If you’re one of the millions of tourists that every year choose to spend their holidays in Greece, congratulations. You’ve just booked yourself a ticket to one of the world’s oldest and most amazing cultures, a perfect blend between past and present, East and West. With a blend of ancient archeological sites and modern buildings, as well as well preserved beaches, and a cuisine that’s a mixture of ancient Greek tradition with Western touches as well as a very rich Turkish influence, you’ll be amazed at what you’ll find and taste in the country.
The Greek people are warm and welcoming, as they are used to and also very grateful for receiving tourists. Of course, you should always watch out for possible price increases in the “tourist menus”, as well as petty crime like pick pocketing or the old technique of trying to rip you off while giving you back your change for something. But for the most part, you’re very unlikely to find dishonest people.
In Greece, the English language is widely spoken, and recent years have seen an increase of people speaking Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Unfortunately for French and German tourists, not so many places cater to their language as to the four mentioned above, but all of that can be solved with a couple of words in English.
