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Central Greece is a traditional geographic region of , colloquially known as Roúmeli. It includes the southern part of the Greek mainland, excluding the Peloponnese but including the offshore island of Evvia.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Athens and Piraeus.

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is the capital city of with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization.

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The is the ancient port of , and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.

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The archaeological site of is a UNESCO World Heritage site near the modern village of the same name in , on the southwestern slope of Mount Parnassus, which is part of a mountain range north of the gulf of Corinth.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Attica and West Central Greece.

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is a region of on the Aegean Sea, historically correspondent with the territory of when it was a City-State in the times of Ancient Greece.

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is in Central Greece. It includes the regional units of Boeotia, Phthiotis, Phocis, Evrytania, and Aetolia-Acarnania.

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, also called Euboea, is a large, windy island in Central Greece. It's so large and so close to the mainland that it has more of a mainland atmosphere than an island one.

Central Greece

Latitude of center
38.51° or 38° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
22.3° or 22° 18′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q190600
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Central Greece” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Greqia Qendrore”
  • Arabic: “وسط اليونان”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Grezia (eskualde historikoa)”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Grezia”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Грэцыя”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় গ্রীস”
  • Bulgarian: “Континентална Гърция”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна Гърция”
  • Chinese: “中央希腊”
  • Chinese: “中希腊”
  • Chinese: “中希臘”
  • Chinese: “希臘中部”
  • Czech: “Střední Řecko”
  • Danish: “Central Greece”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Yunanıstanê Miyanêne”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Yunanıstano Miyanên”
  • Dutch: “Centrall Griekenland”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Grekio”
  • Finnish: “Keski-Kreikka”
  • French: “Grèce centrale”
  • French: “Grèce Centrale”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური საბერძნეთი”
  • German: “Zentralgriechenland”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ελλάδα”
  • Greek: “Στερεά Ελλάδα”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ્રલ ગ્રીસ”
  • Hindi: “मध्य ग्रीस”
  • Indonesian: “Central Greece”
  • Italian: “Grecia centrale”
  • Japanese: “ギリシャ中央部”
  • Japanese: “中央ギリシャ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಧ್ಯ ಗ್ರೀಸ್”
  • Korean: “중앙그리스”
  • Kurdish: “Yewnanistana Navîn (parêzgeh)”
  • Kurdish: “Yewnanistana Navîn”
  • Latvian: “Centrālā Grieķija”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinė Graikija”
  • Macedonian: “сократ”
  • Malay: “Central Greece”
  • Marathi: “सेंट्रल ग्रीस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sentrale Hellas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sentral-Hellas”
  • Polish: “Central Greece”
  • Portuguese: “Central Grega”
  • Russian: “Средняя Греция”
  • Russian: “Центральная Греция”
  • Serbian: “Средишња Грчка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Periferija Centralna Grčka”
  • Sinhala: “මද්‍යම ග්‍රීසිය”
  • Slovak: “Sterea Ellada”
  • Slovenian: “Srednja Grčija”
  • Spanish: “Grecia Central (región)”
  • Spanish: “Grecia Central”
  • Swedish: “Centrala Grekland”
  • Tamil: “சென்ட்ரல் கிரீஸ்”
  • Telugu: “మధ్య్య గ్రీస్”
  • Thai: “เซ็นทรัลกรีซ”
  • Turkish: “Orta Yunanistan”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Греція”
  • Urdu: “سینٹرل گریس”
  • Urdu: “وسطی یونان”
  • Venetian: “Gresa sentrałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Miền Trung Hy Lạp”
  • Welsh: “Canolbarth Groeg”
  • Western Panjabi: “وشکارلہ یونان”

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