The best activities to visit Santorini
Ideas and advice for a stay full of pleasant surprises.
All Roads lead to Fira
No question about it. Santorini is famous for a lot of reasons. The unique sunset, the caldera, the red beach the amazing Vinsanto wine. But it's also famous for the fact that donkeys are indeed a very important mean of transportation on the island. They carry...
RED BULL PARKOUR 2013 – Santorini
THEY ARE BACK! Santorini again this year will host 18 of the world's best free running athletes ready to impress the crowd with their tricks, runs and drops. RED BULL PARKOUR 2013 will be held in Santorini on the 14th (main event) and the traditional paved narrow...
Important exhibition
14/9: Opening of the-solo painting exhibition of Irini Drossou, entitled “Internal Dialogues”. The Santorinian artist, a restless mind that experiments once again looking for new abstract means of expression, will present her new work (oils & mixed technique...
MEGARO GYZI FESTIVAL August 2013 – Santorini
MEGARO GYZI in Santorini again this summer surprises us with its perfect selection of artists that will perform there. August is not only about the moon in Santorini but about excellent performances as well. Saturday 10/8: The festival continues with the jazz trio of...
“Beijing Love Story” in the magnificent island of Santorini
One of China's biggest media companies WANDA MEDIA has started filming "Beijing Love Story" in the magnificent island of Santorini. "Beijing Love Story" is the movie following a very successful Chinese TV series with over 30 billion projections on the Internet!! The...
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...
Santorini Museum of Musical Instruments
Apart from the standard archeological museums a visitor can find in Santorini where he can admire the advanced pre-historic civilization of the island and appreciate its long history he can also visit other museums such as the museum of Ancient, Byzantine and post -...
Have you heard of Frappe?
The unique Greek way to drink iced coffee in the hot summer days. Frappe is served everywhere in Greece and Santorini could not be any different. Get your chance to relax at the caldera ordering your own frappe ("sweet", "medium", "extra sweet ", with milk or no milk)...
Feast of Panagia Episkopis – Santorini Events
Feast of Panagia Episkopis: perhaps the most important of all Santorini religious festivals and the largest of the All Saints days, this celebration is held in the middle of August and features lively feasting, drinking and partying. It is , as every other Saint’s celebration on the island , a great opportunity not only for locals but for tourists as well to get together and participate in a genuine Greek “γλέντι” (revelry).
LA PONTA CASTLE – EXHIBITION & WORKSHOP
THE PROJECT A new addition on the list of “Things to do in Santorini”. First open to the public in 2012, the La Ponta Project undertook the restoration of a Venetian tower, and within its’ walls create a tribute to the culture and musical traditions of Greece. ...
Music in Santorini
Every summer Santorini is visited by musicians from Greece and abroad. There is nothing quite like going to a live happening under the full moon or on the Caldera. Most of the concerts feature popular Greek singers such as Anna Vissi, Alkinoos Ioannides and Vasilis...
Fly to Santorini!
Are you going to start to organize your holiday on Santorini island? Today we take a look on Easyjet flights from UK to Santorini. As I wrote about useful information on Santorini, the best way to get to this island is going there by plane. Santorini is mostly a...
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...
Traditional Santorinean “kantouni”
A path into the past...Traditional Santorinean "kantouni", a narrow village alley. During your visit in this magnificent island make sure to visit also villages like Megalochori or Emporio and take this journey into the past...
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...
L’isola di Santorini vista dai nostri blogger
Decidere di festeggiare il primo anniversario di matrimonio a Santorini è stata senza dubbio una scelta azzeccata. Come dire, il posto giusto al momento giusto. Santorini non è un'isola come tutte le altre anche solo per la conformazione. Il tramonto di Satorini è...
Santorini: sustainable architecture and art of the human genius
Santorini is the ancient example of sustainable architecture and art of the human genius. The island is characterized by many traditional villages, made up of white buildings, fortified on steep cliffs with a height between 150 and 300 meters. This view takes your...
Travelling in Greece is Safe? The tranquility of Santorini is waiting for you.
Greece was the scene of riots and subjected to harsh austerity measures. "Making the end of Greece" was the nightmare of all countries affected by the crisis and think that until recently the same sentence could be an omen: a land of culture, the cradle of...
