:thumb149798098: Greece officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), and historically Hellas , is a country in Southern Europe,politically also considered part of Western Europe.
Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islands (approximat