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Greek Islands
Greece
A whitewashed Greek Orthodox church greets visitors to Thera.
Photograph by Anne B. Keiser

The Greek islands are like musical instruments that form an orchestra in their seas—each has an individual timbre and signature tune.—Patricia Storace, author of Dinner With Persephone

Explore the Greek Islands with writer Nicholas Papandreou in the October 1999 issue of TRAVELER.

LEARN MORE

Aegean: The Aegean Map of Greece
http://agn.hol.gr/hellas/map.htm
Click on the map to call up plenty of historical, geographical, and travel information on each of the island areas.

Dilos Holiday World
http://dilos.com
This travel guide delivers the basics about destinations, hotels, and activities throughout Greece.

Embassy of Greece
http://www.greekembassy.org
The official Web site of the Greek Embassy in Washington D.C., offers general information about Greece and Greek life. The tourist information section includes descriptions and histories of the Aegean Islands.

Go Greece
http://www.gogreece.com
This comprehensive guide has just about everything you will ever need to know about planning a trip to Greece.

Hellas Guide
http://www.hellasguide.gr
An exhaustive guide to all aspects of travel in Greece, this site includes everything from destination guides to video clips.

Helios
http://www.helios.gr
Helios offers listings of travel agents, descriptions of some of the islands, hotel information, and travel-related links.

Tourism in Greece
http://behemoth.compulink.gr/
tourism/index-en.html

Use the clickable map to navigate through a tour of 149 of the Greek islands.

Tourist Guide of Greece
http://odysseas.com
Searching for something specific? Check here. This site features a Greek travel search engine.

Travel in Greece
http://www.travel-greece.com
This wide-ranging site provides links to travel-related companies, information on Greek food and music and—you guessed it—another clickable map where you can access regional information.

Webhotel
http://www.greekhotel.com
This easily navigable site specializes in hotel information but also offers virtual tours of almost every island and a special area on scuba diving.

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