Ancient Thira is the classical city that stands on the ridge of Mesa Vouno, the limestone mountain that separates Kamari from Perissa, about three hundred and sixty metres above the two beaches. It is the least visited major site on…
Megalochori Santorini is the prettiest village on this island and the one almost nobody stops in. It sits inland in the south west, ten minutes from Fira on the road towards Akrotiri, and it is a small tangle of white…
Amoudi Bay Santorini is the old fishing port of Oia, three hundred steps below the village at the foot of a wall of red volcanic rock. There is no sand and there never was. What there is instead is a…
Pyrgos Santorini is the old capital of this island and the one village where you can stand still and see the entire thing at once: the caldera and the volcano to the west, the black sand coast and the open…
The Santorini cable car is the little six-cabin lift that drops from the rim at Fira to the Old Port at Skala, three hundred metres below. It exists because there is no road down that cliff, and for anyone arriving…
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…
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…