All Crete properties at a glance

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Click the map to enlarge and view the places where we have properties, mainly situated in the western part of the island.

Greece consists of a mountainous and craggy mainland jutting out into the sea at the southern end of the Balkans. Greece has the 10th longest coastline in the world with over 15,000 kilometres; its land boundary is 1,160 kilometres (721 mi).

Four fifths of Greece consist of mountains or hills, making the country one of the most mountainous in Europe. Western Greece contains a number of lakes and wetlands and it is dominated by the Pindus mountain range. Pindus in Greece has a maximum elevation of 2,636 metres (8,648 ft) and it is essentially a prolongation of the Dinaric Alps.

The climate of Greece can be categorised into three types that influence well-defined regions of its Greece territory. The Pindus mountain range in Greece strongly affects the climate of the country by making the western side of Greece (areas prone to the south-westerlies) wetter than the areas lying to the east of Greece (lee side of the mountains).

Greece Tourism

The Tourism Industry of Greece is a major source of foreign exchange earnings and revenue accounting for 14.3% of Greece's total GDP and employing (directly or indirectly) 659,719 people in Greece (or 16.5% of total employment). In 2005 Greece welcomed almost 18 million visitors and in 2006 that figure almost reached the 20 mn mark.

The Greece culture evolved over thousands of years in Greece, with its beginnings in the Mycenean and Minoan Civilizations in Greece, continuing into Classical Greece, the birth of the Hellanistic Era in Greece and through the influence of the Roman Empire and its Greece Eastern successor the Byzantine Empire. In Greece the Ottoman Empire also had a significant influence on Greece and its Greek culture, but the Greek war of Independence is credited with revitalizing Greece and giving birth to a single entity of its multi-faceted culture throughout the ages. Greece is often known as the cradle of Western Civilisation.