteora, Lasithi, Kefalonia, Heraklio Ios, Chios, Aegina, Thessaloniki, Santorini, Rethymno, Patmos, Nafplio, Mycenae, Kavala Kos, Hydra, Epidaurus, Chania, Dodoni, Akrotiri, Vergina, Phaistos.

Greece has some fantastic exotic beaches like Myrtidiotissa in Corfu, Erimoupolis in Crete, Myrtos, Egremnoi and Sarakiniko in the Peloponnese.

So travel to Greece and surrender yourself to the beauty of a redolent history, heritage, myth and stunning scenic splendor.