If you are planning to visit Greece then you will simply love to experience its culture and lifestyle. Various types of interesting and quality products are available in Greece. Greece is known for some of its traditional products. Greece offers a lot of traditional food products, fruits and vegetables which are quite uncommon to the mass. Each and every location is known for one or the other product. In this way, the country gains significance ...
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The village of Metsovo
The Municipality of Metsovo consists of the municipal districts of Metsovo, Anilio, Anthochori and Votonosi. The mountainous terrain consists of strong elevations while many species of the flora and fauna find refuge in the dense forests. The area has a rich hydrographic network. Here rises the Aoos river, which flows to the north and through Albania into the Adriatic Sea and has created the homonym artificial lake, the Arachthos river that ...
Myths of the 12 Labors of Hercules
Hercules was born son of Alcmene and Zeus. His father Zeus was also known as the kind of gods who married a mortal woman. Hercules married Megara. Zeus's wife Hera did not however love him so much due to his constant infidelity. It was Hera who caused Hercules to go mad when he was grown up and also happily married. This caused him to kill his children and wife. To cleanse his soul from the sins he committed as a result, he was forced to serve ...
The most famous Lakes in Greece
As a lake we can recognize the body water which is surrounded by land. Lakes around the earth’s area vary greatly in size, depth and also in the elevation in which are located. Most of the lakes contain fresh water from rain, melting ice, snow and rivers or streams and they have shape like a big bowl. In the Greek area there are a lot of lakes separated in two categories: the natural lakes and ponds. The most of them are located in the ...
Tips for Traveling Parents
If you are a parent, you already know how difficult it is to be distant from your children. However, to keep up with the modern day requirements you need to be distant from your children at one time or the other. There is a long list of problems that parents might face while travelling. While these problems are very frustrating, you can always take precautionary measures to avoid such problems. To help you with planning your trip to Greece, this ...
Tips and tricks to make insects stay away from you
As humans we love to believe that we are the first created creatures and we paramount in relation with the rest of the creatures but in actual fact the earth is the home for thousands different species of animals and insects which fortunately prefer to ignore us. OK… most of them. As it’s counted there are 1.500.000.000 insects for each one of us and in this number are included very beautiful butterflies and insects we love to watch but also and ...
Lefkada Island
Lefkada, the "Emerald Isle" is a beautiful island in the Ionian Sea and is situated between Corfu and Kefalonia. It is the fourth largest of the Ionian Islands. The island lies near the coast of Acarnania in western Greece. Many historians such as Thucydides and Strabo mention it in their writings not as an island but as a peninsula. Around the island of Lefkada there are 20 other smaller islands such as Meganisi (sailors' island), Kalamos, ...
Dolphins in Greece
Dolphins are among the most amazing creatures present in waters almost all over the world. They are very intelligent and friendly . You can play with the dolphins without any hesitancy. Dolphins are present in almost each and every ocean of the world. They may also be present in the rivers, but only in some major rivers. Various species of dolphins are found in the Amazon River in Brazil and also in some huge rivers in India. Dolphins are very ...