SANTORINI

SANTORINI :

Santorini swarms with summer tourists, but the setting of this Greek Isle is so picturesque and geologically striking that you should visit Santorini on your first trip to Greece.
The white-washed villages are perched on Santorini’s high steep volcano rims and the views of the sheer cliffs and deep-blue bay are breathtaking. Together, they make Santorini a jewel of Greece.Santorini" defines the group name of all the islands you see on the map below. It is also the name used to identify the largest of those islands. This creates confusion among travelers.

Many visitors are cruise passengers.Deep harborTheir giant ships can sail into the caldera bay because it's quite deep.LandingCruise tourists land at a wharf at the base of the caldera's cliff. Fira is directly above, but a long way up the cliff. Reaching FiraYou can walk up a zigzagging pathway, but it's exhaustingly steep and long. On my first visit to Santorini, the only other option was to ride a donkey up that footpath. It was fun, but is not for everyone. There is now a new option: modern cablecars. For those who want to make the ascent the old way, the donkeys are still around. They have been unofficially dubbed the taxi of Greece.

Santorini has many interesting restaurants. Some have outdoor terraces overlooking the caldera bay. They are great spots for viewing the celebrated Santorini sunsets. The experience will be one of your most treasured memories of Greece.It's lively in Santorini, especially in the village of Fira. For the young, the clubbing-till-dawn culture is well entrenched.