sábado, 18 de agosto de 2007

Descriptive essay "Greece"

Greece

Its official name Hellenic republic, Greece has an abundance of resources that tourists with ecological and cultural interests will find attractive. The wealth of cultural like ecological resources, constitute a special comparative advantage of the country for those interested in the conservation of cultural diversity, bio-diversity and eco-systems. These resources are marked by their wide variety, rareness and distinctiveness and are found in many places of which have already been placed under special protection.

Greece has a nature very rich and diversity, with places where there’re a high ecologic value like the coasts, high mountains, special caves, lakes, rivers and many things more that they make a beautiful landscape, with the clime of this country and all the nature Greece is a ideal destination for ecotourism and alternative forms of tourism. When traveling in Greece foreign people can explore national parks not merely in the mountainous regions of the mainland, but also on some islands or in the proximity of rivers and lakes, watch and admire rare birds species in refuge in coastal ecosystems and visit the unique marine parks supported near the islands of Alonissos and Zakynthos, which provide shelter to two protected species, the Mediterranean monk seal and the Mediterranean green loggerhead turtle, also people can participate in extreme sports like canopy, rafting, hydrospeed etc.

Likewise foreign people can lodge in many places and hotels around the city and there are many special forms of tourism that give the opportunity to enjoy more their activities with programs like therapeutic–spa tourism, religious in the monuments of the Greek Orthodox religion are an integral part of the national heritage and attract a considerable number of visitors, the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine churches with their important mosaics, murals and rare icons, the chapels and shrines of the countryside, the monasteries, metochia and sketae, the unique monastic state of Mount Athos and the Meteora monasteries speak for the intense dedication to their traditions and the connection with the religious and the art. In many regions of the country foreign people also have the opportunity to come across buildings and places of worship belonging to other doctrines and religions. Also people can enjoy of ecological tourism, agrotourism etc.

On the other hand the foreign can’t say that they were in Greece without visit some museums, more than 207 of them are supervised by the Ministry of Culture and 107 are privately owned. Visitors are afforded the opportunity to admire unique artifacts and scientific achievements produced on Greek territory more than 6.000 years ago. On the whole, Greek museums and art collections are categorized as archaeological Museums and Collections,Byzantine Museums and Collections, Historical and Folk Art Museums ,Greek Art Museums (Ancient, Byzantine, Modern Art) ,Asian Art Museums ,Visual Arts Museums and Picture Galleries ,Theatre Museums ,Cinema and Photography Museums ,Music Museums ,Naval Museums, Natural History Museums, Science and Technology Museums.

In conclusion Greece is a very beautiful country, its museums, history, nature and many things for the foreign people, a country with many years of culture and a wonderful place for remember where we come and where we go.

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