Santorini with a baby is entirely doable and it is not the holiday the photographs sell. This island is a cliff with several thousand steps cut into it, no shade to speak of, black sand that reaches painful temperatures by…
Imerovigli Santorini is the highest village on the caldera rim and the one that people who know this island choose when they can afford to. It sits about three hundred metres above the water between Fira and Oia, on the…
Perissa beach Santorini is the longest stretch of black sand in the Cyclades and the cheapest place on this island to have a proper Greek beach holiday. It sits on the south east coast behind the great rock of Mesa…
Kamari beach Santorini is the island’s most practical resort and the one the caldera crowd tends to overlook. It is a long straight sweep of black volcanic sand on the east coast, under the huge rock of Mesa Vouno, with…
Fira Santorini is the island’s capital, its transport hub and the place most first-time visitors should base themselves, and it is also the town people are most often rude about. Both reactions are earned. Between eleven and five in high…
Red Beach Santorini is the island’s most photographed stretch of coast and the one that most often disappoints people who arrive without knowing what they are walking into. It is a small bay of dark red and black pebble beneath…
The Santorini hot springs are the most oversold and most misunderstood item on the island’s excursion menu, and we would rather tell you plainly what they are before you book. They are not a spa, there are no pools, no…
Santorini to Ios is the shortest ferry hop from this island and the easiest one to underestimate. Thirty-five to fifty minutes on a high speed boat takes you to an island with the best sandy beaches within reach, a hill…
Santorini to Paros is one of the most useful crossings in the Cyclades and one of the least dramatic, which is exactly why we recommend it so often. Two to two and a half hours on a high speed ferry…
The crossing from Santorini to Naxos is one of the easiest in the Cyclades and one of the most useful. It takes between ninety minutes and three and a half hours depending on the vessel, it runs several times a…