The Greece map shows the map of Greece offline. This map of Greece will allow you to orient yourself in Greece in Europe. The Greece map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa has land borders with Albania, the Fyrom and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast as its mentioned in Greece map. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islands (approximately 1,400, of which 227 are inhabited), including Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount Olympus is the highest at 2,917 m (9,570 ft).

Occupying the southern most part of the Balkan Peninsula, Greece and its many islands (almost 1,500) extend southward from the European continent into the Aegean, Cretan, Ionian, Mediterranean and Thracian seas as you can see in Greece map. Crete and Evia are its two largest islands and major island groups include the Argo-Saronic, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian, Northeast Aegean and Sporades.

Transport in Greece has undergone significant changes in the past two decades, vastly modernizing the country infrastructure. Although ferry transport between islands as its shown in Greece map remains the prominent method of transport between the nations islands, improvements to the road infrastructure, rail, urban transport, and airports have all led to a vast improvement in transportation.

Greece on map shows the map of the country Greece. Greece on the map will allow you to plan your travel in Greece in Europe. The Greece map labeled is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Greece is home to a series of ancient volcanoes, including those on the islands of Kos, Methana, Milos, Nisyros, Poros and Santorini as its mentioned in Greece on map. None are currently erupting, and the last recorded significant eruptions occurred on the island of Nisyros in 1887/1888, and on the island of Santorini in 1950. The Peloponnese Peninsula is slightly separated from the mainland by the Corinth Canal, a 4-mile long man-made canal through the Isthmus of Corinth. This narrow canal is used primarily for shipping purposes.

Greece (officially, the Hellenic Republic) is divided into 13 administrative regions as you can see in Greece on map (perifereies, singular - perifereia) and 1 autonomous monastic state(aftonomi monastiki politeia). In alphabetical order, the regions are: Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace), Attiki (Attica), Dytiki Ellada (West Greece), Dytiki Makedonia (West Macedonia), Ionia Nisia (Ionian Islands), Ipeiros (Epirus), Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia), Kriti (Crete), Notio Aigaio (South Aegean), Peloponnisos (Peloponnese), Sterea Ellada (Central Greece), Thessalia (Thessaly) and Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean). Situated in north eastern Greece, Agion Oros (Mount Athos) is a monastic community and an autonomous region under Greek sovereignty.

Greece is a product of cultural and political encounters, of the streaming together of ideas, customs, languages, knowledge, and people in southern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean since antiquity (see Greece on map). Greece cultural heritage can be described as largely based on a skillful reshaping of elements from Ancient Greek imagination, Byzantine glories and European Modernity that form a cosmopolitan spirit of modern Hellenism.

The detailed map of Greece shows a labeled and large map of the country Greece. This detailed map of Greece will allow you to orient yourself in Greece in Europe. The detailed Greece map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Greece is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe (see the detailed map of Greece). Ancient Greece is said to have laid the foundation for Western civilization, having a large influence on the Roman Empire and European culture. The Olympic Games originated in Ancient Greece. Athens most recently hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 2004.

Greece has 51 marinas and 14,661 mooring places as its shown in the detailed map of Greece that provide such services as berths, fuel, water and electricity, telephony, and repairs. Some of the most developed and busiest marinas in Greece are just a few kilometres from the centre of Athens. The marinas of Alimos and Flisvos, on the south coast of Athens, have an aggregated capacity of more than 1,800 vessels.

Several kinds of museums as its mentioned in the detailed map of Greece are located in the Hellenic Republic. Most of them can be found in the big cities like Athens, where the famous New Acropolis Museum and the National Archaeological Museum are located. Furthermore there is a vast number of galleries like the Athens National Gallery Εθνική Πινακοθήκη. There are many museums in Thessaloniki too, like the Byzantine Museum. Overral, there are approximately 150 museums all over the country which are easily accessible for the tourists

Map of Northern Greece shows the North part of the country Greece. Northern Greece map will allow you to easily explore areas of the North of Greece in Europe. The map of Northern Greece is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Greece northern mainland is dominated by the provinces of Macedonia and Thrace as its shown in the map of Northern Greece. Each has been part of the Greek state for less than a century – Macedonia (Makedhonía) was surrendered by the Turks in 1913 while Greek sovereignty over western Thrace (Thráki) was not confirmed until 1923 and there is still a sizeable ethnic minority population.

Diversity should be northern Greece second name – the region stretches across more cultures and terrains than any other in the country. Mighty civilisations, including Macedonians, Thracians, Romans, Byzantines, Slavs and Turks, have left traces here and this is nowhere more apparent than in Greece second city, Thessaloniki (see the map of Northern Greece) – a magnetic place that breathes history and character, and has the best food in the country.

The northern part of Greece, which as you can see in the map of Northern Greece shares borders with several Balkan countries and Turkey, is a distinct destination. In the east is the country cultural capital, Thessaloniki, where ancient ruins sit next to modern apartment buildings in architectural anarchy. The majority of the city majestic palm trees were ripped up during the dictatorship, so for greenery, head west through the mountainous region full of cliffs, gorges, and forests to the north’s other major city, lakeside Ioannina.

Map of Southern Greece shows the South part of the country Greece. Southern Greece map will allow you to easily explore areas of the South of Greece in Europe. The map of Southern Greece is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Separated from the rest of the country by the Gulf of Corinth, the southern region of the country, known as the Peloponnese as its mentioned in the map of Southern Greece, truly does have something for everyone. Stunning architecture and relics chronicle the history of Greece, with a specific emphasis on its contributions to warfare and athleticism. Medieval and Byzantine architecture, including palaces of the peninsula various conquering cultures, demonstrate the deeply pluralistic influences that have shaped modern Greece.

The entire southern portion of mainland Greece forms a peninsula lying to the south of the Gulf of Korinthiaks as you can see in the map of Southern Greece. Technically, this region, the Pelopnnisos, also known as the Morea, is now an island, for the 3.9-mile (6.3-km) Korinthiakós Canal cuts across the narrow neck of land that formerly separated the Gulf of Korinthiaks from that of Agina (Ayina).

The Pelopnnisos of southern Greece consists of an oval-shaped mountain mass with peaks rising to 7,800 feet (2,400 metres) and four peninsular prongs, which point southward toward the island of Crete (Modern Greek: Krti). At its heart are the arid limestone plateaus of Arkada (Arcadia) as its shown in the map of Southern Greece, where streams disappear underground into the soluble rock and from which the barren upland of the Tygetos (Tayetos) Mountains, reaching an elevation of 7,800 feet, extends southward to form the backbone of one of the southern peninsulas.