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Santorini Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Santorini, Greece
Santorini: Sweat and Stairs
... been getting up around 7 am every morning). We were nearing Santorini, and so I got up and went out to watch our approach. Santorini is part of the Cyclades, one of the groups of Greek islands. It sits on the caldera of a volcano that erupted about ...
Picturesque Santorini
... After taking on new passengers, we continued to Naxos, about an hour away. Another quick stop at the port and it was on to Santorini. We arrived just after 3:00 and it was about 32 degrees. The port of Athinios is the port used for the larger ferries, ...
Santorini, land of the good deeds
... dealing with the swarm of hotel hawkers this nice. And most importantly, the wind had stayed in Myknonos! Highlights of the Santorini --The amazing sheer cliffs and beautiful vistas. --Great sunset! --No wind --Taking a ferry out to the active ...
Exploring Oia, Greece
... down all day, capturing all the wonderful pictures of Oia. Oia is on the upper tip of this crescent-shaped island of Santorini and overlooks the crater of the volcano and the island of Thirassia. It is stunning known for the most beautiful sunsets in ...
Last day in Greece
... around 1:30am and were pretty much ready to get our last few errands run in the morning before heading to the ferry from Santorini to Piraeus. The next 2 days are travel days on boats, trains and planes taking us from Santorini to Piraeus to Athens to ...
My first sunburn in a decade. Mission accomplished
Yep, I fell asleep in the sun today and the back of my legs are pretty red. I'm getting kinda tan though. Since I'm mostly known to the world as "Lynn The Pasty White Girl" I am not sure anyone will recognize me now. My arms are actually pretty dark... I ...
Santorini
Santorini is the home group of islands for many of the Greek families that migrated to Australia after WWII, which in Greec was followed by a civil war and a military dictatorship. If that wasn't enough, half the people were made homeless after a ...
Santorini
I can honestly say that today I went to the most beautiful place in my entire life. We went to the island of Santorini. We signed up for an excursion that took us to the Oia Village, the town of Fira and to a vinyard for wine tasting. I am not a big fan ...
Cliff jumpers (insert worried-mamma- face)
We woke up to a magnificent breakfast. Eating breakfast while looking at view of the Aegean Sea. Wowzers. We went to Ammoudi Harbor (one location in the movie Sisterhood of the traveling pants) where we found a beach to snorkel (well. it wasn't a ...
ahhh beautiful island!!
... to multiple levels. We finally had to leave, but it was hard. This island has a great feeling, especially the quieter end that we were on. Off to Athens and then Meteora in northern ...
Santorini, Greece - Cruise 3
Tendering, tendering, back to the volcanic lands...(sung to the tune of Sailing, sailing). On this itinerary we arrived in Santorini, Greece - the white city on top of the mountains of lava ash - in the early morning and left in the early ...
Santorini
Today's stop was Santorini, a Greek Island about as far south as the islands reach into the Mediterranean. Santorini is one of the most amazing places that I have ever been. I had no idea what this place actually was until we arrived. It is the world's ...
Santorini!
I keep finding new favorite places as my trip goes on, and this is by far my most favorite. Last night I went to the town of Ia (the I is pronounced like an E) to watch the sunset on a cliff over the ocean. It was so amazing that everyone clapped when it ...
yasu from santorini
... off with another walk and then relaxing by the pool its now 9.00 and I am feeling very relaxed after another ouzo, ahhhh Santorini, loving it. Tomorrow we might hire a car and have a look at the other side of the island. Bye for ...
Greece
... ferry to Santorini. We had to come back through Athens to catch our flight back to London anyway so we decided to go straight to Santorini instead. We waited around until there was a bus that would take us to the ferry, took the 45 minute bus ride to the ...
Blue water, white buildings, gyros and feta!
... a ferry, to any island, will cost you at most $30...we did everything listed above and found that you could spend a year simply exploring Greece! So, Dimi -- I'm not sure why you left this place.... but I hope she has a great....ummmm.... personality ...
Three Days in Oia
... powerful eruption known to have occurred on earth. That explosion destroyed most of the island of Santorini (previously called Thera) and completely transformed the island. (The resulting tsunami devastated and transformed life ...
The Greek Isles
... matches (such as last night, Arsenal vs. Barcelona), and it's a nice break from the normal grind of staying in the hotel room doing homework. Not a bad way to spend a few days. We leave Santorini today for Athens, and then head to Cairo on ...
Athens & the Cyclades
... offered a free glass of wine at a restaurant we walked by, so we sat outside for another hour or so talking and enjoying being in Greece! We went back to the hostel and laid down after a long day of walking and climbing. That night we went on a bar crawl ...
Greek Islands
... weather the ferries have been cancelled 2 days in a row and we can't get to Mykonos which is our next destination. Anyway about Santorini, we arrived here last Tuesday the 18th Sep byt Ferry from Athens, the Ferry was good and took 4 hours. The owner of ...
The not so picturesque view of Santorini
... led to a dock that is full of hawkers and tourists. I know, you're completely shocked to find either of these things on Santorini, Greece. Anyway, since Santorini is built on top of a Caldera (why in God's name someone thought THAT was a good ...
Oh Yeeeah
Wow! Santorini is truly the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Huong, Jennifer and I really enjoyed our time in Santorini! We arrived Tuesday morning and our hotel was wonderful. It overlooked the Caldera, and it really did not look ...
Greek Islands
... all very drunk and exhuasted. Needless to say we woke up felling extremelly ill and hungover. Thursday we caught the ferry to Santorini ( a 4 hour ferry ride) and found our Hotel which is on the cliff at Thira. The room is amazing and has slippers ...
SANTORINI -A BREATHTAKING ISLAND
... music and talks from the ships. That’s how close our hotel was! What an unbelievable Sunset!! Don’t leave Greece without visiting Santorini - you will regret it otherwise. We visited the whole island and it is worth renting a car. ...
Heaven in the middle of nowhere
... right away). I love hearing people talk about how they are paying $175 a night. I took the ferry from Athens to this Santorini, which meant another night on the boat deck chair. Unfortunately my boat was going to THE party island (Ios) so it was ...
GREECE MONKEYS
... island of Rhodes and then another ferry to Fethiye in Turkey but after consulting a few travel agents, we discovered that ferries from Santorini run less regularly than we anticipated and that our quick trip to Turkey was going to take more like two days, ...
Santorini- The Trip Ends Here
I am currently on the island of Santorini, and it is BEAUUUUTIFUL! Due to some lame ferry scheduling, we only have 3 nights here, and I'm very sad about it. We're actually going to see how much money we'd lose if we changed our flight to a ...
Santorini, Greece
So sorry about the delay in updating the photos but the internet speed here on the islands in like 28k so its just not worth my time and money at this point. When I find a faster speed I will most definitely load a ton of photos. A quick story that I ...
Sunshine
Song of the day: Sunshine by Handsome Boy Modeling School "Forget about your worries Forget about the bad times Life is nothing but a shadow without your sunshine" So, nothing really happened in the last two weeks, so I couldn't find a song to match. But ...
Day 226 - 12 October - Sailing & Swimming in Agean
... the sea looked a lot calmer and it was early so I headed to the reception in the square - this is my last full day in Santorini and I want to go on a cruise and swim in the Agean sea. Reception said the cruise was still happening as the weather is meant ...