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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece

Last updated on: March 27, 2012 12:13 IST
The island of Ios is seen from the Blue Star Paros vessel as it departs from the island during a nine-hour trip to the Greek islands of Paros, Naxos, Ios and Santorini, in the Aegean Sea.

The Greek government debt crisis is one of a number of current European sovereign debt crises. Beginning in late 2009, fears of a sovereign debt crisis developed among investors concerning Greece's ability to meet its debt obligations due to strong increase in government debt levels.

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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece

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An Albanian worker carries a bag of cement during renovation works at a hotel build on the edge of the caldera at the volcanic island of Santorini.

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Tourists make their way in front of the Propylaia at the archaeological site of the Acropolis hill in Athens.

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Tourists holding umbrellas look at the temple of the Parthenon during a hot day in Athens.

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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece

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A Greek passenger seen on the Blue Star Paros vessel during a nine-hour trip to the Greek islands of Paros, Naxos, Ios and Santorini, in the Aegean Sea.

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A coachman drives alongside the coast on the Greek island of Spetses.

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Presidential guards perform a change of shift in front of the parliament in Athens.

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Spanish students pose for a photograph at the columns at Attalos arcade in Athens.

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Tourists sit on a hill outside the archaeological site of the Acropolis due to a 48-hour strike by Culture Ministry employees.

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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece

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Tourists take photographs near statues in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

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A man working at a souvenir shop walks next to masks on display at the touristic Plaka area in Athens.

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A tourist tries a hat outside a souvenir shop at tourist district of Plaka in Athens.

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A woman walks outside a souvenir shop at Plaka tourist district in Athens.

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Tourists enjoy a meal at tourist district of Plaka in Athens.

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Tourists ride on a coach at the tourist district of Plaka.

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Tourists wait in front of anchored ships during a 48-hour labour strike at Piraeus port near Athens.

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A man reads a book inside a hall of Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos airport, during a work stoppage by air traffic controllers opposing government's plans for a new austerity package.

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Tourists stand in front of a closed urban railway station in Athens.

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Foreign tourists wait with their luggage in the port of Piraeus near Athens during a strike.

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A tourist bus makes its way past a protest rally by motorcyclists against a new austerity package at Constitution (Syntagma) square in Athens.

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Tourists walk with their luggage during a strike in the port of Piraeus, near Athens.

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Tourists carry their luggage during a strike by taxi drivers as they try to reach the airport in Herakleion.

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A Spanish couple hug while standing next to tourist buses that are stuck during a 24-hour strike at the port of Piraeus, near Athens.

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A tourist waits next to policemen securing an entrance of the archaeological site of the Acropolis hill in Athens.

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Tourists run from teargas in central Athens during anti-austerity protests.

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A tourist walks in front of the Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill in Athens.

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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece

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Tourists sit on a hill overlooking Athens outside the archaeological site of the Acropolis due to a 48-hour strike by Culture Ministry employees.

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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece

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A young boy runs in front of the temple of the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill in Athens.

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A man films inside the temple of the Parthenon on the first day that scaffolds were removed from the monument's exterior after years of restoration works in Athens.

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A couple looks at the temple of Zeus. left, and the hill of the Acropolis in Athens.