Greece is home to over 6,000 islands and islets, with only about 200 inhabited.
Rhodes is one of the sunniest of those islands with around 300 days of sunshine a year.
Visit our website to discover the ten biggest islands in Greece.
Likewise for the ten biggest cities in Greece.
The island of Hydra has banned cars and motorcycles entirely. Donkeys are the main mode of transportation, making it the ideal place for people suffering from amaxophobia (don’t worry, I had to look it up too).
The Parthenon on the Acropolis originally housed a giant statue of Athena, armed with a 100-foot-tall bronze shield.
In medieval Greece the youngest son inherited the family property in a system known as ultimogeniture.
In some regions of Greece, people place a bowl of salt outside their homes to ward off evil spirits.
The Greek alphabet is the oldest alphabet still in use today. It is the ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts, which are used in many languages worldwide.
The ancient Greeks invented the odometer, the first device for measuring distance.
Greece boasts one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Argos, which has been inhabited for over 7,000 years. And in Britain, the Argos chain of stores is indeed named after the Greek town.
Thanks to its numerous islands, Greece has the longest coastline in Europe, measuring over 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles).
Greece produces about one-third of the world’s olive oil.
The marathon race originated in Greece. According to legend, a Greek messenger named Pheidippides ran from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens, a distance of about 42 kilometers (26 miles), to bring news of the Greek victory over the Persians. This event inspired the modern marathon race, which was first included in the Olympic Games in 1896, held in Athens.
And there you have it. We hope you like trivia, and if you win any pub quizzes, let us know! Back to normality next week.
Mike and Donna