Santorini, Greece Travel Blogs

Lava... Brilliant.
Aug 29, 2006 (57 photos)

... views, great people, relaxing on bizarre black volcanic rock beaches and, occasionally, just one too many drinks. Santorini? Brilliant. After a shaky start, Greece has finally delivered and ended on a high. So, to the top 5. In all honesty, ...

Greece PART II - Santorini
Jun 21, 2005 (10 photos)

Mmmm... on the 4th and 5th day of the tour, I was taken to the beautiful island Santorini. :] This island gives a very good impression on visitors from afar, as the ship approaches the port. The white color of the houses comes into view through the steep ...

Cabs and coughs.
Sep 4, 2002 (2 photos)

... would sit somewhere high up and look down at the water (cough cough), stunning views. I picked myself up a bit of a reputation on Santorini, there is a queue for Cabs and you just wait along the side of the road till the cab shows up. So we had been ...

Life on the edge of a super volcano
Apr 11, 2006 (20 photos)

... of human ingenuity and a joy to see - the bizarre combination making for a truly unique Greek islands experience. Fira is Santorini's capital, located on the eastern rim of the main island. At this time of year it's a delightful jumble of ...

Santorini
Oct 2, 2008 (16 photos)

Where Mykonos is perfect for chilling on the beach and strolling through the white washed town, Santorini is full of stimulating activities and has a much more vibrant character. It is only half the size that it once was due to a long history of violent ...

Relaxing in the Cyclades
Jun 16, 2006 (31 photos)

... hitting the town for some dancing at night. We even got offered jobs at the bar! We then travelled on to Santorini, which is exceptionally beautiful. The island roughly forms a circle of high cliffs surrounding the "caldera", a sea-filled crater that ...

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY !!!!!!!!!!!
May 14, 2006 (20 photos)

... to get brochures about other islands from several so-called travel agents - they don't have brochures on other islands, only Santorini. In fact, they don't have any brochures on any other country and they can only book you a flight if you provide the ...

On to Santorini
Jun 24, 2008 (7 photos)

A little more beach time in the morning and Katie gave away our floatie to an Italian family who didn't understand what we were doing and thought Katie was trying to take advantage of them... after much apprehension the kid finally realized it was hers to ...

Our first stop in the Aegean
May 17, 2007 (14 photos)

... bus schedules and rent a car - but by the time we got to Athens, our patience was spent and the overnight boat for Santorini left in 2 hours. Perfect. We got on board and quickly scoped out the Canadians (there are a lot of Canadians here); the druggies ...

Scooter heaven
May 13, 2006 (24 photos)

... crowded. Just below our perch a sunset wedding was taking place and as it has always been my girlfriends dream to have a Santorini wedding, I just thought I would rub salt into her wounds with this photo. Tip #19 When viewing the sunset in May, ...

Aegean Sea Islands, part II: Santorini
May 18, 2008 (19 photos)

... described.  What we do know is that, like Knossos, advanced Minoan civilizations thrived, then disappeared on Santorini because of the eruption (see mural photograph).  These civilizations would have been distant memories to Plato's Athenian ...

Call that a tour
May 15, 2006 (5 photos)

... gremlin kicked in again this morning. We packed up and headed to Fira to get the Volcano and Hot Springs tour before leaving Santorini to destinations as yet unknown. Three more travel agents in Fira could not give me any further ideas how to get off the ...

Hail from Atlantis er... Santorini
Sep 13, 2008 (17 photos)

... we found out, is still active and creates enough steam on certain days to envelop the whole island in a deep fog. Nowadays Santorini is thus a gigantic ring of jagged rocks about 3-500 meters tall around a deep blue caldera, and crowned with a ...

Santorini at last!!
May 12, 2006 (10 photos)

... saw and took the first hotel offered at a reasonable price and made sure the bus transfer was thrown in. I have wanted to visit Santorini for many years now and it's a bit of an anticlimax to arrive at night and the only impression you get is the snippets ...

Santorini: descent into the caldera
Apr 13, 2006 (25 photos)

... visit the Prehistory Museum and check out some of the details from various volcano-addled peoples resident on Santorini throughout time. Basically it's a showcase of Minoan relics sourced from their ancient settlement of Akrotiri, buried Pompeii-style ...

Greek Island #3 - Thira (Santorini)
Sep 6, 2005 (13 photos)

... on every ferry i've hopped onto so far haha, so i went over and chatted to him for a while. Upon arriving at Santorini (actual name 'Thira'). It was so beautiful just rocking up with the gigantic crater cliffs surrounding all around you, as it we ...

Celebrating and Sunbaking... more Greek Islands
Oct 10, 2005 (5 photos)

... Getaway reporters enjoying it but in the end our expectations were exceeded (although Katrina Rowntree always gets the best hotels!). Santorini today is a result of a volcanic eruption in what was once the middle of the island around 3000 years ago. The ...

Santorini
Oct 5, 2000 (12 photos)

We had a stunning boat ride past the cliffs with the bright white town of Santorini stretching along the ridge. We then really hit the jackpot in Santorini with our choice of studio, which was located on the black sands of Kamari beach. The place was ...

Santorini...This place is Paradise
Jun 27, 2007 (28 photos)

So this morning, we finally arrived in Santorini - managing to get off at the Correct island this time! Santorini is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! It was formed from a volcano, and it is a very steep, mountainous island, with absolutely beautiful views of the sea ...

Santorini
May 13, 2005 (6 photos)

... were black (or red in the case of the aptly named 'Red Beach') which is something I was not expecting. Geologically, Santorini is very different to the other islands I visited giving it a completely different feel. We visited the pre-historic city of ...

Santorini
Sep 18, 2008

... It seems so unfair that we were only there for 3 or 4 hours, but I'm stuck in horrible Athens for 3 days. Santorini is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast from Greece's mainland. ...

To Santorini and beyond...
Aug 6, 2006 (64 photos)

... cheap seats I think. I went in the springs, can now tick that one off my list. So after less than 24 hours on Santorini, we boarded our next, and last ferry to Piraeus Port. Interesting ferry ride I guess. We were sitting in first class until Paros, ...

Santorini
Dec 21, 2007 (13 photos)

yesterday morning was quite a trip, but we made it here to santorini. i guess i should have remembered mine and durham's travel advice from our dutch friend saskia that 'it will all work out and you shouldn't worry about anything'. we got on the ...

The Greek Islands
Aug 2, 2009 (5 photos)

... the sun goes down. It's a little strange not having a fully packed day, but it will be nice. Tomorrow I catch a ferry from Santorini to Athens, and then a flight from Athens to Barcelona. As for the camping, it is going really well. The tent we bought for ...

The absolute best island
May 11, 2006

... hours which was ridiculous. I am definitely coming back. I would say so far that the ultimate romantic trip would be just Myknonos and Santorini. But we heard rumors it is massively expensive to stay on Santorini. Time for Andrew to win that lottery.

Volcano, Hot Springs, and Sun!
Jun 2, 2008

... much cheaper. So after we did that we drove into the main town, Fira. We went into some really cute shops, taste-tested Santorini's famous sweet wine and then stopped at a coffee shop to enjoy the night and our surroundings. After coffee we drove to the ...

The Greek Isles
Jun 17, 2006

... the bus. It was bizarre. Luckily we guessed the right stop to get off at and were able to purchase Ferry tickets for that night to Santorini. The boat was to leave at 10pm and get there at 7am. When we got on the boat, it was huge, like a not-so-nice ...

Sedate Santorini
Nov 17, 2008 (32 photos)

... took pictures and hunted for volcanic rocks. After the excursion to the red cliffs, we drove to the broad beaches of Santorini´s Eastern coast. Finding another deserted beach town, we parked in the middle of the road and spent a bit more time relaxing ...

Pictures from Paradise
Jul 18, 2005 (5 photos)

I remembered my camera this time so this entry will basically just have pictures of Santorini. I'm leaving today to spend three nights on boats to go to Croatia. I might just have to splurge and get an actual seat on one of the boats. My mom was ...

Santorini
Jun 18, 2007 (10 photos)

Sunday 17th June   I am writing this note from the balcony of our villa in Oia, the northern most point of Santorini, perched high on the edge of the caldera overlooking the beautiful Aegean Sea.  It is 8.30pm and we have just watched a ...