Traveling Hellas do not forget to visit Mycenae. Longtime Greeks believed that Mycenae was built by Perseus cyclops. At the end of XIX century, Heinrich Schliemann excavated the remains of the policy: the city walls, gates, palace and a royal necropolis. Nearly three thousand gates, with their huge bas-relief of two lions (hence the name) are considered naidrevneshim example of monumental sculpture in Europe.
Nafpleon City - In 1829, the first ruler of Greece, John Capodistria made its official capital of the country. Now it is a port city with very beautiful buildings, lots of cafes and hotels, an island with a fortress opposite the harbor and one great fortress on the hill near the city. Archaeologists have excavated and concluded that the city existed here since the days of Mycenae.
ancient Greek city of Present-country Sparta , which is associated with muscular poluogolennymi Spartans and harsh living conditions, please visit its ruins. Remnants of once magnificent city, the enemy of Athens, an ardent enemy of Persia, whose tragic proportion so fascinating writers and historians, the stones have passed the language spoken on the outskirts of modern Sparta, laid back in the XIX century. Not far from here - well-preserved ancient city of Mystras , which was once the capital of the Byzantine Empire. They say the walls of buildings and Mithras are stones of age-old Sparta.
Olympia - the city, which hosted the famous Olympic games - meets old temples, which once worshiped Zeus and his wife Hera. There are still remnants of the stadium with paths and platforms, where in the VIII century BC, first lit the Olympic flame. Unique for the whole of Greece and the world is the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. You can dive into the depths of the millennia, to admire the exquisitely beautiful culture of the ancient world, then to enter the blinding sun in my thoughts and to revive those times and the life.
In ancient temples at Olympia is an Orthodox church of St. Andrew, the largest in the Balkans, where he kept his power.
Greece has so many archaeological sites, many opportunities to literally touch history, that in time the local authorities are scattered in the streets of fakes of ancient coins to tourists to take home with them the possibility of this souvenir, instead of chipping at the memory of some ancient bas-relief.
However, in the Peloponnese is a mark not only the ancient times. Here the story is frozen and Bronze times right up to the Middle Ages with its monasteries and castles. Here you can relax and slow down. Residents live without any fuss, quietly, with relish. And the mood of the guests passed the peninsula very quickly. Indeed, why bother? Under my feet so much history around the greens and the sea and the sky - bright sun wise. Is not it paradise?
And if you heaven on earth ossotsiiruetsya exclusively to the sea and the sun, then select the two weeks in Greece and the island of Kos with the tour operator travel Biblio. I recommend staying on vacation, live, and on the island of Kos for more ancient monuments of human history. Here, wide beaches, almost oceanic, good fine hotels that are far from each one. And the hotel - only the beach, sand and sea.
Enjoy!