Author:Rudradatta Rath
The official name of this magical island is Thira offering breath-taking views and amazing sunsets. This island is gifted with beautiful beaches, photogenic villages, Volcano, caldera, archaeological sites and many more. The volcano in Santorini is still alive and in 1950 there was an eruption, by which many villages of this Island were destroyed. Fira is the capital of Santorini and very touristy. As Santorini is a cosmopolitan Island, so it is little bit expensive in comparison to other Greek islands.
Holidaymakers from all end of the world stay in Fira and Oia, which are extremely beautiful and amazing, established on the cliff. How ever the holidaymakers are also like to stay in beach areas such as Kamari and Perissa. Monolithos is the best place if you are looking for calm and quite environment.
Things to do in Santorini
Santorini consists of everything amazing for everyone. During your Santorini vacation you can do the following things:
1) Reserve a Car in Santorini
If you are a First time visitor to Santorini, then you should reserve a car to explore the entire Santorini. Your car rental agency can help you a lot to explore the Santorini Island thoroughly
2) Explore beaches
Santorini beaches are extremely beautiful and center of attractions for visitors. The magnificent Santorini beaches are Kamari, Perissa, red beach and Monolithos beach. All these beaches are well organized and designed to entertain the visitors with all modern amenities such as water sports, taverns, cafes, beach bars and sun umbrellas.
3) Explore villages
The Greek island of Santorini is popular for it’s picturesque villages of unique characteristics. Santorini consists of 18 villages. Among all villages Fira, Oia, Kamari, Perissa, Akrotiri and Monolithos are popular and touristy.
Fira is the capital of Santorini and a tourist center where holidaymakers can find all type of accommodation and facilities. Fira is the best place for shopping. Oia is also very popular for it’s natural beauty, calm life and breath taking sunset. Oia is the city of artists.
4) Santorini Caldera Tour
Caldera of Santorini is a greatest wonder in all over the world, which was created due to a severe volcanic eruption about 3500 years ago. Santorini caldera is a big basin, upon which the Island is established. You can have a nice experience by traveling upon the rim of caldera by enjoying the natural panoramic vie of Santorini.
5) Santorini museums
If you are in vacation to Santorini then don’t forget to spend some time in Santorini museums. From Santorini museums, you can get the glimpse of rich culture and long history of this Greek Island. You can find popular museums in Santorini such as Archaeological Museum, Museum of Prehistoric Thira, The Naval maritime Museum of Santorini, The Folklore Museum Santorini, Santorini Wine Museum and Megaron Gyzi.
6) Santorini Wineries
Santorini consists of finest vineyards in Greek. Visitors can find a large number of wineries in Santorini to visit where the holidaymakers can see wine making process and taste the sample of wine by spending a little. The holidaymakers can find the popular wineries such as Santo wines, Canava Roussos, Antoniou Wines, Volcan Wines, Boutaris Wines and many others.
7) Santorini sunset
Don’t miss the spectacular Santorini sunset. The Santorini sunset is regarded as the most romantic and breathe taking sunset in all over the world. Hotels in Santorini make the special arrangement for the couples to enjoy this wonderful sunset. It’s great to enjoy the sunset from Oia. Oia sunset is known as the purple sunset.
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