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Destination SANTORINI: Attractions & Culture
Santorini is a crescent shape surrounding the black volcanic islands lying in the bay. What was once the island of Thira sank to the bottom of the caldera in the apocalyptic explosion in 1450 BC. The lagoon-like caldera measures 32 square miles and is 300 to 400 metres deep.
In the center are Palea Kamini and Nea Kamini.
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Discover SANTORINI
Santorini is one of the most ruggedly beautiful and dramatic places on earth. Santorini, also known as Thira, is the southern most of the Cyclades islands and one of the most popular destinations in all of Greece, for good reason. Arrive by boat before sunset and stay on the caldera side of the island for stunning views ...
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Discover FIRA
Fira is the capital Santorini, located on the west of the island at the centre of the horseshoe, perched on the edge of sheer 260 meter cliffs. Fira is busy and touristy, with shops filled with sparkling jewelry, streets filled with restaurants for fine dining, and bars that will have you hopping well into the night...
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Discover OIA
Oia is the choice of the romantics, very picturesque and artistic, quieter than Fira, but easy enough to hop a bus or grab a taxi into town to visit the capital. Oia is on the northern tip of the island, built on a steep slope of the caldera. The streets are charming narrow passageways that twist their way along the rim of the caldera ...
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Akrotiri Archaeological Site
There is more to Santorini of course than the bars, restaurants, views, beaches and nightlife. There are the ruins of Akrotiri (a working archaeoligical site) which some claim is evidence that the people that once populated the island may or may not have been the civilization of Atlantis ...
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Frescoes from Akrotiri
Akrotiri is a village on the southern coast of the Greek island Santorini. It is best known for the excavations of a bronze age town close to today's village. The excavations are remarkable for the houses were preserved with their colourful frescos by the eruption of an volcano about 1630 BC ...
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Ancient Thera
Almost 400 metres up, on the southeast coast of the island, in the area called Mesa Vouno, you can find the ruins of the 11th century BC Dorian settlement of Ancient Thera. The ancient site is located on a headland which juts out into the sea between Kamari and Perissa ...
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Santorini Volcano
The Volcano of Santorini, perhaps the biggest cataclysmic event in human history. It's an active volcano that erupted in 1956 and may do so again one day, although perhaps not in our lifetime. The island of Nea Kamini, in the center of the bay, emerged in 1707...
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