Santorini, Greece
Santorini, officially known as Sylla, is probably the most famous of all the Greek islands. Located at the southern end of the Aegean Sea, Santorini is part of the Cyclades Islands and receives about 2 million visitors each year. For a small island of 15,000 inhabitants (just 28 square miles), that’s a lot of cult attention, and it’s no wonder why. Santorini’s whitewashed cliff-top villages, like Oia in this photo, are postcard perfect. So is the infinite panorama of the azure Mediterranean.
Its serene beauty belies the catastrophic eruptions that formed the island as we know it today. The Minoan eruption some 3600 years ago was one of the largest known volcanic eruptions in the world. It destroyed the thriving city of Minos and created a huge crater that sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving behind its picturesque lagoon. Since then, volcanic activity has continued. At the center of the lagoon, according to Pliny the Elder, is the uninhabited volcanic island of Nea Kameni, which emerged from the sea in 19 AD. Over the past 300 years, it has experienced several major eruptions.
With thousands of years of experience, people have learned to live amidst the volcanic activity of these islands. Tourism is now the main activity on Santorini, as well as small-scale winemaking. With plenty of sunshine, constant sea breezes and winding through fairy-tale villages, you will never run out of reasons to visit.
Santorini, Greece
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From then on, it was the uninhabited volcanic island Nia Kameni, which surfaced from the sea in the 19th century. In the last 300 years, it has undergone several major eruptions.
After years, people learned the volcano volcano. Tourism is now the mainstay of Santorini’s main tourist industry, and with distant footsteps through the storybook villages, you will never lose the reason to visit.
