Have you lot been deterred from visiting Hellenic Republic yesteryear the repeated strikes , unrest as well as dubiety over the country's economy? (Today's Times: Clashes equally bang brings Hellenic Republic to standstill over austerity measures).
Italy may select its ain problems but you lot would in all likelihood move justified inwards thinking it a amend vacation prospect at the moment. Greek colonies inwards Italy - grouped together nether the parent Magna Graecia - were an of import role of the ancient world. Some of the almost powerful as well as famous Ancient Greek cities were on what is forthwith Italian soil. So if you lot desire to postpone a trip to beleaguered Hellenic Republic , you lot could sense Greek history , museums as well as superb ruins inwards southern Italy or Sicily instead.
Here are only about suggested destinations for Greek ruins inwards Italy , or for museums containing of import Greek exhibits
> Siracusa - Greek Syracuse was a contender to Athens. Siracusa , equally it's forthwith called , is inwards Sicily , as well as has an first-class museum , a large as well as interesting archaeological zone - including quarries where Athenian prisoners were incarcerated - as well as a Greek temple converted into a cathedral. The lively coastal town is a expert all-round destination.
> Paestum - atmospheric Greek temples inwards the pump of the countryside inwards Campania , due south of Naples as well as the Amalfi Coast
> Agrigento - on the southern coast of Sicily , Agrigento is famous for its 'Valley of the Temples'. Agrigento's UNESCO listing notes "Agrigento was i of the greatest cities of the ancient Mediterranean basis , as well as it has been preserved inwards an exceptionally intact condition. Its non bad row of Doric temples is i of the almost outstanding monuments of Greek fine art as well as culture."
> Segesta - an isolated temple inwards the Sicilian countryside , close Trapani
> Aeolian Islands - the Aeolian Islands , off the shore of Sicily , select been of import trading posts for millennia as well as though in that place aren't imposing Greek ruins , in that place are many tombs as well as a museum (on Lipari) containing an of import collection of model theatrical masks as well as pottery.
> Reggio Calabria - the archaeological museum inwards Reggio Calabria , southern Italy , contains only about of the finest extant Greek sculptures , the Riace bronzes.
> Rome - many of greatest sculptures of Ancient Hellenic Republic ended upwards inwards Rome as well as only about , along amongst Roman copies of Greek plant , tin move seen the non bad museums of Rome.
