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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The five Saronic Gulf islands are the closest of all to Athens, and Salamis is virtually a suburb of the capital. Aegina, Hydra, Spetses and Poros are all surprisingly varied in architecture and terrain, but they all receive an inordinate number of tourists and are expensive.
Hydra, once the rendezvous of artists, writers and beautiful people, is now overrun with holiday-makers but manages to retain an air of superiority and grandeur. Motor vehicles, including mopeds, are banned from the island: donkeys rule.