Because no one else is there, and you get all the beautiful archaeological sites to yourselves! We just got back from a trip there, and it seems all the other tourists stayed home. It was great, if cold. In fact, it was colder there than in Rome. The temperature was probably about the same (in the 40s Farenheit), but it was windier in Greece. We also encountered some snow in a couple of high-altitude spots.
The food was great, but alas, the coffee was ... um ... not so great. (I guess I've just become used to the taste of Italian coffee, and the choice of Nescafe / chewy Greek coffee / weak cappuccino just doesn't cut it.) A pleasant surprise was the ubiquity of pastry shops. Greeks apparently love pastry, cookies and baked snacks, and there are good bakeries everywhere. We quite enjoyed the not-too-sweet but rich in flavor cookies. The fresh, warm-from-the-oven spanakopita (spinach pie) was also a treat.
Pictures of spots around our driving tour of the Peloponnese coming soon.
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