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Sport Activities

Greece, the country where the Olympic Games were born, is ideal for the development of sports activities as well as holding sports events (sports tourism). During the past few decades, more and more big athletic events in many sports (world championships, European competitions, important international tournaments etc) have been organised in the country, culminating of course in the Olympic Games 2004, in Athens. These sports events have considerably contributed to the construction of many modern bigger or smaller sports facilities, stadiums and training centres for a wide range of sports all over Greece, where both the local people and visitors of the area have the opportunity to practise their favourite sports: from athletics, soccer, volleyball and basketball to tennis, golf, sailing or windsurfing.
Moreover, many hotels provide special sports facilities for their customers (basketball, volleyball, tennis, golf, water sports etc).

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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.