Greece GuideGreece 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. HotelsFind hotels in Athens, Mykonos, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Alykes and more. AthensAthens, is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.7 million inhabitants. MykonosMykonos is a popular tourist destination in the Greek islands of the Cyclades group, situated in the middle of the Aegean Sea. ThessalonikiThessaloniki), is the capital of the region of Central Macedonia, and is, at about a million inhabitants, the second largest city in the country. Greek IslandsMost visitors to Greece want their trip to include, or even to be devoted to, the islands, but may initially be bewildered by their number and variety. Central & Northern GreeceCentral and Northern Greece is the large, varied upper two thirds of Greece which, apart from a few scattered famous attractions, is still relatively untouristed, though much of this area offers rewarding destinations that deserve to be better known. CreteCrete is the largest of the Greek islands and is the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea - after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. AtticaAttica is a region of Greece on the Aegean Sea, the location of the city of Athens. PeloponnesePeloponnese is a region in south Greece. Originally a peninsula connected to the rest of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth, it is now cut off from the mainland by the narrow Corinth Canal, spanned by bridges connecting Peloponnese to Attica across the canal. South Aegean IslandsThe South Aegean Islands are a region of Greece. Travel amongst the islands using the extensive Greek ferry network, many boats of which head to or from Piraeus on the Greek mainland. Sea of CreteThe Sea of Crete is the region south of the Aegean Sea that is at the north of the island Crete and south of the Cyclades.