Greek Peninsula

Greece

Hellenic Republic

Regions in travel priority order:

Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Acropolis, Athens, Greece (Photo: www.history.com)
Agora and the Temple of Hephaestus (Photo: ourdistantsojourns.wordpress.com)
Agora and the Temple of Hephaestus (Photo: ourdistantsojourns.wordpress.com)

1. Attica (Athens)

      • Athens (national capital and largest metro) – Acropolis (Parthenon and Erechtheion), Agora and the Temple of Hephaestus, National Archaeological Museum, and the Plaka old quarter
      • Piraeus

Fira, Santorini, Greece
Fira, Santorini, Greece (Photo: amantesdeviagens.com)

2. Cyclades (Greek Islands)

      • Santorini – Fira (Orthodox Church of St. Gerasimos, Agios Theodoros, Archaeological Museum of Thera, Folklore Museum, and Museum of Prehistoric Thira), Ancient Thera, and Akrotiri archaeological site
      • Delos – Archaeological Site of Delos, Archaeological Museum of Delos, Naxian Lions, Roman Agora, Ancient Theatre of Delos, Temple of the Delians, Temple of Hercules, Temple of Isis, House of Cleopatra (not the famous one), House with the Masks, and Maison du Trident
      • Mykonos – Mykonos windmills, Boni’s Windmill Agricultural Museum, Armenistis Lighthouse, and Little Venice
      • Naxos – Naxos Town

Orchomenos, Arcadia (Photo: enacademic.com)
Orchomenos, Arcadia (Photo: enacademic.com)

3. Peloponnese

      • Arcadia – Orchomenos and Dimitsana mountain village
      • Argolis – Mycenae, Great Theater of Epidaurus, and Nafplio
      • Laconia – Sparta, Monemvasia, and Mystras
      • Corinthia – Corinth and the Corinth Canal
      • Messinia – Kardamyli

4. Dodecanese

      • Rhodes Town on Rhodes
      • Lindos on Rhodes

Delphi, Greece
Delphi, Greece (Photo: www.john-uebersax.com)

5. Central Greece

      • Phocis – Delphi
      • Boeotia
      • Euboea
      • Evrytania
      • Phthiotis

Olympic Stadium (Photo: greecetravel.com)
Olympic Stadium (Photo: greecetravel.com)

6. Western Greece

      • Elis – Olympia
      • Achaea – Patras (Patras Castle, Saint Andrew Cathedral Church, Roman Odeon Patra, Stairs St. Nicholas, Rion-Antirion Bridge, Archaeological Museum of Patras, Psilalonia Square, and Patras Lighthouse)
      • Aetolia-Acarnania

Palace of Knossos, Crete
Palace of Knossos, Crete (photo: davestravelpages.com)

7. Crete

      • Knossos
      • Heraklion Archaeological Museum
      • Samaria Gorge
      • Old Venetian Harbor of Chania Town

8. Thessaly and the Northern Sporades

      • Meteora Monasteries

Mount Olympus (Photo: athenstourgreece.com)
Mount Olympus (Photo: athenstourgreece.com)

9. Macedonia

      • Thessaloniki (national second city)
      • Mount Olympus National Park

10. Ionian Islands

      • Ithaca
      • Corfu Town
      • Zakynthos
      • Melissani Cave on Kefalonia

Hydra, Saronic Islands
Hydra, Saronic Islands (Photo: sailingheaven.com)

11. Saronic Islands

      • Hydra

Mastichochoria villages on Chios
Mastichochoria villages on Chios (Photo: en.protothema.gr)

12. North Aegean

      • Lesbos
      • Pyrgi “the painted village” – one of the Mastichochoria villages on Chios

13. Epirus

      • Zagorohoria and the Ancient Ruins of Kassope and Nikopolis

Old Town of Xanthi
Old Town of Xanthi, Greece (Photo: theculturetrip.com)

14. Thrace

      • Old Town of Xanthi

15. Monastic State of Mount Athos

      • Mount Athos

Malta
Malta (Photo: mcxl.se)

Malta

Repubblika ta’ Malta

      • Valletta (national capital)

Theth National Park
Theth National Park (Photo: zbulo.org)

Albania

      • Tirana (national capital)
      • Theth National Park

Lefkara (Photo: booking.com)

Cyprus

      • Nicosia (national capital)
      • Lefkara

Kyrenia Harbour
Kyrenia Harbour (Photo: www.noble-caledonia.co.uk)

Northern Cyprus

Kuzey Kıbrıs

      • North Nicosia

Akrotiri and Dhekelia

(UK bases – no permanent population; on the island of Cyprus)

      • Akrotiri
      • Dhekelia