SIGHTSEEING
MAIN TOWNS & AREAS
Fira - Firostefani - Imerovigli - Oia
Pyrgos - Megalochori - Akrotiri - Perissa - Perivolos
Messaria - Kamari - Monolithos
ANCIENT RUINS OF AKROTIRI - THE DIGS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF FIRA - The Archaeological Museum features remarkable finds from private collections as well as from excavations of the Mesa Vouno, Sellada and Akrotiri sites which date back to all the periods from the 3rd millennium BC until the Roman years.
BEACHES
Kamari - Perissa & Perivolos - Red beach - Monolithos

BOAT TRIPS TO THE VOLCANO & THERMAL SPRINGS
NIGHT LIFE - clubs and most bars can be found in Fira the capitol.

CALDERA
THE VOLCANO - Although written documents which could tell us exactly what happened do not exist, historians try to piece together the events of the 16th cenutry BC. the whole island was buried under a thick layer of tufa, at many points 30 metres deep. Material thrown up from inside the cone creating a huge vacuum, the crust collapsed & a large central part of Strongyle was sucked inside. Eighty three sq.km of earth vanished into the crater. The sea flooded the dry land. All that remains of Strongyle today is Santorini.

TRADITIONAL SANTORINIAN FOOD - Santorini is known for its "fava" and for the small tomatoes which produce excellent tomato juice, or "bertes", as the locals call it. Santorini's only export is a mineral, called "Thiraiki Gri".