Travel to Santorini one of the most beautiful islands of Greece!

Fira is the capital of Santorini and undoubtedly one of the most beautiful settlements of Greece, along with Ia. It is built on a naturally impressive site, on top of the cliffs and along the fringe of the caldera at an altitude of 260m. The haven of the town is Fira's bay, where someone can get the teleferique to go up to the town.




-Book here cheap air tickets and hotels to visit Santorini

Alternatively, you can choose going up to town with a donkey or by foot if you are even more adventurous! The view towards the sea captivates you so much that I suggest you be very careful if you pick the latter option (go up by foot) – the cliff is steep and not guarded.
Fira was founded at the end of the 18thC and has been built in the traditional Cycladic architectural style. The houses are brilliant white, small, with domes and arches and lots of little windows along their sides, overlooking the beach; together, they cheekily sneak out from the narrow streets and tease you. Along the fridge of the caldera, the terraces become balconies for the nearby houses.

However, despite the traditional neighborhoods, the bright white houses and the blue domed churches, a walk around the island’s busier streets - where shops and cafes have proudly claimed their space - will make you realize that you really are in one of the cosmopolitan Greek islands.

Santorini Volcano
Santorini owes its existence to it's volcano. Being the only geological phenomenon of the Aegean Sea, the volcano created a place of unique beauty in its heart.
Both Santorini and its volcano will undoubtedly fascinate you. It co-exists with the underwater one of Koloumbos, which is situated 8klm from Santorini, Nisiros, Milos and Methana, as well as the rest of the volcanoes in the Aegean Sea.

Santorini's volcano became active 2,5 million years ago and is still active to this day. Its latest volcanic surface in the Eastern Mediterranean was created just 50 years ago, on the island of Nea Kameni.

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Travel Haiku. Europe Road Ways Review

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Travelers'  Haiku:

Road trips look-back, when costs fit.

Travel still enchants.

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Europe Road Ways Review

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Austria
Empires' crossroads.  Wien,
Mauthausen. Complicity's
Shades. Play on, Mozart.
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Austria, baroque nativity

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Belgium
Old pride riven: Wars,
Culture divides. Still, stalwart.
Plus art. Great waffles.
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Antwerp, Castle Steen, Lanagerwappen

Bosnia
Muslim. Orthodox.
Christian. Mostar's bridge rises.
Who the heretic?

Bogomil grave, Bosnia

Croatia
Spirit, Bishop, Nin.
Mass, Croatian. For that, banned.
Seek!  Autonomy!

Nin, Croatia, Bishop Gregory of Nin

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Czech Republic
Pilsner, property
Confiscated. Ethnic-cleanse.
Now rising, claims Self.

Hradec Kralove, CZ

Denmark
Was fierce! Vast in lands.
Ancient vitality firm,
Then sapped. Return. Sass.
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Denmark, Sonderborg Castle figure

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England
Jolly old. Self-full.
Exploited colonial
Subjects roost roots here.

Leeds, England. Turtle, ducks back

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France 
Devastate. Repeat.
Marching armies, Popes, Kings.
Courage! dit Piaf.

Angers Castle, France

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Germany
Lockstep. Reconstruct.
Marshall Plan! Wealth back. Affront!
Bailed out, now must bail?
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New construction,  Berlin, Germany

Hebrides
Standing stones, Vikings,
One-lane roads with lay-bys
Wind. Knights' churches. Breathe!

Rodel Church, Clan MacLeod, Hebrides, Scotland

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Hungary
Roma, Jews,  traces
Of the purged. Oft invaded,
Turns against its own?

Great Synagogue, Dohany Street, Budapest

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Ireland
Spirit of early
Monks rubbed out by Rules, and faked
Invasion permits.
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Norman Tower House, Ireland

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Italy
Vatican kingdom
Grows power, riches. Edicts.
We like Juliet.

Verona, Italy. Juliet and Dan Widing, Italy

Liechtenstein
No unemployment!
Banks at ev'ry turn.  Name names!
Nope. Won't.  Can't tax this.
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Luxembourg
Mighty caverns, trade
Routes, military legends,
Patton. Hamm. Salute.

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Montenegro
Mountains, guerrillas,
Invaders, fjords, Cetinje.
Ostrog survives all.

Ostrog Monastery, Montenegro

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The Netherlands
Tallness, tulips, cheese,
War-crimes court, social coping.
Heritage. At brink?

Canal, cars, houseboat, Amsterdam, NL

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Orkney
Scots now. Whither Picts?
All Norse place names.  Old wipe-out.
Wind-tunnel town streets.
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Romania
Harsh needs, harsh crossroads.
Rome, Roma, cacophony.
Vlad, Lenin, try all.

.Roma, scavenging, Romania
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Scotland
England's muscle-flex.
Uproot crofter! Kill the brave!
Old lives live, despite.
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Robert the Bruce, Stirling Castle, Scotland

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Sicily
Ancients, temples, sea.
Wars. Untamed Aetna. Smokin'!
Cultures, cliff towns. Eat!
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Mt. Aetna, lava, smoke, Sicily

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Slovakia
Defenses, old, new.
Heaviness of history.
Offset: festivals.
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Spis Castle, Slovakia

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Slovenia
Caught. Powers straddled.
Old, proud Carantania
Conveniently wiped.

Lake Bled, Slovenia

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Sweden
Rus-roots, Caucasus,
Sigge Fridulson. Culture
Highjacked? Uppsala.

Old Uppsala, ancient burial mounds, Sweden

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Poland
Easy invade. Flat.
Divided. Abused. Admire!
Retained humor, arts.

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Wales
Edward's great castles.
Stop on the way and listen.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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Switzerland
Bet both ends v. mid.
Gnome secrets. Alp views distract.
Uncommitted thrive.
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I. Child not for college?
Parents: Offer direct sense
In some way. Go there.

II. Where? You pick distance.
A family root. Crofter?
Mongol? The Black Plague.