South Aegean Islands
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Santorini

Megalochori

Megalochori 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.
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  • Type: Village with 642 residents
  • Description: village in Santorini, Greece
  • Also known as: “Megalochórion”, “Megalohori”, “Megalokhórion”, “Meghalochóri”, and “Μεγαλοχώριον”
  • Postal code: 84700

Places of Interest

Highlights include Akrotiri and Vlychada.

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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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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.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pyrgos and Vothonas.

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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.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the main town and cultural centre of Thira, the largest island in the archipelago. It boasts a variety of museums, art galleries, cathedrals and picturesque churches to explore, as well as the island's widest selection of shopping and dining.

Megalochori

Latitude
36.3764° or 36° 22′ 35″ north
Longitude
25.4317° or 25° 25′ 54″ east
Population
642
Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)
Open location code
8G879CGJ+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1842740554
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
257409
Wiki­data ID
Q14215207
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Megalochori” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Megalochori”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميجالوتشورى”
  • Finnish: “Megalochóri”
  • French: “Megalochóri”
  • German: “Megalochori”
  • German: “Megalochóri”
  • Greek: “Μεγαλοχώρι Θήρας”
  • Greek: “Μεγαλοχώρι Σαντορίνης”
  • Greek: “Μεγαλοχώρι”
  • Polish: “Megalochori”
  • Russian: “Мегалохори”

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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 “Megalochori”. Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.