About Greece
Full Country Name: Hellenic Republic
Location: South Europe between Albania and Turkey
Languages: Greek, English, French
Currency:  Euro (EUR). Euro Dollers are circulated in the denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 notes.Coins are circulated in denominations of 1, 2,5, 10, 20 and 50 cent, 1 and 2 Euro.
Capital: Athens
Climate: Temperate, Mild, Wet Winters; hot dry summers
Time Difference: IST (-) 21/2 hrs.
Major Cities: Thessaloniki, Patra, Kalamata, Volos, loannina, Kavala, Sparta, Alaxandroupolis.

Greece is located in southeastern Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula. The Greek mainland is bounded on the north by Bulgaria, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Albania; on the east by the Aegean Sea and Turkey; and on the west and south by the Ionian and Mediterranean Seas. The country consists of a large mainland; the Peloponnesus Peninsula, connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth; and more than 1,400 islands, including Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, and the Dodecanese and Cycladic groups. Greece has more than 14,880 kilometers (9,300 mi.) of coastline and a land boundary of 1,160 kilometers (726 mi.).

About 80% of Greece is mountainous or hilly. Much of the country is dry and rocky; only 28% of the land is arable. Greece has mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. Temperatures are rarely extreme, although snowfalls do occur in the mountains and occasionally even in Athens in the winter.