You may find a lot of marvelous places to travel in the southern part of Europe, but one of the most amazing of all is Greece. This country is neighbor to Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and it is the only country in EU that doesn't have a shared land frontier with another member in the EU (but that might change with the 1st of January 2007 when it is scheduled for Bulgaria to join the EU). This peninsular and mountainous country dominates the seas from its natural borders, the Aegean and Ionian seas. The surface of Greece, including the Greek islands, represents a total of 131940 square km, divided in 130800 square km of land and 1140 square km of water. Its coastline is 13676 km long.

Located in the Mediterranean Sea, the weather in Greece and the Greek islands consists of two major seasons, a wet season and a dry season. It has dry, hot summers and in July and August it is highly unlikely to see any rain and mild winters. Snow might fall in winter in the mountains. The lowest average temperature in Greece is in one of the Greek islands, in Rhodes, in January and it sinks as low as 5.70 C, but the maximum average temperature rises to 15.20 C. As you can see the temperature does not sink below 00 C, that's why the winters are mild. In summer however the average temperatures rise between 22 and 330 C in July and August, making the summer hot and dry. The highest average temperature is in Crete because it is the most southern of all the Greek islands.

One the great characteristics of this country are the great number of islands. There are over 2000 Greek islands scattered in the neighboring seas, the Aegean and the Ionian seas. The majority of the Greek islands are in the Aegean Sea, between the mainland and Turkey and these are divided in a number of regions as follows: the Saronic, the group of islands that is closest to Athens, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, the group closest to the Turkish coast, Crete, the largest island, the Sporades and the northeast Aegean group, which consists of Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria and Samos. The small number of islands in the Ionian Sea includes the Greek islands of Corfu, Ithaki, Kefalonia, Kithira, Lefkada and Zakynthos.

The lowest point in Greece is in the Mediterranean Sea at 0 m of height and the highest point is the Mount Olympus at 2917 m, about which the Greek mythology speaks a lot. Greeks invented stories, also known as myths which talk about gods and virtues and educate about life. The stories present characters who are personifications of some aspects of their social life or of various forces of nature. The Gods the Greek created were a sort of idealized feature of the human psyche to which every Greek aspired. Known all over the world, the Greek mythology inspired many people and tourists come to visit Greece just to be able to see and imagine how the ancient Greeks felt while writing their stories. A place where you can find a lot of ruins of the past is the island of Crete.

Crete is the largest island of Greece. It is the closest to the Equator and has a warm climate that welcomes thousands of tourists every year. Crete is a beautiful place to visit with unique landscapes and a varied fauna and flora that one can not easily forget. If you would like to visit Crete, the first thing you should do is search the web for sites that provide traveling services.

A very good website you should visit is crete-guide.co.uk. The provided information will help you with every detail of your journey allowing clients to enjoy their traveling experience to the fullest. The site recommends flights that arrive in and depart from Crete, resorts that you can visit and the services they provide and proposes some very appealing deals on accommodation, car rentals, hotels and a lot more. With their help, your stay in Crete should be unforgettable. So don't hesitate to search, learn about your options and compare them to be sure you're getting the best arrangement for your trip to Crete.