Meltemi Village

... for 20 years before moving back to Amorgos, their home island. Our hotel was located at a very pretty, pedestrian only village called Tholaria. Tholaria is located on a high hill overlooking the beautiful Aegiali Bay and its very nice beach. The weather ...

... to dominate the bay. Like private Fraser in "Dad's Army" it sems to be saying "We're all doomed!".   The village itself is a friendly place. It is a fairly modern development except for the small Ottoman castle above the harbour and , bizarrely, an ...

... to do this & when he pulled the anchor rope in it re-set. Good anchor that!   Finikas is a pleasant wee village, mostly a resort. It has an excellent bakers & the supermarket gave us a couple of promotional baseball caps & a T shirt ...

... in the restaurant! We asked the owner of the restaurant about the strong winds and she said they are called the meltemi, a cooling strong wind, blows, sometimes strongly enough to create rough water, which occur mostly in July and August in Santorini. The ...

... under sail and engine against wind and current. However, we arrived at 14.30 into a very sheltered harbour in a wee village. We were surrounded by  a multitude of giant motorboats and private yachts who all arrive here, anchor immaculately in the tiny ...