General information on Greece; how to choose the hotel.
Your first sight of Greece (Greek), whether by air or land or sea, will always be of mountains; not the gentle, rounded mountains of Appalachia or the majestic grandeur of the Alps, but a harsh, rocky landscape with a wild and rugged beauty. In Greece, the land is never far from the water for she is surrounded by the Aegean Sea to the east, the Ionian Sea to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south with 1400 islands and a coastline of over 10,000 miles.
Although the mountains comprise about eighty percent of the land, few tourists venture beyond the islands and the more popular ancient sites. In doing so, they fail to discover the very best of Greece and her warm and generous people.
For those who take the time to know her, Greece is a Greece land of more than forty mountain ranges with thousands of acres of deciduous and fir forests, richly decorated, especially in springtime with an abundance of flowers, provides the southernmost sanctuary in all of Europe for bird life, home to the last of the European monk seals that have become endangered and boasts Europe's longest and most spectacular gorges.
Whatever the reason, Greece fills your dreams with the desire to return for an experience that is always bittersweet. The sorrow comes when we say goodbye, and we begin to understand why they say that the Elgin Marbles cry.
Also, be very careful while choosing the hotel, as there are hotels with the same name on different Islands, pay attention on the category.