Santorini

Church bell overlooking the sea (public domain) and the town of Thira (by Ethan Lindsey).

Santorini is one of Greece's Cyclades Islands, located southeast of mainland Greece and northeast of Crete in the Aegean Sea.

Thanks to its picture-perfect landscape of gleaming white churches and sparkling blue seas, Santorini is perhaps the most photographed and famous part of Greece. Happily, Santorini actually meets its high expectations in real life. Its cliffside villages really are spectacular, and it also offers fantastic archaeological sites, churches, convents, and even a winery.

Santorini is located 126 nautical miles south of Piraeus on a volcanic caldera that formed around 1450 BC. Some believe that this major event may have been the inspiration for the legend of the lost continent of Atlantis. Today, Santorini has a population of 7,000 and positively overflows with visitors in the high season of July and August.

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Sacred Sites & Religious Places Ancient Akrotiri Akrotiri is the "Minoan Pompeii" - one of the most important archaeological sites in the region. Still undergoing major excavations sheltered beneath a large shed, the site is sadly not open to visitors. Ancient Thira Ruins dating from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras, including the foundations of numerous Greek temples and a church, in a dramatic hilltop location. Museum of Prehistoric Thira A museum displaying frescoes and finds from Akrotiri and other sites around Santorini.

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