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On this page you will find an alphabetical list of places in Greece, plus a few additional places that are connected with Greece in some way.

A  
Academias Street a street in Athens
Achillion [not yet ready]
Acropolis, the [not yet ready]
Adamas [not yet ready]
Aegean Islands, the [not yet ready]
Aegean Maritime Museum (Mykonos) [not yet ready]
Aegean Sea, the [not yet ready]
Aegina [not yet ready] The Colonels had a prison here.
Aegospotami [not yet ready]
Aesculapium (Kos) [not yet ready]
Afandou (Rhodes) [not yet ready]
Agathonisi one of the Dodecanese Islands
Agathonissi [not yet ready]
Aghioi Deka [not yet ready]
Aghia Galini [not yet ready]
Aghia Roumeli [not yet ready]
Aghia Triada also Hagia Triada  [not yet ready]
Aghiassos [not yet ready]
Aghios Efstratios [not yet ready]
Aghios Nikolaos [not yet ready]
Agnik [not yet ready]
Agrapha [not yet ready]
Agros (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Aianteio [not yet ready]
Aiolis [not yet ready]
Aitolia [not yet ready]
Akamas  (Cyprus) [not yet ready
Akamas Heights, the (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Akamas Peninsula, the (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Akamas Wilderness, the (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Akhaia [not yet ready]
Akhanes [not yet ready]
Akrotiri (Crete) [not yet ready]
Akrotiri (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Akrotiri  (Santorini) [not yet ready]
Akrotiri Peninsula, the (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Akti Miaouli the seafront at Piraeus
Alagadi  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Albania a country on the NW border of Greece
Aleppa [not yet ready]
Alexandria, Library of a library which was destroyed by fire in the 7th Century AD
Alexandroupoli [not yet ready]
Aliakmon River [not yet ready]
Alimia [not yet ready]
Alimos Marina [not yet ready]
Alinda [not yet ready]
Ali Pasha's Island an island in the middle of the lake in Yannina
Alonissos [not yet ready]
Alsancak  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Amathus  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ambelaki [not yet ready]
Ambrakia [not yet ready]
Amorgos a prison island
Amphipolis [not yet ready]
Anafi [not yet ready]
Anatolia the central plateau of Turkey
Ancient Kition [not yet ready]
Ancona an Italian port with ferry links to Igoumenitsa and Patra
Andhros [not yet ready]
Andiparos [not yet ready]
Andipaxi  [not yet ready]
Andros [not yet ready]
Angeloktisti church  (Cyprus) a Byzantine church [not yet ready]
Angistri  [not yet ready]
Ano Mera  [not yet ready]
Ano Palalaiokastro [not yet ready]
Ano Zakros [not yet ready]
Anogia [not yet ready]
Antifonitis Monastery  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Antimahia (Kos) [not yet ready]
Antiparos [not yet ready]
Antipaxos [not yet ready]
Apollon [not yet ready]
Apostolos Andhreas monastery (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Apostolos Varnavas, Monastery-museum of  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Archangelos [not yet ready]
Archipelago [not yet ready]
Argenti Museum [not yet ready]
Arginoussai  [not yet ready]
Argolis [not yet ready]
Argos [not yet ready]
Argo-Saronic [not yet ready]
Argostoli [not yet ready]
Arkadi Monastery [not yet ready]
Arkhanes [not yet ready]
Arki  [not yet ready]
Arkoi [not yet ready]
Arta a place in Epirus
Asfendi (Kos) [not yet ready]
Asia Minor [not yet ready]
Asinou (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Asklepieio(n) (Kos) [not yet ready]
Asprokhaliko a place in Epirus, the location of a paleolithic site
Assos [not yet ready]
Astipalea [not yet ready]
Astypalaia one of the Dodecanese Islands
Astypalea [not yet ready]
Athens the capital of Greece
Athos, Mount [not yet ready]
Attica [not yet ready]
Avgas Gorge, the  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayia Napa  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayia Trias  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayios Efstratios [not yet ready]
Ayios Epitikos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayios Filon  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayios Iraklidhios convent  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayios Neofytos, the monastery of  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayios Nikolaos  (Crete) [not yet ready]
Ayios Nikolaos tis Steyis (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayios Yeoryios (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
Ayiou Nikolaou ton Gaton (Cyprus) [not yet ready]
B  
Babylon [not yet ready]
Back Islands, the [not yet ready]

Balkans, the  [not yet ready]

Bari  an Italian port with ferry links to Igoumenitsa and Patra

Bassae, the temple of  [not yet ready]

Batsi  [not yet ready]

Bellapais, the Abbey of  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Benaki museum, the  [not yet ready]

Berati  (Albania) [not yet ready]

Besikia  a lake

Bitola  (Ex-Yugoslavia) [not yet ready]

Black Sea, the  [not yet ready]

Boeotia also Boiotia  [not yet ready]

Bogaz  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Bogazi  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Boibeis, Lake  [not yet ready]

Boiotia  another spelling of Boeotia

Bosphorus  [not yet ready]

Bourzi  a tiny island off Spetsai

Brindisi  an Italian port with ferry links to Igoumenitsa and Patra

Buffavento castle  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Bulgaria  a country that borders on NE Greece

Byrokastro  [not yet ready]

Byzantium  the former name of Constantinople

C

Calamata  another spelling of Kalamata

Cape Apostolou Andhrea  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Cape Greko  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Cape Kiti  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

capes  see Cape Greko, Cape Sounion, and Cape Kiti

Cape Sounion  [not yet ready]

Caria  [not yet ready]

castles  see Kritinia Castle

Catalkoy  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

caves  see Diktaian, Idaian Cave, and Petralona

Cephalonia  [not yet ready]

Chalke  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Chalki  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Chania  [not yet ready]

Chapelle Royale  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Chios  [not yet ready]

Chora (Ios)  [not yet ready]

Chora (Kythnos)  [not yet ready]

Chora (Naxos)  [not yet ready]

Chorio  a deserted village on Chalki

Chrysopighi Monastery  [not yet ready]

Colossus of Rhodes  [not yet ready]

Commonwealth Cemetery (Crete)  [not yet ready]

Constantinople formerly known as Byzantium. It is the former name of Istanbul.

Constitution Square  a square in Athens

Convents  see Khrysoskalitiss

Copais  [not yet ready]

Coral Bay  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Corinth  [not yet ready]

Corfu  5th Century: attacks from the Vandals and Goths, 1146: occupied by Roger Guiscard, King of Sicily

Crete  (also known as 'The Great Island') [not yet ready]

Crete, Sea of  [not yet ready]

Cyclades Islands, the  [not yet ready]

Cynouria  [not yet ready]

Cyprus 

  Size: the thrid largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily and    Sardinia

  Population: ex-pat population = 20,000

  History: 1878 beginning of British rule

              1960 (August 16) became a state

              1974 the island is divided by the Turkish army into two

Cyprus museum  [not yet ready]

D

Dalamanara  [not yet ready]

Daphni Monastery  [not yet ready]

Dapia  [not yet ready]

Dardanelles  a street in Athens near Constitution Square

Delos  one of the Cyclades Islands

Delphi  [not yet ready]

Devoli Valley  (Albania) [not yet ready]

Dhavlos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Dhiarizos Valley, the  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Dhimeni  a Neolithic archaeological site

Dhonoussa  [not yet ready]

Diktaian Cave  [not yet ready]

Dimini  [not yet ready]

Dion  [not yet ready]

Djia  [not yet ready]

Dodecanese Islands, the  although the name means '12 islands', there are actually 15 of them: Kalymnos, Patmos, Karpathos, Rhodes, Kasos, Syme, Chalke, Telos, Nisyros, Astypalaia, Kastellorizo, Leros, Agathonisi, and Lipsi

Dodona  a place in Epirus where there is an ancient theatre and oracle

Doirani  a lake

Donoussa  [not yet ready]

Dora Stratou folk dance theatre  a folk dance theatre near the Acropolis in Athens

Drin valley  [not yet ready]

Dryopida  [not yet ready]

E

Ecbatana  [not yet ready]

Edessa  [not yet ready]

Edremit  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Elaphonísi  [not yet ready]

Eleusis  [not yet ready]

Embonas  [not yet ready]

Enkomi-Alasia  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Epidaurus  [not yet ready]

Epiros also Epirus  an area in the west of northern Greece

Epirus  another spelling of Epiros

Epta Piges  [not yet ready]

Ercan  (Cyprus) an airport in north Nicosia which has airlinks to Turkey only

Erectheum Temple  [not yet ready]

Eressos  [not yet ready]

Ermones Bay (Corfu) [not yet ready]

Ermoupoli(s(Syros) a port, capital of Syros

Euboia also Euboea  [not yet ready]

Euenos, River  [not yet ready]

Eurotas, River  [not yet ready]

Evvia  [not yet ready]

Ex-Yugoslavia  [not yet ready]

Eyina  [not yet ready]

F

Faltaits Museum, the  [not yet ready]

Famagusta  (Cyprus) many parts remain abandoned [not yet ready]

Festos  [not yet ready]

Fini  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Fira  [not yet ready]

Flisvos Marina  [not yet ready]

Florina  [not yet ready]

Folegandhros  [not yet ready]

Folegandros  [not yet ready]

Former Yugoslavia  [not yet ready]

Fourni  [not yet ready]

Fyrom  [not yet ready]

G

Gaios  [not yet ready]

Galata  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Gaugmela  [not yet ready]

Gavdos  an islet off Crete

Gazimagusta  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Gela  a colony in Sicily founded by people from Lindos [not yet ready]

Gemikonagi  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Girne (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Gjirokastra  (Albania) [not yet ready]

Glifada  (Athens) [not yet ready]

Glossa  [not yet ready]

Glyfada  (Athens) [not yet ready]

gorges see Vikos

Gortyn  [not yet ready]

Goulandris Museum  [not yet ready]

Gournia (Crete) [not yet ready]

Gouvia  a marina near Corfu

Governor's Beach  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Graia  a small town in Boeotia

Grammos  a mountain range in Epirus that borders Albania, the location of the last stand of the Democratic Army in the Civil War

Grande Bretagne  a hotel in Athens

Granicus  [not yet ready]

Greece  [not yet ready]

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Gulf of Corinth  [not yet ready]

gulfs  see Gulf of Corinth

Guzelyurt  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Gythion  [not yet ready]

H

Hagia Triada  another spelling of Aghia Triada

Hala Sultan Tekke  (Cyprus) a Muslim shrine [not yet ready]

Halikarnassos  [not yet ready]

Heliousa  the original name for Rhodes. It means 'shining'.

Heraclia  [not yet ready]

Herod Atticus Theatre  [not yet ready]

Histaia  [not yet ready]

Hora  another spelling of Chora

Hydra  [not yet ready]

I

Ialysos  [not yet ready]

Idaian Cave  [not yet ready]

Idalion  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Idhra  [not yet ready]

Ierapetra  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Igoumenitsa  the port of Epirus in western Greece. It has ferry links to the Italian ports of Ancona, Bari, and Brindisi.

Ikaria  [not yet ready]

Illyria  [not yet ready]

Ioannina  [not yet ready]

Ioannina, Lake  [not yet ready]

Ionia  [not yet ready]

Ionian Islands, the  1386: brought under Venetian rule, 1797: brought under French rule

Ionian Sea  [not yet ready]

Ios  [not yet ready]

Ioulis  [not yet ready]

Iraklia  [not yet ready]

Iraklio  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Iraklion  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Irakleion  [not yet ready]

island groups  see Aegean Islands, Back Islands, Cyclades, Ionian Islands, Northeast Aegean Islands, Saronic Gulf Islands, and Sporades

Issus  [not yet ready]

Istanbul  (Turkey) [not yet ready]

Ithaca also Ithaka  [not yet ready]

Ithaka  another spelling of Ithaca

Ithaki  [not yet ready]

Ithome  [not yet ready]

J

Jewish Museum of Greece, the  [not yet ready]

K

Kaisariani [not yet ready]

Kakopetria  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kalamaki  a marina situated 5 miles from central Athens

Kalamarias  a marina in Thessaloniki

Kalamata  [not yet ready]

Kalavassos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kalavryta railway, the  [not yet ready]

Kallithea  [not yet ready]

Kalopanayiotis  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kalymnos  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Kameiros  [not yet ready]

Kamiros  [not yet ready]

Kantara castle  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kapsas Monastery  [not yet ready]

Kaplica  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Karakoumi  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Karakum  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Karaman  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Karaoglanoglu  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Karavas  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kardamen  (Kos) [not yet ready]

Karia  [not yet ready]

Karmi  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Karpas Peninsula  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Karpathos  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Karpeníssi  [not yet ready]

Kasos  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Kassos  [not yet ready]

Kastelli  [not yet ready]

Kastellorizo  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Kastoria  [not yet ready]

Kastritsa  a place in Epiros, the location of a paleolithic site

Kastro  (Kos) [not yet ready]

Kastro  (Sikinos) [not yet ready]

Kastro  (Skiathos) [not yet ready]

Katholiko Monastery  [not yet ready]

Kato Pafos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kato Zakros  [not yet ready]

Kavala  [not yet ready]

Kazafani  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kea  [not yet ready]

Kefalonia  [not yet ready]

Kefalos  (Kos) [not yet ready]

Kephallonia  [not yet ready]

Kerameikos Cemetery  [not yet ready]

Keratea  (Attica) [not yet ready]

Kerkyra  [not yet ready]

Keros  [not yet ready]

Khaironela  [not yet ready]

Khalandriani  [not yet ready]

Khalki  [not yet ready]

Khalkidike  [not yet ready]

Khalkis  [not yet ready]

Khania  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Khios  [not yet ready]

Khios Town  [not yet ready]

Khirokhitia  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Khrysoskalitissa Convent  [not yet ready]

Kifissia  an affluent area outside Athens

Kimolos  [not yet ready]

Kirpasa Peninsula  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Klidi a place in Epiros, the location of a paleolithic site

Klima  [not yet ready]

Knidos  [not yet ready]

Knossos  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Kokkinohoria, the  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kolonaki  a fashionable part of Athens

Kolossi  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Komotini  a place in Macedonia

Konitsa  [not yet ready]

Korinthos  [not yet ready]

Korca  (Albania) [not yet ready]

Kormakiti peninsula  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Koroni  [not yet ready]

Koropi  (Attica) [not yet ready]

Korucam peninsula  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kos  [not yet ready]

Kos Town  (Chora) [not yet ready]

Koufonissi  [not yet ready]

Kouklia  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Koukounaries  [not yet ready]

Kourion  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Krassokhoria  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kritinia Castle  [not yet ready]

Kritsa  [not yet ready]

Ktima  [not yet ready]

Kusadasi  a Turkish port

Kykko monastery  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kyrenaica  [not yet ready]

Kyrenia  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Kythera  [not yet ready]

Kythira  [not yet ready]

Kythnos  [not yet ready]

L

Laconia  [not yet ready]

Lady's Mile Beach  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

lakes see Besikia, Boibeis, Doirani, Ioannina, Kastoria, Prespa, and St Basil's

Lakki  [not yet ready]

Lakedaimonia also Lakonia  the land of the Spartans

Lakonia  another name for Lakedaimonia

Lambousa  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Lamia  [not yet ready]

Lapithos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Lapta  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Larissa  [not yet ready]

Larissa Station  (Athens)  [not yet ready]

Larnaka also Larnaca (Cyprus) Larnaka is the official name since 1994 of Larnaca

Lasithi Plain  [not yet ready]

Latchi  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Lato  [not yet ready]

Lavrion  (Attica) a place near Athens

Lefkadha  [not yet ready]

Lefkas  [not yet ready]

Lefkas (Lefkada) Canal  [not yet ready]

Lefke  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Lefkosia  the official name since 1994 of Nicosia

Lemba  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Lemesos  the official name since 1994 of Limassol

Lentas  [not yet ready]

Leros  one of the Dodecanese Islands. The Colonels had a prison here.

Lesvos also Lesbos  [not yet ready]

Leukas  [not yet ready]

Leuktra  [not yet ready]

Levadhia  [not yet ready]

Levant, the  [not yet ready]

Levkas  [not yet ready]

libraries  see Alexandria

Limassol  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Limnos  [not yet ready]

Lindos  (Rhodes) [not yet ready]

Lipsi  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Livadhia  [not yet ready]

Livadi  [not yet ready]

Locris  [not yet ready]

Lycia  the South West of Turkey

Lydia  [not yet ready]

Lykia  [not yet ready]

M

Macedon  [not yet ready]

Macedonia  [not yet ready]

Macronissos  the location of a concentration camp during the Civil War.

Magna Graecia  [not yet ready]

Mainalos, Mount  [not yet ready]

Makheras monastery  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Makronisos  a prison island

Malia  [not yet ready]

Mallia  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Mandraki  (Nissiros) [not yet ready]

Mandraki  (Rhodes) a marina [not yet ready]

Mani, the  [not yet ready]

Mantineia  [not yet ready]

Marathi  [not yet ready]

Marathon  [not yet ready]

Markopoulo(n) (Attica)  [not yet ready]

Marmara, Sea of  (Turkey)

Matala  [not yet ready]

Mediterranean Sea, the  [not yet ready]

Megalopoli  [not yet ready]

Megisti  [not yet ready]

Melos  [not yet ready]

Mesaoria  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Mesopotamia  [not yet ready]

Messenia  [not yet ready]

Messolongi  [not yet ready]

Meteora  [not yet ready]

Methoni  [not yet ready]

Microlimano  the place where the Greek ocean racing fleet is based

Miletos  [not yet ready]

Milos  [not yet ready]

Mirtia [not yet ready]

Mirties  [not yet ready]

Missolonghi  [not yet ready]

Mochlos  [not yet ready]

Moldavia  a Danubian principality

Molyvos  [not yet ready]

monasteries  see Antifonitis, Apostolos Andhreas, Apostolos Varnavas, Ayios Iraklidhios convent, Arkadi, Bellapais, Daphni, Kapsas, Khrysoskalitissa Convent, KykkoMeteora, Moni Vrondiani, Mount Athos, Nea Moni, Panachrandou, Panayia Absinthiotissa, Panormitis, Preveli, Profitas Elias, Roussanou, Simon Petra, Sourp Magar, Stavrouvouni, Taxiachis, Taxiarchon, Toplou, Troodhitissa, and Tsambika

Monemvassia  [not yet ready]

Moni Vrondiani Monastery  [not yet ready]

Monolithos  [not yet ready]

Morfou  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Mouliki  [not yet ready]

mountains  see Athos, Mainalos, Olympus, Ossa, Othris, Pelion, Pindos, Profítas Elías, and Skiritis

Mount Profítas Elías  [not yet ready]

Moutoullas  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Muggria  [not yet ready]

Museum (Kos)   [not yet ready]

Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art  [not yet ready]

museums see Argenti, Apostolos Varnavas, Benaki Museum, Faltaits Museum, Goulandris Museum, Jewish Museum of Greece, Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art, and National Archeological Museum

Mycenae  [not yet ready]

Mykale  [not yet ready]

Mykonos  one of the Cyclades Islands

Mykonos Town  [not yet ready]

Mylopotas  [not yet ready]

Mylos  [not yet ready]

Myrina  [not yet ready]

Mysia  [not yet ready]

Mystra  [not yet ready]

Mytilene  another spelling of Mytilini

Mytilini also Mytilene  [not yet ready]

N

Nafpaktos  [not yet ready]

Nafplio  also Nafplion and Nauplion  [not yet ready]

National Archeological Museum  [not yet ready]

Nauplion  another spelling of Nafplion

Naoussa  [not yet ready]

Naupaktos  [not yet ready]

Naxos  [not yet ready]

Nea Moni Monastery  [not yet ready]

Neorion  a shippingyard founded in 1861 on Syros. It is Greece's oldest operating shipping yard.

Nicosia  (Cyprus) the capital of Cyprus, divided into two. In 1994 the name was replaced by the new official name Lefkosia

Nidri  [not yet ready]

Nissiros  [not yet ready]

Nissyros  [not yet ready]

Nisyros  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Northeast Aegean Islands  [not yet ready]

O

Ochrida  [not yet ready]

Odysseus  [not yet ready]

Oedipus crossroads, the  [not yet ready]

Oia  [not yet ready]

Olympia  [not yet ready]

Olympos  another name for Olympus  [not yet ready]

Olympus, Mount  [not yet ready]

Olympus, Mount  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Olynthos  [not yet ready]

Ossa  [not yet ready]

Ozankoy  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

P

Pafos  (Cyprus) the official name since 1994 of Paphos, a south coast resort [not yet ready]

Palace of the Grand Masters  [not yet ready]

Palaiochora  [not yet ready]

Palaiopoli [not yet ready]

Palea Paphos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Paleiopolis  [not yet ready]

Paleohora (Crete)  [not yet ready]

Paleokastritsa  [not yet ready]

Panachrandou Monastery  [not yet ready]

Panayia  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Panayia Absinthiotissa monastery  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Panayia Kera  [not yet ready]

Panayia tou Araka  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Pano Lefkara  a hill village in South Cyprus

Panormitis Monastery  [not yet ready]

Paphos  officially changed in 1994 to Pafos

Parga  [not yet ready]

Parks  see Rodini

Parnassos, Mount  [not yet ready]

Paroikia  [not yet ready]

Paros  [not yet ready]

Parthenon, the  [not yet ready]

Patheni  [not yet ready]

Patmos  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Patra  a port at the northwest tip of the Peloponnese. It has ferry links to the Italian ports of Ancona, Bari, and Brindisi.

Patrai  [not yet ready]

Patras  [not yet ready]

Paxi  [not yet ready]

Paxos  [not yet ready]

Pedhoulas  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Pelion  [not yet ready]

Pella  [not yet ready]

Peloponnese, the  [not yet ready]

Peparethos  [not yet ready]

Perakhorio  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Perasta  [not yet ready]

Peristerona  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Perivolia  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Persepolis  [not yet ready]

Petaloudes  [not yet ready]

Petra  [not yet ready]

Petralona  a cave situated 60km from Thessaloniki in northern Greece. Archaeologists have found evidence there of possibly the earliest inhabitants of Europe.

Petra tou Romiou  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Phaistos (Crete)  [not yet ready]

Phaselis  a colony in Asia Minor founded by people from Lindos

Philanthropian monastery  [not yet ready]

Philippi  [not yet ready]

Phodele  [not yet ready]

Phoenicia  [not yet ready]

Phrygia  [not yet ready]

Phthiotis  [not yet ready]

Phylakopi  [not yet ready]

Pigadia  [not yet ready]

Pili (Kos)  [not yet ready]

Pilion, Mount  [not yet ready]

Pindhos Mountains, the  a range of mountains in Epiros

Piraeus  [not yet ready]

Pireas  [not yet ready]

Pissouri  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Plaka  Athens [not yet ready]

Plaka (Mílos)  [not yet ready]

Plataia  [not yet ready]

Platanos  [not yet ready]

Platres  (Cyprus) a hill-station [not yet ready]

Polirinia  [not yet ready]

Polis  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Pollonia  [not yet ready]

Polyrrhenia  [not yet ready]

Pondamos Beach  a beach on Chalki

Poros  [not yet ready]

Poseidon's Temple  [not yet ready]

Poteidaia  [not yet ready]

Pothia  [not yet ready]

Prespa  a lake

Preveli Monastery  [not yet ready]

Preveza  [not yet ready]

Prodhromos  [not yet ready]

Profitas Elias Monastery  [not yet ready]

Protaras  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Pserimos  [not yet ready]

Pyli  [not yet ready]

Pylos  an important Mycenaean archaeological site

Pyrga  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Pythagoreio  [not yet ready]

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Rethymnon  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Rhodes  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Rhodope mountains  [not yet ready]

rivers  see Euenos and Eurotas

Rodhos Town  [not yet ready]

Rodini Park (Rhodes) [not yet ready]

Roumeli  [not yet ready]

Roussanou Monastery  [not yet ready]

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Salamina  [not yet ready]

Salamis  [not yet ready]

Salamis  (Cyprus) the largest ancient sight on the island

Salonika  another name for Thessaloniki

Samiria Gorge  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Samirian Gorge  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Samos  [not yet ready]

Samothrace  [not yet ready]

Samothraki  [not yet ready]

Santorini  one of the Cyclades Islands

Sappho  [not yet ready]

Sappho's Leap  [not yet ready]

Sardis  [not yet ready]

Saronic Bay  [not yet ready]

Saronic Gulf, the  [not yet ready]

Saronic Gulf Islands, the  [not yet ready]

Schinoussa  [not yet ready]

Sdakynthos  another name for Zakynthos

seas  see Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean, and Sea of Crete

Serifos  [not yet ready]

Sesklo  a Neolithic archeological site

Seven Springs  [not yet ready]

Sicily  [not yet ready]

Sicyon  another spelling of Sikyon

Sifnos  [not yet ready]

Sikinos  [not yet ready]

Sikyon also Sicyon  [not yet ready]

Simon Petra  one of the monasteries on Mount Athos

Siphnos  [not yet ready]

Sitia  [not yet ready]

Skala  [not yet ready]

Skhinoussa  [not yet ready]

Skiathos  an island in the Sporades. It has 70 beaches. Sometimes known as 'the straight Mykonos'. 

Skiritis, Mount  [not yet ready]

Skiros  [not yet ready]

Skopelos  an island in the Sporades

Skopje  (Ex-Yugoslavia) [not yet ready]

Skyros  an island in the Sporades

Smyrna  [not yet ready]

Soli  [not yet ready]

Sounion  (Attica)

Sourp Magar Monastery  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Sparta  [not yet ready]

Spetsai  the island where the Mercouri family spent their summer holidays

Spetses  [not yet ready]

Spetsopoula  an island in the Saronic Gulf bought by Niarchos in 1958

Spilean Cave  [not yet ready]

Spinalonga  a fortress islet off the NE coast of Crete

Sporades, the  [not yet ready]

Stavrouvouni Monastery  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

St Basil's  a lake

St Hilarion castle  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

St John the Theologian Monastery  (Patmos)

Stavros tou Ayiazmati  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Suda Bay  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Susa  [not yet ready]

Sybota  [not yet ready]

Syme  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Symi  [not yet ready]

Syntagma Square  [not yet ready]

Syria  [not yet ready]

Syros  Greece's shipping and trading centre after Independence

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Taiyettos  [not yet ready]

Tamassos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Tatoi  a place outside Athens, locaiton of the King's country house

Taxiachis Monastery  [not yet ready]

Taxiarchon Monastery  [not yet ready]

Telendhos  [not yet ready]

Telendos  [not yet ready]

Telos  one of the Dodecanese Islands

Tembi, the Vale of  [not yet ready]

temples  see Poseidon's Temple, Temple to Aphaias

Temple to Aphaias  [not yet ready]

Thasos  another spelling of Thássos

Thassos also Thasos  [not yet ready]

theatres see Herod Atticus Theatre

Thebes  [not yet ready]

Theophilos  [not yet ready]

Thera  another name for Santorini

Therma  [not yet ready]

Thermopylai  also Thermopylae  [not yet ready]

Thessalonika  another name for Thessaloniki

Thessloniki  [not yet ready]

Thessaly  [not yet ready]

Thira  another name for Santorini

Thrace  [not yet ready]

Tillyrian Wilderness, the  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Tilos  [not yet ready]

Tinos  [not yet ready]

Tirana  (Albania) [not yet ready]

Tiryns an important Mycenaean archaeological site

Tokhni  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Tolo  [not yet ready]

Toplou Monastery  [not yet ready]

Tower of the Winds  [not yet ready]

Trikala  [not yet ready]

Trikkala  [not yet ready]

Trimithi  (Cyrpus) [not yet ready]

Tripoli  [not yet ready]

Troisden  [not yet ready]

Troodhos  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Troodhitissa monastery  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Troy  (Turkey)  [not yet ready]

Trypiti [not yet ready]

Tsambika Monastery  [not yet ready]

Turkey  a country that borders the East of Greece

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus  [not yet ready]

Turtle Bay  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

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Vale of Klima  [not yet ready]

Varthi  (Kalymnos)  [not yet ready]

Vathi  (Ikathi) [not yet ready]

Vathy  (Samos) [not yet ready]

Vergina  [not yet ready]

Vikos Gorge  [not yet ready]

Vitsi  a mountain range in Epirus that borders Albania

Vlore  (Albania) [not yet ready]

Volissos  [not yet ready]

Volos  [not yet ready]

Vouliagmeni Marina [not yet ready]

Vouni, the Palace of  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Vourkari  [not yet ready]

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Wallachia  a Danubian principality

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Xanthi  [not yet ready]

Xeros Valley, the  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

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Yannina  [not yet ready]

Yedidalga  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Yenierenkoy  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Yeroskipou  (Cyprus)  [not yet ready]

Yialoussa  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Yithio  [not yet ready]

Youra  [not yet ready]

Yugoslavia  [not yet ready]

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Zafer Burnu  (Cyprus) [not yet ready]

Zagori  [not yet ready]

Zakro  (Crete) [not yet ready]

Zakynthos also Sdakynthos  [not yet ready]

Zea Marina a marina near Piraeus

Zappeion Gardens, the  [not yet ready]

Zoodochou Pighis Monastery  (Andros) [not yet ready]

Zoodochou Pighis Monastery  (Poros) [not yet ready]