Hi! Today I'd like to share with you all the amazing landscapes of Santorini that I was able to see on this tour to Greece.
As we went to Crete I really wanted to go to Santorini for a day, as it's not that far away - only 2.5 hour trip on the ship. So we paid for the excursion and went on august, 11th.
After getting to Santorini we went on a guided bus tour to Oia, the prettiest town of the island, then to the capital Fira and a black volcanic beach.
Santorini is the most extraordinary island in the Aegean. You sail into a strange, enclosed sea, shut off by the Burnt Islands. The volcanic cliffs of Santorini are red, brown or greenish, surmounted by a string of white villages. It is rather like a model of a monster's jaw made by some infernal dentist; a sinister and alarming place, like nowhere else.
I would say that it's true that "you either love it or hate it", and I definitely love it. Oia is exaclty like I've imagined it - pretty as a picture. It was super hot, like about 40 degrees C, but it's definitely worth seeing at least once. I'd like to have a wedding photoshoot there some day...
I would really like to come back when the season just starts (or ends) in may or october, when there's no such a crowd for a couple of days just to explore the small boutiques, enjoy one of the best sunsets in the world and relax. Oh, and make a wedding photoshoot of course :)
As we went to Crete I really wanted to go to Santorini for a day, as it's not that far away - only 2.5 hour trip on the ship. So we paid for the excursion and went on august, 11th.
After getting to Santorini we went on a guided bus tour to Oia, the prettiest town of the island, then to the capital Fira and a black volcanic beach.
Santorini is the most extraordinary island in the Aegean. You sail into a strange, enclosed sea, shut off by the Burnt Islands. The volcanic cliffs of Santorini are red, brown or greenish, surmounted by a string of white villages. It is rather like a model of a monster's jaw made by some infernal dentist; a sinister and alarming place, like nowhere else.
I would say that it's true that "you either love it or hate it", and I definitely love it. Oia is exaclty like I've imagined it - pretty as a picture. It was super hot, like about 40 degrees C, but it's definitely worth seeing at least once. I'd like to have a wedding photoshoot there some day...
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| Santorini, as I assume, is the best place for shopping in small boutiques and tiny little custom shops for pretty but expensive and well made things like this jewellery. Greece is famous for gold and silver jewellery btw. |
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| Loads of people but so worth it! |
I would really like to come back when the season just starts (or ends) in may or october, when there's no such a crowd for a couple of days just to explore the small boutiques, enjoy one of the best sunsets in the world and relax. Oh, and make a wedding photoshoot of course :)
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