Many destinations rely on a couple of well-worn beauty spots to carry their images as a vacation hotspot. According to CNN, when it comes to Greece, those picture-postcard scenes of blue skies, bluer seas and whitewashed villages are everywhere. The sun-kissed Mediterranean country has enough perfect locations to last anyone a lifetime of vacations. CNN chose 36 beautiful and delicious reasons to travel to Greece.

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1.Naxos Portara

2.Karpathos

3.Ios

4.Fresh seafood

5.Pidima tis Grias

6.Sarakiniko

7.Santorini volcano walk

8.Skopelos

9.Pyrgos the marble village

10.The palace of Knossos, Crete

11.Ouzo

12.The Golden Wreath of Vergina

13.Paros

14.Nafplion Bourdji castle or Nafplion Palamidi castle

15.Pottery

16.Acropolis

17.Rhodes — Lindos

18.Changing of the guard

19.Mycenae

20.Delphi

21.Chania

22.Meteora

23.Corfu town

24.Mykonos Little Venice

25.Monemvasia

26.Melissani Lake

27.Thessaloniki

28.Shipwreck beach

29.Mystras

30.Samaria gorge

31.Agios Dimitrios

32.St Barbara Park

33.Zagoria

34.Street Art

35.Traditional diples

36.Litochoro, the gateway to Mt Olympus