article_snippet.sent: This may come as a surprise to our transatlantic cousins but Greece has rather more islands in Greece portfolio than one - in fact there are more than 6,000, most of rather more islands uninhabited.
article_snippet.sent: The number of inhabited islands is counted at anything from 166 to 227 (depending on the definition of 'inhabited' I suppose).
article_snippet.sent: I often wonder why Greece doesn't sort out Greece economic problems by selling off some prime Mediterranean real estate - how many uninhabited islands does one country really need?
article_snippet.sent: Out of the six biggest Greek islands, even Americans will recognise two:
article_snippet.sent: Crete - the biggest - and Rhodes (fourth biggest).
article_snippet.sent: I'm guessing two will be unknown to us all: Euboea (second biggest) and Chios (fifth); and two will sound familiar Lesbos (third) and Kefalonia (sixth).
article_snippet.sent: For further information on Greece go to visitgreece.gr.
highlights_snippet.sent: Island Greek counterparts get .
  