Santorini shopping divides sharply into two things sold side by side: goods made on this island by people who live here, and goods flown in by the container to be sold to a cruise crowd that has four hours ashore.…
Santorini ATV rental is one of the most visible things on the island. Quads are parked outside every hotel, they queue at the Oia junction in the afternoon, and the rental offices sit at the entrance to every village. It…
Santorini nightlife is not what most visitors expect, in either direction. People who arrive expecting Mykonos are surprised by how early the caldera villages go quiet, and people who arrive expecting a sleepy volcanic island are surprised to find a…
The crossing from Crete to Santorini is one of the busiest short hops in the Aegean, and one of the most misunderstood. It looks on a map like a quick sea transfer between two neighbouring islands, and in fair weather…
Santorini has a reputation as the most expensive Greek island, and the reputation is half right. It has the highest ceiling in the Aegean and a floor most visitors never find, because almost every published guide describes the caldera version…
Santorini hiking is better than the island’s reputation suggests and harder than most visitors expect, for one reason: there is almost no shade anywhere. The trails are spectacular and the ground is volcanic rock that stores heat all morning. Get…
Most day trips from Santorini fall into two categories that get confused constantly: things inside the caldera, which are easy and reliable, and other islands, which depend entirely on ferry timetables that were not designed for day-trippers. Knowing which is…
Before you book a Santorini car rental, it is worth knowing that driving is not the difficulty on this island — parking is. The roads are mostly fine. Finding somewhere to leave the car within reasonable walking distance of where…
The Santorini vs Mykonos question is the most common one in Greek island planning, and it has a clearer answer than most comparisons: these two islands are not competing versions of the same holiday. One is a volcanic landscape you…
Getting from Athens to Santorini is a choice between forty-five minutes in the air and five to eight hours at sea, and the right answer depends far more on your luggage, your dates and the wind than on the ticket…