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Greek Gastronomy

The unique tastes of Greece guarantee that you are in for many culinary surprises during your stay in the country. Contrary to common belief, you will discover that Greek cuisine is not only moussaka, souvlaki and choriatiki salata, but has a wide variety of dishes that can meet the culinary demands of both meat-eaters and vegetarians in an extremely satisfying way.
Things could not be different, anyway, in the country that gave birth to symposiums and the Epicurean philosophers. It was, in fact, Archestratos who, in 330 B.C., wrote the first cookbook in History, and reminded us that cuisine is a sign of civilisation.
Greece has a culinary tradition of approximately 4,000 years. Nevertheless, like most national cuisines, Greek cuisine has both influenced others and embraced ideas from its eastern and western neighbours.

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General information

Official name
Hellenic Republic

Geographic Location
Southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula in South East Europe

Capital and largest city
Athens ( 3.3 million )

Area
131 940 sq km

Population
10.7 Million

Time Zone
GMT + 2

Curency
Euro

Official language
Greek

Neighbouring countries
Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey

Highest point
Mount Olympus (2,918 meters)

Lowest point
Mediterranean Sea (0 meters)

Longest rivers
Evros and Axios

Landing place
Athens, Thessaloniky, Rhodes, Corfu

Electricity
220 volts, 50 Hz

Ethnic groups
Greek 98%, other 2%

Religion
The Greek population is composed of a 97% of Christian Orthodox. The rest of the population is Muslim, Roman Catholic and Jewish.