Guide to Greece
Must See Greece
- Ancient Delphi
- Knossos
- Meteora
- National Archaeological Museum
- Northeastern Aegean Islands
- Peloponnese
- Santorini (Thira)
- Saronic Gulf Islands
- The Acropolis of Lindos
- The Acropolis
- Vergina
Places in Greece
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There are seven major islands in the northeastern group: Samos, Chios, Ikaria, Lesvos, Limnos, Samothraki and Thasos. Huge distances separate them, so island hopping is not as easy as it is within the Cyclades and Dodecanese. Most of these islands are large and have very distinctive characters.
Samos is lush and humid with mountains skirted by pine, sycamore and oak-forested hills. Egg-shaped Samothraki has dramatic natural attributes, culminating in the mighty peak of Mt Fengari, which looms over valleys of massive gnarled oak and plane trees, thick forests of olive trees and damp dark glades where waterfalls plunge into deep icy pools.