Η Τήνος μέσα στους καλύτερους λόγους για να επισκεφτείς την Ελλάδα, σύμφωνα με το CNN

CNN) — Many destinations rely on a couple of well-worn beauty spots to carry their images as a vacation hotspot.

When it comes to Greece, those picture-postcard scenes of blue skies, bluer seas and whitewashed villages are everywhere.

The sun-kissed Mediterranean country has enough perfect locations to last anyone a lifetime of vacations. And there's seldom a better time to celebrate them on the week of Greece's national day, March 25.

Here are 36 beautiful -- and delicious -- reasons to travel to Greece:

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Pyrgos the marble village

Pyrgos, on the munciaplity of Tinos, is a haven for marble.

Courtesy Municpality of Tinos

Despite the onslaught of mass tourism, there are thankfully many Greek islands still overlooked by the big tour operators.

Apart from the usual slew of beaches, Tinos sits on marble quarries since antiquity and its inland village of Pyrgos has no fewer than three museums devoted to marble.

The location of a very demanding sculpture school, it sports a marble bus stop, several marble technicians' ateliers and a cemetery that can double as an exhibition gallery of marble statuary.