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Santorini Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Santorini, Greece
Another interesting ride...
Today is the last day of being in beautiful Oia, Santorini. We decided to end it with a walk down to the glistening waterfront. That meant a 250 stair walk down to the water! The family enjoyed a seafood dinner as we all admired the water in front of us. ...
Its Windy in Santorini!!!
So we've spent the last 2 1/2 days here in Perissa on the island of Santorini. It is absolutely gorgeous here... and very cheap. Again, our hotel is 12 euros a night with a pool, bar, and its about 30 metres to the beach/ocean. There are tons of greek ...
Greece summary
... the 45 minute hike starts, only to find out that the site workers were on strike for the last 2 days I would be in Santorini. The other major site, Akrotiri, was also closed because a roof or something collapsed. I guess someone doesn't want me to see ...
Life on the Rocks
... ! At 2.30am another ship came to rescue us and we eventually left about 4am. The local authorities gave us all a bottle of Santorini wine and the cruise line doled out 200 Euro pp to buy a change of clothes and toiletires. It was manic onboard people ...
Relaxing
The sun poured into the window as I rustled out of bed. Holly and I managed to make our way up to the lovely breakfast that was served every morning. We ate up big and then relaxed by the poolside. Before we knew it lunch time was upon us and we were all ...
Smiling on Santorini
Hey all so I made it to Santorini. My ferry was over an hour late, and while it's kinda fun being in a boat if I could do it again I would probably take the 30 min flight instead of the 3 1/2 hour boat ride. But I'm here and its even more ...
Santorini, Greece
... at the island which, due to its port size, required that we ride tender boats (local passenger boats) to the shore. Santorini is an ancient volcano caldera that makes up around 4 islands. Thira (most tourists just call it ...
Time to put my feet up
... overlooking the ocean. It felt surreal having all of us there, some of my favourite people in the world on this little island in Greece. After we said our goodbyes we checked into our hotel and had a little siesta. We checked out the pool and spa and ...
Volcano Explorers
... out shoes). When we got to the top, he was very passionate about explaining all about the 6 volcano mountains that make up Santorini. He switched between Greek and English constantly - so I was keeping an eye on the time and thinking he would ...
Sunburnt in Santorini
... and the food fantastic. After a very uneventful and quick journey on an Australian-made Fast Ferry from Pireaus, I arrived at Santorini. Was promptly greeting by an eager Greek who made a beeline for me and quickly conducted me into his hotel ...
Ride'em DONKEY!!
... very excited to move on to the italy leg of our trip tomorrow. YAY FOR PIZZA AND GELATO!!! Top 5 favourite things in/about Greece 1. The view from the top of the caldera is incomparable to anything seen before! gorgeous! 2. Steve and pepper, the NASCAR ...
Donkey Pinched
... above. Karen and I were a little shaken up by it, so we started thinking we'd pass on touring Mykonos like we did Santorini. We only had 2 nights on that island, so maybe we didn't have to feel obligated to see the whole island and could just ...
the most beautiful island I've ever seen
This morning we docked at the island of Santorini. I got up for breakfast, but then slept until noon. Our excursion started at 12:45pm. We had to take a smaller boat to shore and then a bus to the top of the island. We first did a wine tasting tour and ...
Santorini, Greece
... run to the water b/c my feet burned and then when i got i fell b/c its all hardened lava covered with algea and its slippery. sitting by the pool drinking beers was like an amazing vacation. we had a wicked time. I love santorini!! hope to go back one ...
Relax Day
Done little else today other than relax by the pool (our tans are coming along well), have some lunch and now the Internet. Our Ferry to Athens is at 10:30 tonight, but we are not expecting to leave on time or arrive in Athens at the expected time of ...
Santorini
The sunset at Santorini Our spirits are high as our airplane lands on the island of Santorini. We can't wait to see the famous white vernacular buildings with blue roofs hugging the edge of the terrain. We could not have arrived at a more ...
Cruising the Islands
... Port of Pireaus in Athens on Monday, the Captain of the ship we are on - the Galileo - decided we should head straight to Santorini because he was concerned about the weather later in the week and wanted to make sure we got to Santorini since that is the ...
Santorini
... who were my age were just on a short trip and then heading straight back to school (the british fellows). Anyway, besides the company, Santorini is great. The town isn't as scenic as Ios, but i really haven't had a chance to explore the actual historic ...
A beautiful island, at the cost of a civilization
... outside our rooms and decided to head up to Oia at the north of the island for sunset. Oia for sunset is on every Santorini vacation itinerary. It's a perfect setting, but hardly a secret. You need to arrive at least an hour early to scope ...
Santorini; island of blue and white
Santorini, the most painted island of Greece. It's famous for it's beautiful white church with a large blue dome. Most of the other buildings follow suit with this color scheme. If you have seen The Sisterhood of the traveling pants- it's that island. ...
Santorini
... of trees on the other side of the world. It also buried several Bronze Age, likely Minoan, settlements on Santorini and likely created tsunamis that flattened settlements in Crete. For a thousand years or so afterwards, no trace of ...
Toward sunset
... afternoon. If only you could capture the moment and dole it out in seconds as needed. Ancient medicine. Three more nights in Santorini. I am beginning to feel restless here in what feels like my mother's spiritual grave. In a land where the ...
Santorini, Greece - Cruise 1
Wow, Santorini Greece. It was everything I expected and nothing like I expected. Looking across the harbor from the ship to shore a massive cliff looms high above the water and perched precariously at the top is the town of Santorini. ...
Day 1: The Journey begins
... excess baggage usually means they've been spending their shopping dollars in the country? Anyhow, the tiny little aircraft lands at Sunny Santorini - at last - and we step out to an icy shower of rain and ferocious gusts of wind. We get two taxis ...
Santorini and Paros
... , as mum had thought we might walk. It was a cliff! And it was about 30 degrees. Even she had to change her mind. Santorini is an island separated into 3 bits as a result of a volcanic eruption and most of the buildings are on the top of the cliff ...
Santorini
We spent the 8th 9th and 10th on santorini where we got an awesome hotel room; 2 beds, shower, toilet(that has no suction) tv and fridge for 14 euros per night. It was crazy, the regular, in season fare, was of 60-80 euros per night. We also rented a quad ...
Help me!
... well, chasing us. Joe and I were freaked! We managed to find refuge at the local Dominican Nun monastary. We did see a gorgeous sunsent--Santorini is well-known for that, as well as other parts of the island when we got driving around. But again, poor ...
Kamari Beach
... instead. We then drove across the Island to the town of Oia - famed for its spectacular sunsets. A volcano in 1600BC formed Santorini as it is today. The huge cliffs of the Caldera form an almost complete circle creating a very dramatic setting. ...
ATVs in Santorini
... on an ATV is much more fun than on a car. We arrived at red beach, one of the many famous volcanic sand beaches on Santorini, and you guesses it… it has red sand. To reach it we had to walk over the rocky headland but around the corner ...