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In view of the Volcano (Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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Overlooking the Aegean Sea (Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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Santorini Shopping (Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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Santorini is a real paradise for those who love shopping. The market is huge, considering the size of the island and the population. Whatever you may think of is found on the volcanic island.

There are stores with clothes, shoes, souvenirs and handicrafts in most of the settlements on the island, but you’ll be astonished by the variety of products in the capital of Fira, as well as the village of Ia. Innumerable stores with brand name clothes and accessories, along with incredible art crafts and local products. If you’re interested in fine jewelry, Santorini holds an incomparable surprise for you in Fira: The Gold Street! A whole road of jewellery shops, with selections that may sometimes cost more than in Athens city, but they are really rare, impressive and hard to find elsewhere.

Wine production in Santorini is a huge chapter for the island, with a long history. The local wines are awarded every year during international contests and wine tasting, so don’t miss the chance to buy some bottles during your travel on the island. Vases with capper are also something you need to be provided with; it’s easy to carry back in a suitcase, it will make your meals delicious and it will remind you of the nice foods you tasted in Greece.

Generally, have in mind that all these things found in Santorini, even the ones that are considered expensive, are hard to be found elsewhere, at least gathered together at the point they are there. So, be generous and please yourselves and your beloved ones by shopping something that will always remind you of this unique travel to the Greek island of Santorini.

Santorini Wild Landscapes (Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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Santorini Sunset (Beaches, Ia, Holidays)

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Santorini Sunset (Cyclades, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches, Ia, Holidays))

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Santorini Sunset (Cyclades, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches, Holidays)

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Hordes of tourists armed with cameras, ready to immortalize the sun’s “dive”, is a common thing in Santorini all year round, but especially from April till November. People from Europe, America and Far East are “hung” at the Caldera Cliff in order to experience the magical moments of the sunset, when the colours of the sky are so impressive that can only be compared to art masterpieces… The altitude comes to fulfill the scenery, as the deep blue waters of the Aegean look like a huge carpet under your feet, making the landscape much more magnificent.

As the sun “dives” into the sea and the dark spreads over the island, the volcano and the islets of Thirassia, Palia and Nea Kammeni, jugging out of the sea opposite Santorini, look more perfect.

Fira, Firostefani, Ia, Akrotiri are the best places for you to stand and enjoy the sunset. I don’t know if a camera can give the real beauty of the natural landscape of Santorini, but I’m sure that these moments of you overlooking the Aegean as the sun disappears in it, is something you’ll recall again and again. The myth of lost Atlantis will keep coming on your mind, making you wish that the volcano will never wake up again…

Santorini Sunset (Cyclades, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches, Ia)

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Santorini Sunset (Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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Santorini Sunset (Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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A travel to the Greek island of Santorini is for thousands of people around the world a dream of a lifetime. This can be easily understood if you think that we’re talking about a splendid and unique island, that its villages are built on the cliff of a Caldera, opposite an active volcano!

The typical pictures of Santorini –you may have seen cards sold on other islands too- show beautiful landscapes, impressive churches with blue domes, white washed houses built at the steep edge of the rock, all overlooking the incredible blue Aegean Sea. Most of these photographs were shot during the sunset; that incomparable sunset which may be the most famous one on earth…

Ia Village (Santorini, Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Beaches, Island)

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Ia Village (Santorini, Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island)

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Santorini Nature (Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island)

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Santorini Nature (Cyclades, Greece, Photos, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island)

The volcano has a main role to the way that nature has been formed on Santorini Island. Its huge impact is clear on that special dry black ground, which was formed by the ashes after the volcano’s explosions. This activity, along with the small rainfall during the year, is responsible for many of the local products.
Santorini has a long and great tradition in wine making. The local wines are awarded every year because of their incredible quality and taste. The dry soil is the most significant factor why Santorinian wines are that good. But also the tomatoes, those little red tomatoes you’ll enjoy at the taverns of the island, prove that the ground has a strong influence on the way looms of the earth develop.
Both Santorini and the opposite islet Thirassia, which also belongs at the same complex of volcanic islands, are inhabited. This means that many acres on these two places are cultivated by humans, so you’ll definitely meet vineyards and acres of olive trees. Except for these, you won’t see naturally-growing trees on the island, but you’ll see people taking care of their little gardens with flowers with zest…
The black beaches of Santorini are also there to remind of the volcano, as well as the cliffs and the whole landscape. This dramatic nature that tourists meet today is the result of several geological events, so this by itself is impressing…

Perissa Village (Santorini, Cyclades, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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Perissa Village (Santorini, Cyclades, Sightseeing, Hotels, Island, Beaches)

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