The island is for nature lovers where the caretta caretta sea turtles, dolphins and monk seals can be closely observed.

In 2013, on Santorini Island alone, 1,100 foreign couples got married; other popular wedding destinations are Crete, Monemvasia, Rhodes, Kos, Mykonos, Paros, and Athens.

One in three children in Greece is overweight or too obese for their age. According to the new research of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Greece, along with Italy, Slovenia and the United States are the member states of the organisation where the problem is most serious. The situation in the rest of Europe is not better.