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Beautiful Corfu

March26

It not hard to find cheap holidays to Corfu, thats if you know where to look. Corfu, if you dont already know about it, is actually an island located on the northern part of Greece. Another thing you should know about Corfu is that it is beautiful (with a capital B). Corfu have a population [...]

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Cheap Holidays to Greece

January31

After looking at pictures of Greece beaches, i have decided… I want to go to Greece. I was searching the Internet and found this Cheap Holidays site and WOW, it got some good packages there. It includes everything a traveller will need to book a great holiday: airport, hotels and resorts (from 3 star to 5 star),  [...]

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Polychrono Beach, Halkidiki

January17

Halkidiki is located in the Southeastern portion of Central Macedonia, Greece. One of the famous places to visit is the Polychrono Beach located in the east of the peninsula of Kassandra and Halkidiki. The unique about this place,it seems that the place is well organized by the authorities with facilities such as luxury hotel, entertainment [...]

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Samothrace, Greece

January17

Samothrace is an island in Greece, northern of Aegean Sea. The island was colonized by Greeks from Samos on 8th century BC, from which the name Samos of Thrace and than later became Samothrace. The size of the island is 178 km� and 17km long with a town called Chora. The main industries in the [...]

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Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Greece

January15

Odeon of Herodes Atticus was a steep-slopes amphitheatre with a three storey stone front wall. It was build by Herodes Atticus in 161 BC on the Acropolis of Athens for a memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla. This building was basically used for music concert, hosting the theatrical and dance event for Athens Festival [...]

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Theatre of Dionysus, Greece

January15

Theatre Of Dionysus is a major theatre on the Acropolis of Athens. This stone theatre was built to honor Dionysus (The God of Plays and Wine). The biggest celebration such as Dionysia (religious festival in ancient Athens) was held here.

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Erechtheum, Greece

January14

Erechtheum or Erechtheion is an ancient temple that builds in honor to the king Erichthonius. It was build between 421 BC and 407 BC on the Acropolis of Athens by Greek architect, Mnesicles.

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One of the famous caryatid (spelt Karyatid) is the ‘porch of the maidens’- a sculpture [...]

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Parthenon, Greece

January14

The Parthenon (temple of Athena) is a symbol of Ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy. The word Parthenon is from the statue name Athena Parthenos (Greek Goddess Athena) with a sculpture in ivory and gold by Phidias. This building is built in 5th Century BC on the Acropolis of Athens. It was the world’s greatest [...]

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The Acropolis of Athens, Greece

January14

The Acropolis of Athens or also known as the Cecropia is a rock which rises 150m (512ft) above the sea level in the city of Athens (from Attica to the hill of the Areopagus). It is formed by a layer of blue-grey limestone and schist-sandstone marl.

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