In Santorini, the most pleasant, spectacular and breath taking moment is the reddish yellow sunset. The beautiful sunset of Santorini has an unforgettable impact in the mind of visitors those who have ever observed this at least once. It provides Santorini the truly deserved reputation every day and also returns true value to the visitors traveling expenses. Simply this is unforgettable and inexpressible.
Santorini has another importance for newly married couples as a perfect honeymoon destination. Most hotels understand this and do everything they can to provide a cherished and romantic environment. Imagine wandering the narrow, twisting streets in the evening before watching the sun go down in a quiet cafe and finally sharing a private dinner for two, everywhere surrounded by white and blue buildings with the view of the Caldera and you are makings a dream honeymoon there.
Things to Do in Santorini, Greece
There are so many things to do and enjoy in Santorini for the visitors. Every pleasurable arrangement is there in Santorini to make the vacation tour unforgettable and enjoyable for tourists. Visit beautiful villages, unique beaches, museums, ride mules and travel with cable cars. Wandering through the towns of Fira and Oia offer hours of entertainment while visiting shops, overlooking the Caldera, stopping for food and drink,. However the true entertainment offered by Santorini is the view of the ever-changing light and shadow as the sun rises, travels over, and then sets across the Caldera. For visitors entertainment Santorini is offering water sports, Sun umbrellas, restaurants, nightclubs, beach resorts, traditional tavernas, bars and many more as follows:
1). Visit Beautiful Villages of Santorini, Greece
Santorini Villages are exceptionally beautiful with unique character and style and regarded among most popular villages of Greece. Among all other villages, Fira and Oia are the most popular and very touristy, always flooded with visitors. If you are looking for beach resort then Kamari, Perissa and Perivolos are suitable for you. Fira is the capital of Santorini.
About some of the popular Santorini villages are as follows:
Fira Santorini
Fira is the capital of Santorini officially known as Thera and regarded as one of the most important villages in Santorini Greece with nearly about 2000 inhabitants. The city is situated at the west side of the Island. This village is very touristy with white painted houses, blue windows and doors separated by small narrow streets.
Fira is so touristy that during the pick season the streets become crowded with all kind of shops, jewelers, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs. Fira is the best place for shopping jewelries.
Kamari Village
Kamari is one of the most planned villages of Santorini, which was rebuilt after 1956 earthquake. Now this village is a popular tourist resort with lots of hotels and rooms of all budget and category to welcome every individual. This village was developed very quickly because of the sea and always crowded beach.
Kamari is established in Northwest with 1300 permanent residents, at a distance of 11 kilometers from Fira. No need to worry for accommodation and entertainment in the village as you can get lots of hotels, rooms, several restaurants, taverns and bars. For entertainment you can find bars and discos.
Month of August is the best time to book accommodation in Kamari. In the month of august you can have the opportunity to go through their local festival name “Kamariano Panighyri". During this festival the participants are offered with plenty of music, dance, wine and food.
Imerovigli Village
Imerovigli is situated at the north of the island with typically Cycladic settlement, which is only 2 Kilometers away from the capital of Island Fira. This is a picturesque village with spectacular view to the Caldera as this village is situated on a higher cliff.
One can find many hotels, white washed traditional houses, narrow streets, small churches and some nice taverns. Imerovigli is a quite and beautiful village. As this village is so near to Fira, can be access by walk.
Akrotiri of Santorini
Akrotiri is located at the famous red beach, which is 15 kilometers far from Fira. This Village has been regarded as the very famous archeological place. This is also called the buried city of Santorini as this village was buried under the volcanic ash. The Akrotiri was belongs to Minoan settlement, which had been disappeared under the volcanic ashes during 1500 BC due to volcanic explosion. Due to volcanic soil everything is well preserved
Village of Firostefani
The village of Firostefani is established to the north of Fira. This village offers tourists a nice evening to enjoy the sunset of unique beauty. Firostefani contain lots of hotels from where one can view the beautiful and breath taking Santorini sunset completely.
Access to this village is possible by public busses, Taxis and moter bikes. As Firostefani is very near to Fira, you can go by walking. You also can get nice accommodation solution matching to all budget and taste
Monolithos Village
Monolithos is small village at a distance of 9km from Fira. This is a typical Cycladic village with traditional white washed houses. Monolithos is accessible by public busses, taxi and motorbikes.
Monolithos is less crowded in comparison to Perissa and Kamari.
Oia Village – popular for its Romantic Sunset.
Oia is 11 km far from Fira pronounced, as Ia. Oia is one of the popular villages in Santorini established at the northwest edge of the Island. This village is popular in all over the world for it’s romantic and breathtaking sunset. The purple sunset takes the breath away when it spreads the fabulous colors through out the sky during the time of sun sinks in the in to the sea.
One can find the amazing work of artists in local art galleries. Oia is so beautiful that it has been one of the most favorite places for the artists from all over the world. Artists fell in love with the breath taking views of this village and get settled for ever in Oia. For this reason you can see lots of art galleries in the village of Oia. The streets of this village are also packed with expensive jewellery boutiques. Oia is also very renowned for it’s quite life and artistic views.
The village of Oia has great cultural attraction which can be found in Maritime museum. By visiting the maritime museum one can find a wide idea about the maritime life of the area. Oia also consists of a port name "Ammoudi". As Ameni beach is located in Oia, you can have a tasty meal of fresh fish here.
Santorini romantic sunset is so amazing and beautiful that couples like to spend till late afternoon in the company of each others. The couples try to store this 15 minutes breathtaking view for ever in their memory as a lifetime experience. The hotels in Oia make special arrangement for couples to view the attractive sunset with their companies. The purpose of this arrangement from hotels is to attract the couples come from all over the world to view the romantic sunset.
2.) Visit Unique Colored Beaches of Santorini, Greece
Traveling around the Santorini beaches has been a great experience for visitors from all over the world. The Santorini beaches are extremely beautiful due to the deep blue crystal clear water of ocean with spectacular white, red and black sand. This island is gifted with beautiful beaches with uniquely colored sand. Most of the Santorini beaches are having the black sand that creates an unforgettable experience for the visitors.
Some of the most popular beaches in Santorini are,
• Kamari Beach
• Perissa Beach
• Monolithos beach
• Red beach near Akrotiri
Kamari Beach
This is the longest, busiest and the most developed beach as a beach Holiday resort, situated 10 kilometers south east of Fira. The general landscape of the beach is much similar to Perissa with spectacular black sands.
Kamari is the hot spot for visitors offering varieties of hotels, rooms, tavernas, restaurants, beach bars, cafes, water sports, sun umbrellas and night clubs to entertain the visitors.
Perissa Beach
Perissa beach is counted among the popular beaches in the Island situated south east of Fira. It is a very tourist crowded village with impressive and amazing black sandy beach. The village of Perissa is newly built with an aim to attract tourists. Perissa town becomes more crowded in summer holidays.
As Village of Perissa is a touristy town, it offers great verity of hotels, taverns, restaurants, bars, beach bars, rooms and night clubs.
Monolithos Beach
Monolithos is nearest to the Kamari and located 9 Kilometers from Fira and close to the airport. This impressive golden sandy beach consists of a great potential, but suffers from the strong wind that clatter across the sand.
This beach offers few hotels, beach bars, children’s play area, basket ball court, football pitch and umbrellas. This is a very organized beach divided in to two parts, one is family part and another one is quite part. The quite part is suitable for couples.
Red Beach
Red beach has fine red sand and rocks. This beach is very popular for the unique color sand and the hill behind it. The beach get it’s name from the lava red cliff and red sand.
Due to small beach area it gets crowded quickly. One can find chairs, umbrellas, and paddleboats for rent.
The red beach is accessible by private cars or rent cars and then walking by the lot. It also can be reached by sea with help of boats that departs from the ports of Akrotiri and Fira
Visitors also can find few other beaches like Cape Columbo, Vlychada, Monolithos Beach, Paradise Beach, Ammoudi, Perivolos Vourvoulos Beach, Agios Georgios and Baxedes Beach in Santorini islands, Greece.
3.) Visit the Museums
If you are very much interested to know about the rich culture and ancient history of Santorini then don’t forget to visit Santorini museums. Some of the popular Santorini museums are - The Archaeological Museum, Museum of Prehistoric Thira, The Naval Museum, Akrotiri Excavations, The Folklore Museum, Santorini Wine Museum, The Megaron Gyzi and The Folklore Museum.
4.) Enjoy Mule Riding
Riding mules is a great experience for the visitors coming to Santorini Island. Often visitors go up to the town of Fira by mule riding. By paying a little amount the visitors can take the amazing experience of mule riding.
5.)Travel with Cable Cars
Traveling with cable cars by viewing the Santorini scenery is another attraction for the visitors. If you are a photographer then keep you camera ready to store all the beauty. Within three minutes you can reach the amazing town of Fira with the help of cable cars.
6.) Rent a Car for Luxury and Comfort
Renting a Car in Santorini you and your family can enjoy the holiday tour with luxury, comfort and freedom. One thing you keep in mind that there should be a good experienced driver for the narrow and windy roads of Santorini. Contact the car rental agents for an English speaking driver who can act as a guide for your happy and comfortable journey.
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