South Aegean Islands
Cyclades
Santorini

Akrotiri

Akrotiri is a town on the southwestern end of Thira, the largest island of the archipelago. Though it offers great view of the caldera and volcano, it is not as overrun by tourists like and .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: modern village in Santorini, Greece
  • Also known as: “Akrotiri Castle”, “Akrotiri, Santorini”, “Akrotírion”, and “Ακρωτήριον”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vlychada and Red Beach.

Photo: ArticCynda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a fishing village on the southern shore of Thira, the largest island in the archipelago. It is the largest coastal settlement on the south coast, and has the only marina of significance in the archipelago.

Beach
Photo: Sidvics, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a volcanic sand beach on the of . The beach is famed for its titular red-hued sand, and is a noted for being a popular tourist attraction.

Museum
Photo: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
"D. Nomikos" is an industrial museum in Vlychada on the island of in Greece. It was founded as a tomato paste factory in 1945 but closed in 1981. is situated 4 km southeast of Akrotiri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Megalochori and Pyrgos.

Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quiet traditional village in the heart of , sitting on a hill facing east. The roads narrow as you get closer to the village, a mixture of cream and white Cycladic houses with contrasting colourful wooden doors.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in central Thira, the largest island of the archipelago in the islands of . It is home to one of 5 Venetian castles that were built on the island to defend it against invaders.

Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
is a small rock in . A tangle of paths lead from the village up to the houses built into the cliffs. Much as the villagers did in Caldera, the residents built their homes in the rocky walls of the ravine.

Akrotiri

Latitude
36.3582° or 36° 21′ 30″ north
Longitude
25.3972° or 25° 23′ 50″ east
Population
432
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Open location code
8G87995W+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3657606681
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
265396
Wiki­data ID
Q24475205
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Korean—“Akrotiri” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Akrotíri (Thíra)”
  • Finnish: “Akrotíri”
  • French: “Akrotiri”
  • German: “Akrotiri”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήρι Θήρας”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήρι”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Ακρωτηρίου”
  • Japanese: “アクロティリ遺跡”
  • Korean: “아크로티리 성”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Akrotiri”. Photo: Smial, Public domain.