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Santorini Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Santorini, Greece
Larnaca to Santorini
Capt Axe and Maddog decided to continue to tour, and we flew to the scenic greek holiday island of Santorini... A short hop but very bumpy....took off with full ATC until almost top of descent and then we were on our own... Capt Axe decided on one of his ...
Santorini
... I went to Akrotiri in the morning. FYI: Akrotiri is a Minoan Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera). The settlement was destroyed in the Theran eruption about 1500 BC and buried in volcanic ash, which preserved the ...
White hotel and Fira
... a very popular restaurant called Ambrosia with only 2 seatings per evening, and also booked a small group wine tour of three Santorini wineries guided by a sommelier. We encountered our travel agent Petros who is here for a client's wedding and sunned on ...
Intoxicated
... it should be. Marissa, who I mentioned earlier, said it she was on her third trip to Mykonos. When I asked about Santorini, she said, "I’ve never been, but I’m saving Santorini." I can understand the sentiment, as it is a special ...
One big hill
I hiked up a real mountain today, with all my books and clothes and etc on my back. It took an hour and a half of non-stop uphill walking. This is island is pretty 3rd world. I have seen two guys riding donkeys down the street. ...
Oia-Brucee's Birthday!
... miss all the people we love at home and we think of how much fun it would be if you could be here too. We'll be in Santorini for a few days more, so it's nice to settle in for a bit. I want to catch a ferry back to Mykonos though because it is ...
Goodbye Santorini
The owner of our place made a booking mistake by telling us we could have the place for 4 days. We were starting to feel like we'd seen most of the island after 2 1/2 days, so we negotiated a deal where we'd take a midnight ferry the night of the ...
Santorini Sunsets
We turned the car back in at the ferry port and boarded the Flying Cat 4, a fast catamaran that would get us to Santorini in less than 2 hours. The ride was smooth and as we approached, we could see the huge cliff of the crescent shaped island. ...
Day 4 : The Caldera
... sanded beach. (or should I say pebbles). In the afternoon, we set our to go on a boat tour of the Caldera. A little history : Santorini is not an island. It is actually a group of 5 islands in the Cyclades. Thira is the main island where most of the ...