Greece Travel Guía

Fira (also his name been Thira) is the capital of the island Santorini, located on the old port, on the western side of the island. It is constructed for amphitheatrically that hangs by the rock, emphasizing a direct sight to the volcano and probably the best sight that you one day have seen. This is the biggest city to the island and it has gained the preference with visitors because it is central and the access to other parts of Santorini is easy for the taxi or for the bus. You also can reach the city for the teleférico, in donkey or on foot. This is a very attractive people, with cubic white houses, narrow crosswalks and Venetian impressive dominions. In Fira, you can visit the Archaeological, Prehistoric and Popular splendid Museums, as well as wonderful churches and cathedrals.

Kamari is a people of the beach on the side of the Southeast of Santorini, located to 10 kilometers to the Fira northwest. During the ancient times Kamari it was usually the port. Many ancient conclusions have been discovered here. Kamari quickly was developed due to the sea and its beach. This has a beautiful beach that looks to the east with the sand black and protected on its side of the south for the rocky vertical volume of Dune Vouno. Although there are many bars, the bars and clubs Kamari have an ambience much calmer than Fira. There are all based habitual water activities, more a regular water taxi to walk about the peninsula the neighbor Perissa.

Megalohori located next to west of the island, close to the port, is a rock people inside the island that exists from at least of the XVIIth century. A small place (its another name ”the big people” but this apparently is more an euphemism), but a community cheered up with a permanent cleanly big population. Megalohori fascinates a just number of visitors, who choose it like a practical base to explore the island, he is not far from Fira (9 kilometers), and inside the easy distance both of Akrotiri and of the beaches of the coast of the Southeast. The churches of Aghia Anargyri, Isodia tis Theotokou and Aghios Nikolaos Marmaritis on the way to Emborio are worth being seen.

Karterados is a small town and he is only to 2 kilometers of distance of the city of Fira. The people is prominent for its innovative architecture, which causes the visitors he bewitched. In addition to its architectural heredity, there are several vineyards about the people, which gives an element of delicate beauty to Karterados. Karterados was constructed inside two rivers, almost invisible throughout. This name means the look of the hidden place. Here you can find the Santorini traditional architecture. The Analipsis church that certainly debé to visit and to enjoy,

The people of attractive Oia is with much the most beautiful and picturesque people on Santorini located on the north of the island, 11 kilometers of distance of Fira, he is renamed for its Cauldron amazing and the sight for its putting of the sun, and its houses “of cave” traditional that are constructed in the side of the reddish rock. It is ideal during the holidays, walks about the alleys, romantic dinners, impressive conference and elegant buys. It heard it gives him a sight different from the islands that constitute the volcano (Altar cloth and Nea Kameni) and of the small island of Thirasia. Also this has great cultural attraction as the Maritime museum that gives place to a small library, articles about the life of the marine area, and the traces of a Venetian fortitude. Many artists fell in love with the area and they have remained there there you depart from its works. That's why, the Oia people has many art galleries.

Imerovigli, Santorini has a number of places where one can take the impressive pictures of the only scenery that the island proposes. But perhaps the most exceptional is that emphasized in Imerovigli, in the highest place of the rim of the cauldron (300 meters high). Imerovigli that means the day clock is a picturesque people located in the north of the island, only 2 kilometers of distance of the capital of Fira. In fact, this is the Fira extension, but the people is placed on a higher rock, constructed opposite to the volcanic islands of Nea Kameni, Palea Kameni and Thirassia. The only ambience, verandes hanging on the cauldron, luxurios apartments semi tubes, swimming pools on the rock rim. Imerovigli is “a balcony” ideal to the Cauldron, and this explains the fact that this has developed in “a hotel people” of postcard beauty. The in love couples in fact believe the profile of this people. Romance, sight and peace.

The Perissa people is a people much packed by tourist, placed on the part of the south of Santorini, next to the black sand beach sy you water down egg whites, 15 kilometers to the Fira Southeast. The Perissa people is not really a people, it is rather quite a tourist, full city only during the summer holidays time. A number of hotels, restaurants, bars, bars, discotheques and other facilities is available for the visitor. The area is newly contruida and has been created only for the target to give the welcome to visitors, who explain the architecture, which is very different from other peoples, which are much more traditional.

Pyrgos is placed to the Southeast of 8 kilometers of Fira. The people was constructed on the top of a hill and it presents a panoramic incredible sight of the entire island. In Pyrgos you meet face to face medieval Santorini. The village is still preserved by the structure and the characteristics of the Venetian fortified city, overcome by its castle. Pyrgos was one of five fortified cities constructed by the Venetians in the XVth century. The people has a population of 500 inhabitants, and it was usually the capital of the island until beginning of the year 1800. This is one of the peoples Santorini more impressive, with Venetian Castles and Byzantine churches; the most notable is the Theotokaki, with some interesting fresh air.

Akrotiri is located to the south of 8 kilometers of Fira, close to the famous Red Beach and is the most important archaeological place of Santorini, known certainly by the famous ruins from the period Minoan. There is not greatly to see in the city Akrotiri. But this is a calm and agreeable people to stroll around in its surroundings. There is an old fortitude on top of the city that was devastated during the earthquake in 1956. This was the place of the city and instead of restoring it they reconstructed the city under the fortitude. You can still rise and stroll around around. Of the top of the people you can see the cauldron of the volcano and the miles of grapes. In fact you can see most of the island. Also, there are two old churches in the people, Aghia Triada y Ipapandi tou Sotiros.

Firostefani is an area located to 2 kilometers to the north of Fira, which offers a spectacular sight of the capital city and the sea. A calm people, which especially is constituted of hotels, traditional houses, chaletes, studies. There are many shops. The area proposes only a pair of restaurants and snack bar, but Fira, where all the activities are concentrated can be reached on foot. It is also, one of the most picturesque and pacific neighborhood that it is balanced on the rocks of the Cauldron.

Mesaria a charming people located in the center, Messaria is surrounded by gardens and vineyards. There is located the Southeast of 4 kilometers of Fira; the transport is available towards and of every destination of possible island. During a few last years the Messaria people has a building of luxurious accommodation and a variety of shops of specialty. Messaria also produces the wine famous Santorinian. The Metamorphosis churches tou Sotiros and Aghia Irini, so much construct between 1680 as 1700, they are worth while visiting, such a which to the Metropolis church. Messaria has a delight Cycladic with its white attractive houses washed and tortuous tiny ways of the street. One of the most impressive spots in the people is the mansion Argiros, constructed in 1888 by the manufacturer of wine Jorge E. Argiros, and recently restored.

Center duarnte many years was the commercial focus of the island, the market, for all its local products. Today this is one of the island the biggest peoples, with the biggest permanent population (seasonal business many in Perisa are controlled by the Center people), several shops, a medical center, a newagent's and a school. Center also had a castle fortified during the medieval years, the traces to which they are still visible. The North of the peoples there is a strong, square building it called “Goulas“, in which the people people were protected from the pirates.

The people othonas Vothonas is an existing testimony of a built people of rocks, located to 6 kilometers of distance of the city of Fira. It is between the most attractive people of Santorini and the best part of people Vothonas. You can be assured of the peace and the silence, two elements that are in the award in this engine put the modern age. Most of the houses has been dug up of the currents. A walk below the main street of the people takes the fear from him and hce participant of the knowledge and the ingenuity of those craftsmen of people, who could construct strong houses with the cheapest of material and like exploiting the depth of the irrigation channel to protect them from the winds. Physically, this is the strangest people to the island, and it costs a visit only that's why.

Exo Gonia is a small town constructed in the slopes of Dune Vouno (Profitis Ilias the Mountain). It is like an amphitheater and it has in its center some wonderful churches. The biggest of these is a red tiled floor with a belfry that hovers on the city. The houses here are of traditional variety Cycladean. In the kidling Exo Gonia you are in another planet absolutely, with nothing to remind to him that you are in fact to most of tourist island in the Aegean Sea. In the people of the evening they join in the courtyards of the houses, the grandmothers sit down the chismeo (CHAIR) on which he inclines, friendly dogs rub against its legs. Pub goes on to the enemy's dinner, and enjoyment of the sight towards the sea and the flat ground where the airport is placed. You can or lower of Pyrgos or snake on the sandy way Kamari, which follows Perissa.