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Cheap Holidays in Greece!
If Greece is your destination for this summer,
you now have the widest choice of holidays
at your finger tips.Whether you are looking for a holiday on
the Greek Mainland or one of the many islands,
you will find the cheapest holiday available
to Greece, right here at www.hotcheapholidays.co.uk.With guaranteed sunshine throughout the summer,
glorious beaches and with the Ouzo flowing,
your dream holiday to Greece is here.Search holidays through our interactive search,
which offers a comparison of holidays in
Greece, from the cheapest suppliers, or go
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this region.
Greece Fact File
Population: 10, 688,058 (July 2006 est.)
Size of Country: 131,940 sq km
Capital City: Athens
Time Zone: GMT+2
Location: Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Seas,
Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between
Albenia and Turkey
Climate: Temperate;mild, wet winters, hot, dry summers
Language: Greek 99% (official), English, French
Telephone Country Code: 30
Electricity: 220 volts
National Holidays: Independence day 25 March (1821)
Religion: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
   
Interesting Facts about Greece
* The official name of Greece is the Hellenic
Republic.
* Athens is the capital of Greece. It is
also the most populated city in the country.
* Ancient Greek civilization comprised of
Southern Italy, the coastal areas of Turkey
and the Black Sea, along with some colonies
in North Africa, Southern France and Spain.
Modern Greece is just a part of it.
* 80 percent landscape of Greece comprises
of mountains. Only one half of the country
is covered by forests, the other half is
barren.
* There are about 3000 islands in Greece.
However, only a few hundred of them are inhabited.
* Greece boasts of having 7,000 (limestone)
caves, which form 24,000 km of underground
galleries.
* Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in
Greece, with a height of 2,919m. It is believed
to have served as the home of the Gods in
the ancient Greek religion.
* The renowned Belgian pralines Leonidas
have been named after the 5th century BC
King of Sparta, who was homonymous.
* There are as many as 63 different folk
dances in Greece.
* The popular yo-yo toy, the second oldest
known toy in the world, originated in the
days of ancient Greece, around 3,000 years
ago.
* Traditionally, Greeks have been known to
celebrate their name days, rather than their
birth dates.
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