Greece Travel guide

Capital: Athens 
Government: parliamentary republic 
Currency: euro (EUR) 
Area: 131,940 sq km 
Population: 10,688,058 (July 2006 est.) 
Language: Greek 99% (official) 
Religion: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% 
Electricity: 220V/50Hz (European plug) 
Calling Code: +30 
Internet TLD: .gr 
Time Zone: UTC +2

  Greece is a country in Southern Europe, on the southernmost tip of the Balkan peninsula, with extensive coastlines and islands in the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas. It shares borders in the north with Albania, the FYROM, Bulgaria, and Turkey. It has an ancient culture that has had a significant influence on the arts, language, philosophy, politics, and sports of western society, including the genres of comedy and drama, western alphabets, Platonic ideals and the Socratic method, democracies and republics, and the Olympics. Furthermore it's a geographically appealing place to visit, with a mountainous mainland and idyllic island beaches.