Lying 230km to the southeast of Athens, Santorini (officially known as Thira) is the southernmost of the islands of the Cyclades group. Santorini ows its horseshoe shape to a massive volcanic explosion which happened around 1500 BC and destroyed the centre of the island, only leaving a collapsed caldera with a diameter of roughly 12 km. The central lagoon is surrounded by steep cliffs and is 400 m deep. Santorini is one of the few islands of the Cyclades group with a major airport. It is a very scenic island, with breathtaking views from the top of the cliffs at sunset.
01 Thira village 02 Thira village 03 Thira village 04 Oia village 05 Oia village 06 Oia village
07 Oia village 08 Oia village 09 Oia village 10 Oia village 11 Oia village
12 Oia village 13 Oia village 14 Oia village 15 Perissa village 16 Perissa village
17 Oia in the evening 18 Thira village 01 White church 02 White church 03 White church
04 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 05 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 06 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 07 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 08 Greek Orthodox church in Oia
09 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 10 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 11 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 12 Church bell 13 Church bell
14 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 15 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 16 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 17 Greek Orthodox church in Oia
18 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 19 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 20 Oia village 21 Church bell 22 Church crosses
23 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 24 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 25 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 26 Greek Orthodox church in Oia 27 Greek Orthodox church in Oia
01 Harbour of Adamas 02 Adamas bay 03 Adamas bay 04 Coast near Oia 05 Coast near Oia
06 Armeni harbour 07 Caique in Armeni harbour 08 Caique in Armeni harbour 09 Armeni harbour
10 Armeni harbour 11 Caique in Armeni harbour 12 Caiques in Pori harbour 13 Caique in Pori harbour 14 Caique in Pori harbour
15 Caique in Pori harbour 16 Sailing yachts at pier 17 Sailing yachts at pier 01 Thira village 014 Deck chairs
02 Thira village 03 Oia village 04 Terraces and parasols 05 Terraces and parasols 06 Terraces and parasols
07 Terraces and parasols 08 Deck chair 09 Deck chair 10 Deck chair
11 Table and chairs 12 Terraces and chairs 13 Chairs 15 Kamari beach 16 Kamari beach
17 Kamari beach 18 Restaurant table in the evening 19 Restaurant tables in the evening 20 Oia in the evening
21 White hotel 22 White gate 23 Kavalari hotel 24 Kavalari hotel 25 Hotel in Thira 01 Sunset view
02 Sunset view 03 Sunset view 04 Sunset view 05 Sunset view 06 Sunset view
07 Sunset view 08 Sunset view 09 Sunset view 10 Oia windmill at sunset 11 Oia windmill at sunset
12 Oia windmill at sunset 13 Oia windmill at sunset 01 Cat 02 Thira village 03 Thira village
04 Mules in Thira village 05 Oia village 06 Oia village 07 Oia village 08 Oia village
09 Oia village 10 Oia village 11 Oia village 12 Oia village 13 Mules on staircase to Oia
14 Mules on staircase to Oia 15 Oia village 16 Old windmill near Oia 17 Old windmill near Oia
18 Old windmill near Oia 19 Old blue door 20 Old blue door
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