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May 14, 2019 By GEORGIOS GEORGIOU

9 Things You Should Definitely Do in Santorini!

Are you preparing your luggage to Santorini? There are 9 things you should definitely do in Santorini!

Travel to Santorini! At last!

After endless conversations and a remarkable battle, you have persuaded your loved one to visit the most romantic island of the Aegean Sea!

With a shape that resembles a little croissant and a reputation spread to the most remote countries abroad, one is for sure… This island of Cyclades will surely steal your heart.

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1. Try local Santorini tastes

It would be a tragic mistake to go to Santorini and not taste the delicious local dishes. It is one of the top culinary destinations in the Aegean Sea for its own food as well as for its own restaurants and taverns with its unique decoration and unique view.

There are taverns and restaurants for all pockets, but you have to be careful because you are most likely to choose the wrong tavern and pay a very expensive lunch. To be sure your money and experience will be worth, choose places with award-winning chefs.

Try the famous fava and tomato bites of the island, well-known cod, scandamacarona and known as meatballs of poor or pseudo-bite (meatballs of various herbs and legumes).

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2. Tour to Akrotiri, Santorini

Akrotiri is a top destination if you are a history lover. Although not so advertised as Vergina or Mycenae, it is one of the most important archaeological sites of the whole Aegean, at a distance of 15km from Fira.

Paving streets, exceptional frescoes and finds of an ancient civilization that has remained in obscurity for more than 3,500 years will make you stand out.

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3. Visit the Santorini Museum of Prehistoric Hunting

The Prehistoric Hunting Museum is definitely one of the museums to visit. It is easily accessible, with great exhibits and very important finds from excavations. Often those who visited it say that it looks like a “dive into the dangers of Aegean history“.

It can be easily combined with the visit to Akrotiri, completing it. Only for the Prehistoric Thera Museum the price is €6, while there is a combined ticket.

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4. See the Santorini sunset

The magical sunset of Santorini is by itself the main attraction of thousands of tourists every year because of the amazing color palette it creates during its set. The castle of Oia is the top choice for sunset but it is not the only place where you can admire the unique feeling of the sunset in Santorini.

At Faros in Akrotiri, the sun literally looks diving in the sea, while the world is much less than in Oia. At the beach of Vrychada the volcanic scenery creates a very special atmosphere, while the view from Imerovigli, Prophet Elias or Firostefani is equally seductive.

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5. Go for a Santorini dive

Perhaps only diving lovers can appreciate the uniqueness of such an experience. The bottom of Santorini is far from common. You can take a tour of Santorini!

Besides its rich underwater treasures such as redfish, colorful sponges or sea slugs with its wonderful colors, you will have the chance to admire volcanic rocks, unique in the Mediterranean.

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Alternatively you may rent a car in Santorini.

6. Stay in a Santorini cave home

Another unique experience that this magical island offers. Cave houses are essentially houses that are built in the rock. They are built by the locals in this way to protect themselves from the winds.

They offer dew in the summer and heat in the winter while the architecture gives them an unbeatable beauty in the landscape. If you are claustrophobic try it for one night. Worth!

7. Try Santorini wine from a winery

Apart from the fantastic sunset and the archaeological interest of the region, the volcanic vineyards of more than 3200 years of age attract numerous wine lovers every year.

Visit some of the region’s award-winning wineries and travel to the world of senses in a different way.

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8. Have an organized Santorini tour

In case your stay allows, please visit the travel agencies of the area and choose one of the Santorini Tours that suits you. The view of the area at sea is something you will remember forever!

We recommend packages that include a visit to the Volcano, the Hot Springs and swimming in the famous beaches.

9. Visit Santorini, Emporio Thera

Emborio or Nimborios is 12 km away from Fira and is the largest village of Santorini. It was part of the sale – and probably of production – of the products during the 17th century, and often residents of the area visit the village for supplies.

The medieval Kastelli and the Tower of Goulas, located in the village, are a masterpiece of architecture and definitely worth a visit.

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Santorini is definitely one of the top destinations and not only. The scenic and unique landscape creates unbelievable feelings, while the various activities that can be made during the tour allow the combination of romantic, active and educational activities.

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April 15, 2019 By GEORGIOS GEORGIOU

Top 10 Restaurants in Santorini

The weather may not have decided yet if it wants to show us its good face or not, but we are convinced that the islands are waiting for us.

Greece has beauties for the whole year. Santorini, who is the heart of its visitors, will fill the picturesque alleys and become one with the locals.

Whether you are organizing an Easter trip or thinking about your summer vacation now, this article is of interest to you. Before you book tickets and prepare luggage, check out the best 10 restaurants on the island to choose the best culinary delights of Santorini.

You can always book a Santorini Private Tour to visit Santorini’s sightseeings and wineries along with the restaurants you will choose to have dinner.

Santorini is all time classic on the list of the ten things that you have to do before you die. We, here in Greece are a little bit more fortunate than the rest, as we have it relatively closer to us. When you manage to leave Oia and the spectacular sunset, you descend the volcano and decide to eat, then the fava and the tomato balls are must.

Check the following lists for all day food

Most of us take our breakfast in our hotels so my list does not involve places for breakfast. There is a large number of villages in Santorini which you can visit, see the sightseeings and eat.

Top 10 Restaurants in Santorini for lunch

Seaside Santorini
Pitogyros (ΠιτόΓύρος)
Falafeland
Terra Nerra
No Name Grill House
Aroma Aulis Food & Wine (Άρωμα Αυλής)
Anemoloos (Ανεμόλοος)
Seaside Santorini
Theoni’s Kitchen
Imba

Top 10 Restaurants in Santorini for dinner

Terpsi in Oia
Le Ciel Restaurant
Ombra Restaurant
Casa di Te Santorini
FlyAway Creative Restaurant & Bar powered by WEST EAST SUITES
Jaipur Palace Santorini
Leukes (Λεύκες)
Aroma Aulis Food & Wine (Άρωμα Αυλής)
Melitini (Μελιτίνι)
Throubi Restaurant

Of course there are many more excellent restaurants and as we all know, food is a matter of taste, so we cannot write them all down, but you can also ask the locals and arrange Private Transfers to wherever you desire to have your dinner or lunch.

You can also check our previous article to learn about traditional dishes of the island and find out the best food in Santorini and which dish to try!

You can take a tour of Santorini!

Take a Santorini private tour

Santorini private tours offer tasting tours of production sites and vineyards; visits to museums and traditional Oia Greece canaves are some of the options that will give you an intoxicating experience.

Santorini Full Day Private Tour
Santorini Sightseeing Private Tour
Santorini Private Custom Tour
Popular Destination Santorini Private Tour
Santorini Private Tour and Food Experience
Santorini Exclusive Shore Private Tour
Santorini Impressive Caldera Private Tour
Santorini South Part Private Tour
Santorini North Part Private Tour
Santorini Historical Private Tour
Santorini Sunset Private Tour

Santorini: A Great Gastronomic World

Santorini is not just the most emblematic island of Greece. It is also the home of a gastronomic cosmopolitanism, a paradise for lovers of special, elegant and authentic flavour.

The cuisine of the island is based mainly on its agricultural products, fed with its volcanic soil, the coolness of the sea and the Aegean sun.

The theatrical land offers not only a spectacular sight. The villages of Santorini also give birth to products blessed by nature – excellent fresh products – for original, tasty, healthy foods with divine flavours, simple, primary.

With an immediacy that penetrates the mind and touches the heart directly!

The famous Santorini Gastronomy

So let’s go around the “temples” of pleasure, where thousands of people from all over the world are bowed every year.

There are too many options to taste the famous Santorini gastronomy. Greek restaurants with traditional recipes, creative with new refined ideas, taverns with local appetizers…

Discover the hidden in the hinterland or by the sea taverns and let yourself in the moment where flavours and aromas, married harmoniously, are recorded indelibly in your memory.

1. Meet the Santorini fava

The best of Santorini’s diet, is “the fava“, as the locals call it. A gift of nature on the island – a product now Protected Designation of Origin – is an ancient fruit with a distinct natural flavour.

A taste that the Minoans enjoyed several thousand years ago is still unparalleled in our dish. Taste the freshly sprinkled with just it aromas and a bit of butter as an appetizer.

“Married” with tomatoes, onions and capers, with eggplant sauce or pork chunks as a regular meal. Fava-soup, fava-meatballs, fava-rice, fava in omelettes. Fava everywhere!

2. Meet the legendary Santorini tomato

Another favourite product of Thira, is the legendary Santorini tomato. Red, smoky and aromatic is the king of the local traditional salad with lobster, katsouni (a dry cucumber), capers and goat cheese.

The greatness of simplicity! Enjoy it in fluffy tomato balls or in a piece of “Thira” type tomato juice.

3. Meet the Santorini white eggplants

Similarly, the delicious white eggplants that impress with their silky texture are also excellent in a plethora of deep-tasting Mediterranean dishes.

It is worth even trying it plain in a simple eggplant sauce or in a Santorini moussaka, a hug with small potatoes and round courgettes that are being produced in the island. Let all summer sit on your plate!

4. Meet Santorini fresh fish

When the appetite “wants a fish“, choose from an abundance of fresh sea treasures from the nearby fishing grounds.

A delicious idea is the local Mprantada. It is accompanied by a garlic sauce with eggplant. You can also try smelt pies, or savoir fish, fried with vinegar and garlic.

5. Meet traditional Santorini treats

Leave space in the end for a sweet spoon of small tomatoes Jams, garnished with cinnamon and whole almonds. If you are lucky, you will try melletinia, a traditional Easter candy, or sugarplum, a classic wedding treat.

Apart from the traditional desserts, you will also taste “sophisticated” flavours such as tiramisu with roasted eggplant, almond praline and sunflower sauce or kantaifi sauce, with an improbable mizithra mousse. All Divine!

The famous Santorini wines

An excellent food company at the table will keep you the famous Santorini wines. Asyrtiko, Athiri, Aidani, Mandilaria, Mavratragano are just some of the dozens of native varieties that have been popular over the centuries on the island, sinking their roots deep in the volcanic soil.

The Thira vines shaped on terraces to facilitate the cultivation and knitting of the bunch-shaped stump to protect the fruit from the “great” winds and the relentless Cycladic sun, are characteristic elements of the environment.

The peculiarity of Santorini’s soil and microclimate, coupled with the constant effort of local producers to harness their land, yields high yielding wines with a strong structure, cool acidity, intense metallicity and aromatic complexity.

In the picturesque village of Pyrgos you will find the winery of the rural cooperative and there, on its picturesque balcony that looks like it hovers on the Caldera, you will say goodbye to the beautiful sunset with a glass of Vinsanto wine – this sweet diamond of the Santorini vineyard – or a cool Assyrtiko.

Most wineries can be visited on the island. One can take tours of Santorini to visit Santorini’s sightseeings and wineries.

Take a Santorini private tour

Santorini private tours offer tasting tours of production sites and vineyards; visits to museums and traditional canaves are some of the options that will give you an intoxicating experience.

Santorini Full Day Private Tour
Santorini Sightseeing Private Tour
Santorini Private Custom Tour
Popular Destination Santorini Private Tour
Santorini Private Tour and Food Experience
Santorini Exclusive Shore Private Tour
Santorini Impressive Caldera Private Tour
Santorini South Part Private Tour
Santorini North Part Private Tour
Santorini Historical Private Tour
Santorini Sunset Private Tour

Unique wines and splendid flavours make up the magical world of Santorini island. So Santorini puts its personal stigma on the gastronomic map of the planet.

Enjoying Greece By The Travel Channel

You can organize your holidays in beautiful Greece and the Greek Islands, the mythical land and its beautiful areas. Organize your holidays in Greece and discover some of the many locations in the country. Millions of tourists visit the country of Greece, which is Athens. Greece is characterized by a long coastline with stunning beaches, mountain scenery, sunny weather, rich history and authentic culture. Information about your holidays in Greece is organized by type and subject, in Athens, the mainland and more than 50 Greek islands.

Holidays packages and tours

Greece is a fantastic destination for any type of traveler.

Greece has many Greek holiday packages, excursions, cruises and other services that will help you organize the perfect trip to Greece and the Greek Islands!

There are many combinations of Greek islands for all preferences. Specifically, there are packages for people who need a cosmopolitan, economic or relaxing vacation. For the first visitors of Greece, the package from Athens to Mykonos and Santorini, the two top destinations in Greece, is very appropriate.

Greece is a country with many archaeological sites and interesting sights, browsing is a popular and quick way to see everything you need to see.

Most tours in Greece, especially in archaeological sites, also include licensed drivers so that participants really understand what they are seeing.

Excursions in Greece can be either boat or bus trips. A very popular and interesting boat tour is the Santorini volcano tour, where participants can visit the top of a volcano surrounded by a caldera full of water. Bus tours can be daily or multi-day. You can find information at santorinitours.

Holidays in the Greek islands

Millions of tourists visit the Greek islands all year round. You can access them by flight or a Greek ship.

Each Greek resort will surely enchant you with its unique architecture, splendid gastronomy, stunning castles and endless nightlife.

Holidays in the Greek Islands are a dream for many people. Each island today operates as an individual holiday atmosphere where tourists can take a look at the traditional Greek lifestyles, admire the cultural influence of foreign professions, visit the sights and experience water sports such as sailing, sea safaris, diving, Kayaking windsurfing.

If you are going to get married soon, remember that Greece is a great place to celebrate your love and exchange vows. Many tourists choose to carry out their wedding ceremonies in Greece and especially on the Greek island of Santorini, when the sun enters the sea and the sky is painted in soft orange.

The experience of a lifetime

Greece is a perfect and ideal tourist destination for individuals and families and results in a lifetime experience for most tourists.

Some resorts are more suited for comfortable family vacations while others are more suited to couples, singles or gay.

Greece is also known for its ancient culture. You should not miss the opportunity to visit some Greek museums and archaeological sites while you are in the country and try traditional dishes and delicious Greek wine.

Your holidays in Greece will surely stay in your mind for many years!

Prefer Greek islands such as the beautiful island of Santorini.

The warmth and hospitality of the country welcomes you and promises you nice and different holidays.

See more information about the island of Santorini

To discover every place that worths to see when you visit this unique island, choose a guided tour. For more detailed information on the ideal tour of the island of Santorini you can visit Santorinitours.

9 Things You Should Definitely Do in Santorini!