A single trip isn't sufficient to tour the entire country. You must choose: The Greek islands or the Greek mainland; the Greek beaches or the Greek monuments; Ancient Greece or Byzantine Greece; tranquil Greece or tourist Greece ; And you must choose once more, amongst the islands. The Country's history and the history of the people- is particularly rich and complex. From the Neolithic period to our days, Greece has known a series of rich civilizations- Cretan, Mycenaean, Classic, Byzantine- but also a series of vicissitudes which have brought their sudden disappearance or their slow disintegration.