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THE BEST ACTIVITIES TO DO IN SANTORINI

Ideas and tips for a stay full of pleasant surprises.
Best time to Visit Santorini

Best time to Visit Santorini

A lot of people might wonder when is the best time to visit Santorini.  Well, the beggining of the Fall is definately one of those times. The Aegean water is still warm in September and October, most days are sunny, and daytime temperatures...

Ifestia Festival 2013 – Events Santorini

Ifestia Festival 2013 – Events Santorini

Photo credit: Klearchos Kapoutsis / Foter / CC BY Αs it happens every year, 3 rd Saturday of Augost, the municipality of Santorini organises a dramatically realistic representation event of volcanic explosion with fireworks and sounds, traditional dancing, costumes,...

Experience Scuba Diving in Santorini

Only scuba diving lovers can really appreciate the unique experience of the underwater world. In Santorini this feeling is definitely greater, as you get the chance to see the distinctiveness of the bottom of this sea: the volcanic stones and the...

Beautiful island of Santorini

Beautiful island of Santorini

Beautiful island of Santorini is yearly surrounded, by thousands of tourists, who are coming to enjoy the natural beauty of the island and try the tasteful, gastronomic dishes which are products of the local tradition. Today, after recent excavation at archeological...

Easter on the island of Santorini

Easter on the island of Santorini

Easter Sunday is the holiest of holidays in Greece. The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar when calculating Easter and that is why it does not fall on the same day as it would for the rest of the world. Besides being a great holiday, Easter also marks...

Feast and festivals on Santorini island

Feast and festivals on Santorini island

Today we talk about religious feasts on Santorini island. If the Greek population is well  known for the big pride that shows towards its thousands of years old culture and for its joyful and lively character, it doesn't surprise anyone that national and popular...

How to reach Santorini.

How to reach Santorini.

The island of Santorini is located 200 km southeast from Greece and it is accessible by plane from places like Athens, Crete, Rhodes, Mykonos and most European capitals. Then there is the sea journey which is a classic of the islands of Greece, it takes longer than...

Feste ed eventi

Dopo aver visto le feste religiose dell’isola, che come nel resto della Grecia vengono festeggiate con grande trasporto e sentimento popolare, oggi conosceremo altri eventi che animano Santorini, in particolare i festival culturali e musicali che rallegrano le sue...

The Island of love: Santorini at the cinema

The Island of love: Santorini at the cinema

The stunning scenery that this island offers, the strong contrasts of color, the narrow streets, the sea and especially the fascinating sunsets of Oia, in the years inspired many artists: writers, photographers and filmmakers. These include the award-winning...

Santorini… not only seaside

Santorini… not only seaside

A little island hosting 4 museums, that I advise you to add to your list of visits on Santorini island. Knowing the dimension of Santorini you can think that there are only beaches on it to see. Actually among the notewhorty places there are some museums you can't...

Strolling around in Fira

Strolling around in Fira

Perched on a side of the ancient crater of the volcano, it is the town of the blue and white... the colours of the sky. Fira or Thira is the chieftown of the island of Santorini. The name has two possible origins. Maybe it comes from the ancient name of the island or...

What is the Caldera?

What is the Caldera?

If you are planning your trip to Santorini, seeking information on-line you'll sure find in a guides or hotel's description the word: "CALDERA" To discover the meanings of this word , we need  go back in time, was the 1450 BC when the catastrophic eruption of the...

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