Avra Hotel Santorini Kamari

... time to chat with the locals they told us how lucky we were to be visiting at this time of the year, how much nicer it is when it is quiet. As one shopkeeper told us 'Now you can see the real Santorini’

We had one last stroll around the laneways overlooking the caldera, one last meal at the excellent Pelican cafe and one last ice cream from our favourite sweet shop and one last soak in the Jacuzzi.

Ah Santorini, thank you for sharing your beauty with us.

... out to be a Aussie couple from Adelaide – Heath and Lexie. Lexie was not so keen on the fairly rough water as we headed across to the volcano but she held her own despite Heath’s goading. We tied up next to another boat in a small cove and the fellow told us (with a wave of his arm) that we were to clamber over the other boat to get off and we had an hour to investigate.

Not quite knowing what to do we set off up the hill. From Fira the volcano ...

... walk around it and get out onto the headland to see off in the distance islands dotting the Aegean.

Feeling a bit peckish we headed down to Perissa Beach to see if we could find some lunch. Lucky for us there was a tavern open that had seats right on the beach so we enjoyed the late afternoon sun watching the waves crash on the black pebble beach, eating some typical taverna food. I have to say that we enjoyed the best Greek salad we had eaten in Greece.

After ...

... buildings with stunning caldera backdrops that you will need another memory card. It took us almost an hour to reach the village of Imerovigli, another town perched impossibly on the top of the cliffs. Although there was nothing open in this town except the supermarket, this allowed us to get the water we needed (but not the coffee stop we craved...)

We were told that the walk to Oia is two hours, but the literature (once we read it) said 3 hours. We took more than four ...

... island are Oia and Imerovigli both perched on the edge of the caldera giving magnificent views of the fabulous sunsets. I arrived at the airport and was met and driven to my hotel in the village of ...

... there are about 60 donkeys that just shuttle people up and down this walkway, all day, every day...it got a little slippery at some points. Monday night, we regrouped with everyone and stopped at a local winery to taste Greek wine. While the wine was good, we stayed for a while mostly to watch about an 18-wheeler and several tours buses trying to get unstuck from a windy, narrow, hillside road...there was a lot of Greek yelling going on. Around 7:30, we headed ...

... well. Santorini is a sunken volcano crater formed after an eruption 3600 years ago and now when you look out you can see the half circle that is Santorini and the small Islands in the middle that are still the volcano. Arrarently it has mini-eruptions every few thousand years! We had a walk along the top of the Caldera and stopped at a little restaurant for a milkshake and a greek yoghurt with fresh fruit and honey (we would have eaten but you pay for the view with food, and the ...

... art gallery, Mati .

















And this is Atlantis Hotel. Which reminds me Santorini is actually one of the possible location of the legendary Atlantis .












After a tiring walk around Thira, we retired to our room's balcony, and write some post ...