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Search for your perfect Greece holiday with The Co-operative Travel. Holidays to Greece and the Greek islands are perennially popular with UK tourists and that is perfectly understandable given that Greece is in the top 20 of most visited global destinations.
Although the majority of the 18million tourists visiting Greece annually travel there at the height of summer Greece holiday deals are available all year round, even during the cooler temperatures of a Grecian winter.
It is the intoxicating mixture of ancient classical attractions, guaranteed summer sun and lively evening entertainment that help cement Greece holidays in UK travellers’ hearts. Package holidays to Greece are available to a huge array of destinations, from the mainland including the delightful Peloponnese to the hundreds of inhabited Greek Islands.
The Ionian Sea borders Greece’s west coast and includes such well-known islands as Corfu, Kefalonia and Zante. On the eastern coast the Aegean Sea contains a whole host of scenic and popular island groups including the Cyclades in the west and the Dodecanese in the east. The Cyclades, a group of over 220 islands is easily accessible from the Greek capital of Athens by ferry and among its most notable names are the two volcanic islands of Milos and Santorini, known collectively as Thera.
The Dodecanese in the southeast Aegean is made up of an archipelago whose names are very familiar with holidaymakers such as Kos, Samos and the largest of the group Rhodes – home of the Colossus.
Crete, the largest and most southerly situated of the Greek Islands, is one of the more popular locations for UK visitors. Resorts such as Rethymnon, Hersonissos and Malia attract a wide variety of families, singles and couples making holidays to Crete extremely popular.
Whether opting for the islands or mainland, holidays to Greece offer an exhilarating suffusion of sun, sand and friendly hospitality from the locals. Indeed, the whole mix adds up to an incredibly pleasurable and relaxing break and explains why many visitors to Greece can’t wait to return.
Because of the sheer choice of locations cheap holidays to Greece are always in demand, all year round. Check out the latest availability at The Co-operative Travel.