The Santorini sunrise is the half of this island’s light that nobody photographs, and the reason is geography. The famous sunset happens over the caldera, facing west, with four thousand people watching it from Oia. The sun comes up on…
A Santorini packing list is not the same as a Greek islands packing list, and the difference is what this page is about. This island is a volcano with three hundred metres of cliff on one side, black grit instead…
Santorini vs Rhodes is a comparison between two islands that have almost nothing in common except the country they sit in. One is a drowned volcano seventy six square kilometres across with fifteen thousand residents and a cliff full of…
Santorini to Milos is the most rewarding island hop in the Cyclades and the one most people plan badly. The two islands are both volcanic, both spectacular and almost nothing alike: Santorini is a drowned crater with a cliff full…
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…
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…