Greece and the Greek Islands are one of the favorite tourism destinations in Europe. Greece consists of more than 1,400 Greek islands popular for the clean beaches with crystal clear waters, their long history and Greek hospitality. Mykonos, Santorini

The largest Greek island by area is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The second largest island is Euboea which is separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the central Greece periphery. After the third and fourth largest Greek Islands, Lesbos and Rhodes the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.

The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: The Argo Saronic Islands in the Saronic gulf near Athen, the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean Sea, the North Aegean Islands, a loose grouping off the west coast of Turkey, the Dodecanese, another loose collection in the southeast between Crete and Turkey, the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of Euboea, and the Ionian islands, located to the west of the mainland in the Ionian Sea.