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Thíra, Kikladhes, Greece

400 meters above the sea level the capital of Santorini, Fira is built on the eyebrow of the caldera. The white houses built on the edge of the cliff are a spectacular sight when you are looking the city from the sea.

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Santorini

The best spots to see the sunset in Santorini are Oia, Fira, the light house in Akrotiri, and of course from a boat in the caldera lagoon Northwest of Oia. But really, Santorini's sunsets are beautiful from whatever spot you happen to be.

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Nea Kameni Volcano

The two most important events that formed Nea Kameni took place during 1707 and 1866. During the events of 1866, foreign governments sent scientists to observe the volcanic activities and it was the first time that photography was used to study such phenomena. Among the people that observed this unique sight of island creation was […]

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Nea Kameni

The round volcanic island in the middle of Santorini's caldera lagoon is called Nea Kameni. The name means the new burnt island and it happens to be the most newly created land in the Mediterranean sea. The island created in 1570 after a volcanic eruption. In later years a series of volcanic eruptions and seismic […]

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Kokkini Paralia

Vivid red painted rocks and sand is what you will find if you visit the red beach in Santorini. People describe it as 'one of a kind' beach and a 'must seen' location and admittedly they are right. The vivid red color that is surged into the blue sea is truly a unique sight. However, […]

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Santorini Greece

Since the exponential rise of the tourism in Greece in 1980's, Santorini took its place as the top touristic destination in Greece, and one of the top in the world. Santorini has been chosen as the best Island in the world for 2015 (TripAdvisor) and has reached the top rankings of several other lists based […]

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Thíra, Kikladhes, Greece

During my stay in Santorini, l overheared a middle aged couple discussing about the island. They were not satisfied of what they had seen so far. "What to see in Santorini? White houses?". Unfortunately this misconception is very common among tourists that visiting Santorini. Most of them are visiting from close-by islands like Crete and […]

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Santorini caldera

The volcanic eruption in Santorini created a caldera that literally sink the most part of island and created a giant lagoon in the middle. A caldera is formed after large volumes of magma erupt. Then the support to the ground is lost and this leads to the collapse of the surface. In Santorini's case the […]

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Santorini

An old cathedral in the village of Perissa, gave the name Santorini, to the island. The passing Frank crusades in the 13th century used to stop for supplies near to the church of Saint Irini. So they started to refer to the island as 'santa irina', which contracted later to the name as we know […]

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Santorini

Around 1610 BC, a complete round island in the middle of the aegean sea was devastated from one of the most massive volcanic eruptions recorded in human history. This eruption created a giant caldera covering an area more than 80 square kilometers. This event led to the fall of the great Minoan civilization while some […]

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