Judge for yourself: "big land" - please! Part of Greece is located on the Balkan Peninsula surrounded by southern European countries. The smaller peninsula is the Peloponnese, where you can get across the Corinth Isthmus.
For your information, in ancient times, the city of the same name was the most important trade center due to its favorable location: two gulfs (Corinthian and Sardonic), several harbors, Athens is just a stone's throw away - some 78 km. Lovers of archeology, do not miss a moment to visit modern Corinth: just 7 km from it there is an archaeological reserve, the main "feature" of which is Mount Acrocorinth with the remains of the acropolis.
Do you like splashing in the sea? Choose any - Aegean, Ionian or Mediterranean with three thousand islands in addition.
Something is missing for a complete set ... Perhaps mountains! On this score, I have the following story in store: according to legend, during the creation of the world, God distributed the land between countries, sifting it through a sieve. Everyone got a little, but soon only stones remained at the bottom of the sieve, which the creator threw over his shoulder. This is how Greece appeared - the most mountainous country in Europe: 80% of its territory is covered with hills of various kinds. The most impressive mountain range - Pindus (or Pindus) - stretches from the northwest of the country to the Peloponnese. This is not the Swiss Alps, of course: the average climb is only 2650 meters, but there is also Olympus - the abode of the celestials and the highest point in Greece (2919 m).
The list would be incomplete without canyons and gorges. And here Greece has something to boast of: the Vikos Gorge in the Pindus Mountains is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the deepest canyon (about 1 km) with a distance between the edges of only 1100 m. the Tifmi massif and several villages of Zagoria.
Zagoria deserves special mention: for 1000 sq. km. there are only 45 villages sheltered with a total number of inhabitants of about five thousand. It is not difficult to calculate the population density in this area - five people per square kilometer. Compare with the rest of Greece, where 73.8 residents are forced to huddle on a 1000 by 1000 meter patch. We are urgently going to Zagoria!
By the way, Vikos has only one rival - the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Vikos National Park is also good because it is not spoiled by mass tourism. Hiking along the Voidomatis River is the lot of individuals, mainly from Western Europe.
Note that with such a rich landscape, Greece is a small, compact country. For comparison: its total area is slightly below the size of the state of Alabama ...
The largest and most populous area in Greece. Do not confuse it with the independent state of the same name, the former Republic of Yugoslavia, which is located next door and shares 228 km of the land border with Greece. Of course, once both Macedonians, together with parts of Bulgaria and Albania, were part of the powerful empire of the same name. For the Greeks, independent Macedonia is a sore subject to this day. Despite the UN recognition of the Republic of Macedonia (or “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” - that is what the full name sounds like), a rare Greek will remain indifferent when mentioning neighbors. Personally, I really liked the "little" Macedonia - I spent two weeks there, traveling by bicycle. However, she did not dare to enter Greek territory that time, fearing visa problems.
However, let's return to Greek Macedonia. It is here that Mount Olympus is located, the ascent of which usually begins in the city of Litochoro, which means "City of the Gods". Olympus is crowned with two peaks - Mitikas ("The Nose") and Stephanie. There is no need for special sports training for the ascent of the peaks - an ordinary hiking trail goes upward, as in some Polish or Slovak Tatras. It is surprising why the first ascent to the "Olympic" peak "" was made only in 1913?
Any part of Macedonia is easily accessible from the capital of the region, Thessaloniki.
A good travel portal dedicated to Macedonia: http://www.macedonia.info/.
Another historical area that Greece shared with Turkey and Bulgaria. This northeastern corner of the country gave birth to many celebrities, both mythical (musicians of Orpheus and Museos) and real: the philosopher and mathematician Democritus, as well as the founder of sports medicine, Herodicus. The latter was one of the teachers of Hippocrates.
Among the notable towns, I would mention Komotini, the center of Greek handicrafts. The city nestles at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains, 6 km away is the Nimfaya National Park with hiking trails leading to the ruins of two Byzantine fortresses. In addition, in the city itself there are three good museums - Archaeological, Folk and Byzantine art.
Thrace
If you are going to go to Greece and do not want to be completely dependent on a Russian-speaking guide, then you need to know at least an intermediate level of English. And if you want to try to travel around Greece on your own, visiting non-tourist places, if you want to experience the real Greece in the countryside and on the seaside, then here you need to learn Greek at least at the very basic level and learn to read at least the simplest inscriptions.
By the way, you may remember some letters of the Greek language from school, from physics or mathematics lessons, where “alphas”, “nu”, “pi” and “omegas” were used to denote different physical and mathematical quantities.
Greek: alphabet, pronunciation
For a Russian-speaking person, Greek is quite simple to read, the eye gets used to writing letters quite easily, and the brain easily begins to put letters into words. The thing is that the Slavic writing originates precisely from Byzantium, from the Greek language, therefore some letters are very reminiscent of Russian ones. In addition, in Greece they both hear and write, so knowing the alphabet and some simple words and phrases, you can already communicate and read the inscriptions.
The Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters, the table below shows the names of the letters and how they are read:
The purpose of some establishments can be identified by identification pictures. Such pictures on showcases or signboards indicate hairdressing salons, cafes, and restrooms. By the way, often in Greece the toilet is designated in the international format - WC.
We will present the basic phrases in Greek for oral communication immediately in the form of transcription (pronunciation).
In principle, both hotels and restaurants in Greece will understand you, even if you speak to them in English. And many hotels also have Russian-speaking staff. But even if you learn at least a few words and phrases in Greek (welcome, thank you, please) and use them when communicating with the locals, you will give them great pleasure. As a result, the already hospitable Greeks will become even more hospitable and benevolent to you.
Climate of Greece
The climate of Greece is particularly mild, with warm, humid winters and hot, slightly dry summers. The swimming season in Greece lasts more than five months - from mid-May to the velvet season at the end of October. When is the best time to travel Greece? Experienced travelers strongly recommend not to miss April and early May - at this time, nature takes on a special, charming and delicate beauty, the sun has not yet come into full force, and gives pleasant warmth, not summer heat.
Navpactus. The place where ships are built.
When traveling in Western Greece, be sure to visit the city of Nafpaktos, the second largest city in the nome (region) of Aetolia and Acarnania. It is located on the northern shore of the Corinthian Gulf near the Rio-Antirio Bridge and 215 kilometers from the capital of Hellas. The population of Nafpaktos is about 18,000. Translated from Greek, the word "navpakt" means "the place where ships are built." The history of this city originates in the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. According to one of the legends, Heraclids, the descendants of the Great Hercules, who then crossed to the Peloponnese, built their fleet here. In 455, helots-slaves who rebelled against Sparta settled here, who later became allies of Athens in the Peloponnesian war against Sparta. In 429, a naval battle took place near the city, the result of which was the victory of the Athenian fleet. The city recognized Macedonian hegemony in the 4th century BC. NS. Subsequently, it became one of the provincial towns of the first Roman and then the Byzantine Empire. After the Fourth Crusade, Lepanto, as Nafpaktos was called in those days, became part of the Greek Epirus kingdom. In 1401, the city was annexed to the Venetian Republic. Despite the heroic resistance of the population and military units of the city, it was taken by the Turks in 1499. The next milestone in the history of the city was one of the largest naval battles in the entire world history - the Battle of Lepanto. In this bloody battle, the united fleet of the Holy League (an alliance of influential European states) inflicted a crushing defeat on the naval forces of the Ottoman Empire.
How ancient greek warriors dressed
Halkidiki. Sithonia. Nikiti.
The tourist infrastructure in Nikiti is at a high level. Comfortable and modern hotels in Greece will give you an unforgettable stay. Restaurants and small colorful cafes offer their visitors Mediterranean cuisine, national dishes and seafood dishes according to unique recipes known only to local chefs. Holidays in Greece are, of course, tasting light and unique wines made from local grapes.
The charming town of Sitia
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To the question Please explain where the expression comes from - as in Greece, everything is there? given by the author reed the best answer is From the film "Wedding", filmed in 1944. Faina Ranevskaya played one of the main roles in it.
Probably, it became a proverb after the popular movie "The Wedding" based on the vaudeville of the same name by AP Chekhov. In an episode of the film, the Greek Dymba (Osip Abdulov) and the bride's father (Alexey Gribov) walk past the festive table, drink and have a conversation:
Mother of the bride (Faina Ranevskaya): - Do not poke the lobster with a fork, this is set for the general.
Father of the bride (Dymbe): - There are lobsters in Greece.
Dymba: - Yes, there are lobsters in Greece.
Walk along the table
Father of the bride (takes the bottle, Dymbe): - Let's repeat it.
Mother of the bride (taking away the bottle): Why repeat in vain? ! This is delivered for the guests.
The bride's father (nodding over his shoulder at her mother): - Are there tigers in Greece?
Dymba: - Yes. There is.
(laugh)
- Greece has everything!
Father of the bride: - Are there lions in Greece?
Smoke, gesturing with a fork with a snack, boastfully: - Yes. Greece has everything!
They come up to the table, father pours vinegar, oil from herring into a glass, and peppers. Smoke first tries to stop, confused. Father nods at mother, Dymba points at her, they giggle conspiratorially
Father of the bride: - Well, Kharlampy Spiridonovich, shall we repeat?
D.: - Let's repeat.
O. N .: - Let's repeat!
M.: It's time to sit down at the table!
O. N .: - Yes, mommy! (kisses) Have a drink! Drink from my own supplies! (holds out a glass with the mixture)
D.: - Have a drink.
They clink glasses, the mother kisses both of them, looks affectionately into the frame, drinks, a close-up on her face, the "conspirators" disappear.
In the comic scene, the phrase "Greece has everything" becomes synonymous with bragging. In the text of A. Chekhov's vaudeville "The Wedding" the phrase "Everything is in Greece" carries a tragicomic meaning:
"Zhigalov (Dymba). Let's repeat, or what? (Pours it.) You can drink at any moment. The main action, Kharlampy Spiridonych, is not to forget your business. Drink, but mind your business ... And if about a drink, why not drink ? You can have a drink ... To your health!
Do you have tigers in Greece?
Smoke. There is.
Zhigalov. And the lions?
Smoke. And there are lions. This is not a single thing in Russia, but in Greece everything is there. There I have my father, and uncle, and brothers, but here I don’t have anything.
Zhigalov. Hm ... Are there sperm whales in Greece?
Smoke. Everything is.
Nastasya Timofeevna (to her husband). Why drink and eat in vain? It's time for everyone to sit down. Don't poke the lobster with a fork ... This is for the general. Maybe more will come ...
Zhigalov. Are there lobsters in Greece?
Smoke. There is ... Everything is there.
Zhigalov. Um ... Are there collegiate registrars? ..
The Greek does not quite speak Russian. Perhaps he does not understand Zhigalov's questions at all. For Dymba "Greece has everything" - there is a family, a Motherland, and here - a foreign land.
Answer from 22 answers[guru]
Hey! Here is a selection of topics with answers to your question: Explain, please, where does the expression come from - as in Greece, everything is there?
Answer from Just a fox[newbie]
wait for the answer, the most interesting!
Answer from Oksa[guru]
Movie "wedding"! DON'T REMEMBER? Ranevskaya, Garin, Gribov.
Answer from Special[guru]
In my opinion, from some of Chekhov's works ... There, a drunken guest at a wedding constantly pestered a certain Greek (who, obviously, had never been to Greece either) with questions: “Is there anything in Greece?” To which the Greek answered him: “Greece has everything!”
Answer from European[guru]
The film "Wedding", two drunks find out what is in Greece, at the end it turns out that everything!))
Answer from Andrey Lukyanov[active]
due to the geographical and historical peculiarities of Greece,
very developed trade, culture, crafts, wine making and much more
one of the first democracies
Answer from Zhukov[guru]
Chekhov should be read, well, or a film adaptation to watch, the film was like that, there was a marriage, there was the groom Garin, and the father of the bride, damn it, I don’t remember who, but oh well, he drank bitter ideologically and in large quantities, and his partner was the Greek , in a Turkish fez and after each glass, a pretty drunk father asked if there was such a baida in Greece, to which the Greek answered yes, in Greece everything is there and so the whole film
Answer from Andrey Volobuev[guru]
Greece is a country that remained on the ruins of the most powerful and richest empire of BYZANTIA.
There were about 1000 cities in Byzantium - almost as many as in modern Russia.
The fabulous wealth, beauty and sophistication of the capital of the empire, Constantinople, literally shook the European peoples, who were in a state of deep barbarism during the heyday of Byzantium. One can imagine, and history tells us the same thing that the rude and ignorant Scandinavians, the Germans, the Franks, the Anglo-Saxons, for whom the main mode of existence at that time was primitive robbery, getting from some Paris or London with a population of tens of thousands people in a million-strong metropolis, in a city of enlightened citizens, scientists, brilliantly dressed youth crowding at the imperial university, only dreamed of one thing: to seize and rob, rob and seize. By the way, when they first succeeded and the troops of the Europeans, who called themselves crusaders, in 1204, instead of liberating the Holy Land, treacherously broke into Constantinople and captured this most beautiful city in the world, they exported the treasures of Byzantium in an endless stream of 50 years.
The phrase "Everything is in Greece" thanks to the film "The Wedding" based on Chekhov has become a winged one.
And what is, this is a big question ??? All news agencies insist that Greece is the weak link of the European Union, that the crisis and Greece are synonymous words, that Greece is bankrupt, in general, there is no money - there is no happiness. Let's leave politics to politicians and try to form our own opinion about Greece.
We fly to Crete. Crete is considered one of the most self-sufficient regions and the largest of the islands in Greece. Greeks are great patriots, and in Crete it has a hypertracted character. Cretans think that Crete is the center of the world. It looks especially cool in the town of Anogea. Residents are sincerely convinced that Anogea is located at an equal distance from Asia, Africa and Europe, located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, which, in turn, is, according to the name, “the middle of the earth”. In general, the navel of the Earth and nothing else. It is enough to look at the map to understand that this is, to put it mildly, an exaggeration.
The Greeks believe that Greece is the cradle of civilization and the world owes literally everything to them - from the ability to build houses to the ability to speak. Ancient thought really gave the world the great mathematicians Euclid, Archimedes and Pythagoras, the brilliant historians Herodotus and Plutarch, the famous doctors Hippocrates and Asclepius. It was the ancient Greeks who first put forward the idea of democracy (people's self-government). It's like that. This is ancient Greece.
Today, the coastal towns of Crete are remarkably similar to Turkey. The same bars on the embankments - with intrusive barkers at the entrance, the same shops - are open from morning till night (only instead of scarves with belly dancing monists here they sell olive soap and sea sponges).
Greece today is ruins, olives and fur coats framed by myths and legends.
Ancient Greek mythology made Crete especially prominent. Here Zeus was born in one of the local caves. It is believed with pleasure that there are a huge number of caves in Crete, they were formed as a result of the long-term action of water on limestone rocks. Many caves are tourist sites. Some - because they are associated with myths, others - because important historical artifacts, such as rock paintings, were discovered in them. According to legend, in one of the caves, the mother of Zeus hid from her husband, who ate all his offspring for fear of losing power. The nymphs were engaged in the upbringing of God, and when Zeus matured, he entered into a struggle with his father and, having defeated him, became the owner of the sky. From the marriage of Zeus with Europe, three sons were born: Minos, Radamant and Sarpedon. During the reign of Minos - the right eager and wise king, Crete became a wealthy country in which culture and art flourished, and the people lived in peace and justice.
The myth of the Minotaur is associated with Minos. Poseidon, in order to punish Minos, forced his wife, Queen Pasiphae, to fall in love with a bull. From unnaturalness After the queen's relationship with the bull, a monster with a bull's head and a human body named Minotaur was born. Minos locked the monster in a labyrinth - a tangled dungeon in the dungeon of his palace, which Daedalus built. All these are myths - except perhaps the palace. Remains of a structure with a tangled pla It was actually unearthed at the beginning of the twentieth century. In the palace of a thousand rooms, located on several floors, a lighting system and even a sewage system have been thought out. Of course, the Palace of Knossos is the most famous attraction in Crete.
The myths in Greece are treated with great fondness - as part of their own history. And even if the place has nothing to do with ancient legends, the Cretans will find some kind of relationship: "This mountain looks like a sleeping Zeus." Well, Zeus is so Zeus!
Bright houses, cobbled streets, shops dazzling with all the colors of the rainbow. The windows are decorated in such a way that it is impossible not to stop to gaze: either dozens of pairs of shoes are piled in a huge glass aquarium, or a wild leopard bra is sharpened in a cage.
An amazing thing, after all, is the Cretan cuisine. Ask any inhabitant what Cretan cuisine is, and you will hear that this is the only correct way to eat, proven for millennia, and what Zeus himself ate and praised. Archaeological excavations have shown that up to 4,000 years ago, the Cretans ate almost the same as they do now. In a Minoan palace, large earthenware jars were found that were used to store olive oil, grains, vegetables, and honey. In Crete, they eat everything that the generous sun and sea give them.
Most of the island's population has crossed the 80-year mark, the mortality rate from cardiac diseases and cancer is extremely low. Such indicators are primarily associated with the fact that residents consume a huge amount of olive oil. All the inhabitants of the Mediterranean use it extensively, but in Greece, food literally floats in oil. Olive oil is really healthy. On Crete, olive trees are grown by all and sundry, as well as apple trees in our country. Therefore, many families use homemade oil - natural, without preservatives and chemical additives. Although it is not done manually. Collected olives, as a rule, are handed over to oil mills. One caveat. In the homeland of olives, in Greece, all olives are called olives. In Spain with Italy too. And in the “homeland of elephants”, in Russia, green olives are olives, and black olives are already olives ... So, olives for an average Greek citizen are like vodka for a Russian. They literally cannot live without them. According to the Greek "code of honor", a table without these shiny, different-sized berries is completely inappropriate. There are literally countless varieties of olives in Greece. And the Cretans also eat a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits, 4 times more than their neighbors - Italians and Spaniards.
The sea in Greece is of a completely unreal color. Crystal clear off the coast, it turns a piercing blue on the horizon. The sea is gorgeous, the beaches are clean, the mountains are covered entirely with useful vegetation: pine trees, eucalyptus, cedars. And the hotels are quite decent, but what else is needed for a good rest?
