Santorini, Greece
The waxing crescent moon shaped Santorini is a gem of Aegean Sea. It is a group of islands known as Thira. They are located about 200 Km from the mainland of Greece towards southeast in Aegean Sea.
It is a site of one of world’s largest volcanic eruption and even today is an active volcano with its crater in the sea. The Santoroni islands are the result of 12 massive volcanic eruptions, with a frequency of one eruption per 20,000 years approximately. Every eruption resulted in collapse of old crater and creation of even larger crater (caldera) every time. In the year 1950 the most recent volcanic activity took place. The complete area of Santoroni in itself is nature’s biggest geological/volcanological meuseum with diverse variety of geological structures and forms.
Beautiful and mesmerizing villages in Cycladic architecture have been constructed around the edges of caldera. It is becoming one the most sought after tourist destination in Greece and also gaining popularity worldwide as tourist spot. It has eye catching sugary white houses , pristine windmill and blue domed churches surrounded with crystal clear water available, rare to get in the world.
It is gaining exponential popularity as a “wedding place” not only in Greece but people across the world are also coming here for the same. The beautiful sunset of Santorini is the unforgettable romantic experience!
Fira the capital of island seems to be a mesmerizing painting over the blue canvas of Aegan sea. The villages Oia, Imerovígli and Firostefáni along with Fira are said to be the “Caldera’s eyebrow” situated on the heights of a cliff.
The island in itself is a paradise of culinary. Test your taste buds with fresh and locally grown famous products like white brinjals, Fava, cherry tomatoes, caper etc. and a unique goat cheese prepared by localites . The variety of grape wine available is unique in its taste because of volcanic soil in which they are grown.
Climate Condition
Generally two seasons are experienced here in Santorini. The Dry and warm one from april to October and from November to march rainy and cold weather. Strong winds are generally experienced during summer.
The best time to visit here is in the month between April to June and September to October. The weather is very mild and pleasing during this time. From December to March is generally off season here with no business, including hotels and guest houses closed.
Reach Santorini
Land: Bus services are available from Fira to most of the parts of the Santorini.
Ports: It has two ports namely Athinios and Skala. Local boatmen transfer the passenger to shore of Skala from where cruise services are available. One can reach to Fira through cable car, on foot or by Donkey.
Air: Santorini National Airport is located to the north of village Kamari. It has regular flights from Athens, Greece with a duration of about 30 minutes.
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