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Santorini
After one night in Athens we got up very early to take a fast ferry to Santorini. These are like hydrofoils but although they are faster than the older ferries we didn't enjoy them much. It is like being inside a plane as you can’t go out on the deck while they are at sea. You don’t get much of a view either. One of these we took was …
Beautiful island with an explosive history
Such a lovely place.
Background:
The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred some 3600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of metres deep and ...
Last day in Santorini
... time. We find a cute little bar in the shade of a tree and Paolo finally gets to try the Yellow Donkey beer, brewed locally. While the red version is not that great, go for the "pale ale"; it tastes rather nice. 3 donkeys later we head off for lunch in yet another lovely restaurant (you can't get away from lovely and cute in Oia, even if you're a man) which is above the Oia Castle residence, a rather posh residence at the very north of the ...
Our big fat Greek adventure
... is mandatory and you must wait until there are at least 4 cars in a line with a quickly approaching on coming car or better still a truck before trying to pass them all. Then you have to get really irate because every other road user is there just trying to inconvenience you. I think their economy is in better shape than the Greek populations driving skills. Enough of my ranting back to blogging. Each of the monasteries have quite a number of steps to gain access to them. These wind ...
Ferry to Santorini
... pride and the colors of their Greek flag by painting their homes, churches and businesses a solid white with blue trim. The current building code seems to require everything to be painted in white and trimmed with blue roofs and window and door frames.
As you enter the caldera and near the port, the towns of Thira and Oia are visible and from a distance the white houses and hotels flowing ...
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Amenities
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Business Services
- Kitchenette
- Free parking
- Pets allowed