Central Greece : pictures
Central Greece : Discover
Never been to Greece before? Well, you must already know a little about it! Of course, it brings to mind beaches, blue skies, feta cheese, olive oil, salads and the letters sigma (Σ), delta (Δ), omega (Ω), psi (Ψ) and phi (Φ). It also brings back school memories: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, the Lioness Gate of Mycenae, the Olympic Games, the oracle of Delphi... Then there's the Acropolis of Athens, Alexander the Great, the twelve labors of Heracles, the twelve gods of Olympus, Homer'sIlliad, Angelopoulos' cinema, Orthodox churches, the Corinth Canal, Les Enfants du Pirée, perched monasteries, the financial crisis of 2009... But also be prepared to be surprised by ski resorts, the wines of Nemea and Naoussa, hiking in national parks, some of the world's richest museums, Frankish castles, Venetian fortresses, Ottoman mosques..
