Greece

Capital - Athens. Official language - Greek. The national flag - 9 white and blue stripes with a cross - meet the nine syllables of the national motto - "Freedom or Death" Greece - a unitary state composed of 52 administrative units - oblasts (polynomials). In 1983, legislation established that local issues ignorant councils elected by the people by direct election.

Greece is increasingly associated at all with the warm sun, blue sea, white houses, the aroma of coffee with a glass of cold water and a variety of evening entertainment - in short, with everything that has to slowness, relaxation and recreation. Anyway, this is the country where you can relax, combining business with pleasure spending their holidays by the sea can be parallel to see all the sights in recreational areas and their surroundings. And in fact, in both cases, is striking diversity - both in the natural landscape as well as in the historical strata.

In Greece, despite its small size, due to the geographical extent, surprisingly diverse nature - the nature, similar to the Hawaiian Islands to the high "Swiss" villages and ski resorts with snow on the knee.

Nowadays, Greece - is one of the most popular and safest tourist destinations over the last 20 years there has been a significant development of the tourism infrastructure. Moreover, thanks to modern technology and the improvement of services, life in the villages is virtually no different from the city life - except that a measured pace. The people here are very hospitable and welcoming sociable.

In Greece are not many wild species, their populations are small In Greece are not many wild species, their populations are small. This is due to multi-millennial history of this country - more than 8000 years, people actively slaughtered animals and plants on the territory of Greece. Here are typical of small animals: rabbits, badgers, porcupines and various types of mice. Large mammals are the most common bear, jackal, fox, lynx and wild boar. Many species of animals listed in the Red Book, including the Mediterranean sea turtles and monk seals. Numerous in Greece reptiles snakes and lizards. Among the birds most commonly seen wild ducks, kingfishers and partridges, and predators - owls, eagles and vultures.

Greece has distributed more than 5,000 species of plants Greece has distributed more than 5,000 species of plants. Widespread in Greece are small plants and shrubs: maquis and freegan. Chalkidiki common pine forest. Distributed cypresses and plane trees. The age of some several thousand years. Olive is very common - one of the most valuable trees in Greece and the whole Mediterranean.