Santorini Island, Greece
Santorini is the most popular island in Greece. It may be the most popular island in the world. There are few travel destinations that combine beautiful beaches, spectacular scenery, ancient cities, amazing restaurants, some of the world's best wine, and an active volcano. But Santorini has all this and more.
My Santorini Guide will introduce you to the island and assist you in having a memorable trip whether you are coming for your honeymoon, with your family, alone or with friends.
Most people who go to Greece go to Santorini. Maybe as many people go to Santorini as they do to Athens which is pretty amazing since most people who visit Greece have to at least stop in Athens to get wherever they are going. But this is not that surprising since there are direct flights to Santorini, any cruise that is worth taking stops here, and it is a part of just about every Greek island itinerary.
BEACHES
The beach towns of Perissa and Kamari are almost identical, though they are separated by a huge mountain of rock, and attract to their black sand beaches thousands of suntanned boys and girls with perfect bodies. I remember hearing of these marvels of nature (the sand, not the tanned bodies). Black sand was like white whales or purple mountains majesty. Something that was considered beyond special and had to be seen to be believed.
The famous beaches are:
1: Kamari Beach
2: Perissa Beach
3: Koloubos Beach
4: Perivolos Beach
5: Caldera Beach
6: Vlichada Beach
7: Oia
8: Monalithos Beach
9: Vlichada Beach
The best holtels of santorini island are:
1:Villa kalimera
2:Hotel ether
3:Delfini rooms
4:Ellinon Thea Hotel
5:Boathouse hotel
6:Alexander hotel
SANTORINI NIGHTLIFE
There is certainly plenty of nightlife in the beach towns but, beach bars are meant for the daytime and the true romantics stay in or near Thira or the other cliff towns and get back there from the beaches with plenty of time to shower, take a short nap and then walk to one of the bars that line the volcano for a few drinks and to watch the sunset. These are the types of places where lifelong friendships are made since you are all sharing the same remarkable experience. It is an experience that heightens one's awareness of nature and his own place within it. It's a sense of awe combined with the relaxation that comes from the drink you have and the knowledge that there is nowhere you have to be. It's also a great place to meet girls and boys. But lets face it. After a couple glasses of wine you can be happy anywhere and some people don't even leave the hotel, especially those on their honeymoon who probably don't have that same compulsion to go out and get drunk and flirt.
EATING IN SANTORINI
Chances are you will be eating tourist food. Santorini is a tourist island and the restaurants have one purpose and that is to sell food to tourists. Yes there are restaurants that locals eat at but it is unlikely that you will stumble upon them on your own by walking the streets of Oia and Fira. This does not mean that the food is bad because it is made for tourists. On the contrary. Some of the tourist restaurants make very good food and are proud of it and while some may see their restaurants as feeding troughs with cash registers, and tourists as cattle that can be satisfied with mousaka and pastitsio, others see tourists as guests and go out of their way to find the best ingredients to introduce them to the unique cuisine of the island.
BEST RESTAURANTS
Penelope's
Kyria Niki's
Metaxi Mas
Greece packages of 10days starts from Rs150000
My Santorini Guide will introduce you to the island and assist you in having a memorable trip whether you are coming for your honeymoon, with your family, alone or with friends.
Most people who go to Greece go to Santorini. Maybe as many people go to Santorini as they do to Athens which is pretty amazing since most people who visit Greece have to at least stop in Athens to get wherever they are going. But this is not that surprising since there are direct flights to Santorini, any cruise that is worth taking stops here, and it is a part of just about every Greek island itinerary.
BEACHES
The beach towns of Perissa and Kamari are almost identical, though they are separated by a huge mountain of rock, and attract to their black sand beaches thousands of suntanned boys and girls with perfect bodies. I remember hearing of these marvels of nature (the sand, not the tanned bodies). Black sand was like white whales or purple mountains majesty. Something that was considered beyond special and had to be seen to be believed.
The famous beaches are:
1: Kamari Beach
2: Perissa Beach
3: Koloubos Beach
4: Perivolos Beach
5: Caldera Beach
6: Vlichada Beach
7: Oia
8: Monalithos Beach
9: Vlichada Beach
The best holtels of santorini island are:
1:Villa kalimera
2:Hotel ether
3:Delfini rooms
4:Ellinon Thea Hotel
5:Boathouse hotel
6:Alexander hotel
SANTORINI NIGHTLIFE
There is certainly plenty of nightlife in the beach towns but, beach bars are meant for the daytime and the true romantics stay in or near Thira or the other cliff towns and get back there from the beaches with plenty of time to shower, take a short nap and then walk to one of the bars that line the volcano for a few drinks and to watch the sunset. These are the types of places where lifelong friendships are made since you are all sharing the same remarkable experience. It is an experience that heightens one's awareness of nature and his own place within it. It's a sense of awe combined with the relaxation that comes from the drink you have and the knowledge that there is nowhere you have to be. It's also a great place to meet girls and boys. But lets face it. After a couple glasses of wine you can be happy anywhere and some people don't even leave the hotel, especially those on their honeymoon who probably don't have that same compulsion to go out and get drunk and flirt.
EATING IN SANTORINI
Chances are you will be eating tourist food. Santorini is a tourist island and the restaurants have one purpose and that is to sell food to tourists. Yes there are restaurants that locals eat at but it is unlikely that you will stumble upon them on your own by walking the streets of Oia and Fira. This does not mean that the food is bad because it is made for tourists. On the contrary. Some of the tourist restaurants make very good food and are proud of it and while some may see their restaurants as feeding troughs with cash registers, and tourists as cattle that can be satisfied with mousaka and pastitsio, others see tourists as guests and go out of their way to find the best ingredients to introduce them to the unique cuisine of the island.
BEST RESTAURANTS
Penelope's
Kyria Niki's
Metaxi Mas
Greece packages of 10days starts from Rs150000
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