Snorkeling is a part of everyone's bucket list and it is an experience that everyone should try at least once in their lifetime. Snorkeling shows the immense tranquility and beauty of the nature and is also a great relaxing activity. The experiencing of witnessing the topography of ocean bottom and various types of underwater life is untranslatable. Greece offers many serene natural water bodies, a diverse habitation of many kinds of flora and ...
Archives for October 2014
Tips for travelling by train
Now-a-days people use different types of vehicles to move from one place to another but if you have never traveled by a train then it will be the most exhilarating experience you can ever have. The most important thing is to understand and follow some safety rules before planning a travel by train. It is always better to know some tips for traveling by train so that your trip can be safe, enjoyable and nothing unfortunate should happen. This ...
Sea Turtles in Greece (Caretta Caretta)
Evolution and adaptation The records of fossils suggest that sea turtles caretta caretta are contemporaries of the dinosaurs. Although dinosaurs disappeared, turtles continue to survive until today. Those ancient turtles lived in marshes. Later some of them began to live on land while others spent most of their lives in water. Throughout the evolutionary process sea turtles have retained the following features: • Like all reptiles they are ...
Ancient Greek books and manuscripts
Taking a walk down memory lane, we see that there are many stories which are available with the creation of the earth. There are people who have said many things about the beginning of the world. There are also ancient stories which come as to how things were started and how the world was before and even about God's who came to earth. When it comes to history, myth and ancient stories, Greece takes a special place. They also mention that this ...
The coast of Messinia at Peloponnese
The 100% of the beaches of Messinia have an excellent water quality, according to the data submitted by Greece to the European Environment Agency (EEA). These evidences show that Messinia is an ideal tourist destination with its spotless and pure beaches to meet the expectations of the visitors. The classification of the bathing water quality in four categories ('excellent', 'good', 'satisfactory' and 'poor'). In Messinia, 50 beaches were tested ...
The myth of Centaurs
Centaurs, according to Greek legend, were a race of creatures who were half man and half horse. They lived on the plains of Thessaly in central Greece and were well known for their lawlessness and riotous temperament. They were also known as hippocentaur. According to the old paintings and graffitis it has been found that they had the hint of a house and the torso of a human. These mythical creatures were said that they were born to Nephele and ...
The ancient city of Eretria
The ruins of ancient Eretria are scattered beneath the modern city, across the area reaching from the coast up to the hill at the north, where was the Acropolis. The city was protected by a strong wall, built in the archaic period and repaired in the 4th century BC. It started at the citadel and reached to the port. The western part of the wall lied just before the stream that flowed at the west end of town and at its extension there was a ...
A brief summary of the Classical Greek civilization
The Classical Period of the Greece which was from the 6th to 4th centuries is the most eminent and popular era of Greek history. During the peak of this classical period (around 5th century BC), was the time when the foundations and bases of western civilization were laid in Athens. This state became the most powerful naval force of Greece and establishedits reach in all purviewsof culture, including drama, philosophy, rhetorics, music and to ...