Santorini Island Travel
Santorini Overview
Santorini is a volcanic island in the Cyclades group of the Greek islands. It is located between Ios and Anafi Islands. The climate of Santorini is basically same with other islands of Cyclades, Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild winters. The island is off season from December to February, making the best time to visit the island is from 1st of March to November.
Santorini Main Attractions
Santorini is famous for its stunning beaches. The island of Santorini is considered as one of the most beautiful islands and has many outstanding beaches. Two beaches that make the island famous are the black beach and the red beach. The island has a large and seemingly black sandy beach. These beaches are fully equipped with up-to-date and standard facilities for catering to every visitors needs. The red beach is one of the famous and beautiful of the beaches of Santorini. Many people come onto the headland just to admire this beach and never make it down to the hot sand. The admirable thing about the red beach is that the slabs of red and black volcanic rocks behind it.
Other attraction of the island of Santorini is the legendary sunsets of the island, one of the spectacular sunsets in the world. By dusk, people are gathered just to see this splendid phenomenon as the life giving sun sets and disappear behind the island’s reason for emerging to the face of the mother earth, the volcano.
Santorini Activities
Different towns of Santorini offer different activities. You can walk along the caldera from Fira to Oia and enjoy a different sightseeing; climb and see Ancient Tira, or more ambitiously, the monastery, for an amazing view of the ocean, beaches and islands from high up; go horseback riding in Exo Gonia; dive or snorkel on the wrecks next to the volcano; and enjoy the legendary sunset.
Santorini Accommodation & Dining
The accommodation in the Santorini is characterized by its architecture. The architecture of Santorini’s picturesque is typically Cycladic with white washed buildings houses and blue door and windows divided with narrow streets. Some of the most beautiful samples are in the villages of Santorini. Many accommodations follow this traditional architecture. Santorini restaurants are superb. With the awesome scenery of the beautiful houses and nature, the food is served on a mouth watering manner. They serve local cooking, and Greek and international cuisines.
Santorini Shopping & Nightlife
Santorini Island is considered to be one of the most nightlife oriented island of the Cyclades. Nightclubs and bars are scattered all over the island. They play Greek and international music in the bars and nightclubs. Some also have live dance performances for the sake of entertainment. Santorini preserves the Greece reputation concerning its lively nightlife. Shopping in Santorini gives you the opportunity for a different shopping escapade. You can find jewelries, high quality of leather and other woven goods, folk art, and handicrafts. So, don’t be bother to shop in Santorini.
Getting To & Around Santorini
Reaching the Santorini Island from Athens byu air is faster and not prone to sea sickness, compared to ferries. However, in season air tickets sell out well before most ferries.
