South Aegean Islands
Cyclades
Santorini

Perissa

Perissa is a sea-side village on the eastern shore of Thira, the largest island in the archipelago. It has a long black sand beach, which stretches to the neighbouring municipalities Perivolos and Agios Georgios with a near-continuous line of bars, hotels, and restaurants parallel with the beach.
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  • Type: Village with 725 residents
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Also known as: “Perissa, Santorini”
  • Postal code: 84703

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vlychada and Ancient Thera.

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.

Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the name of an archaeological site from classical antiquity on the island of , which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno.

Church
Photo: SteliosA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamari and Pyrgos.

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is a seaside village on the southeast side of Thira island in , part of the group of islands. It has a long black sand and shingle beach.

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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: 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.

Perissa

Latitude
36.3569° or 36° 21′ 25″ north
Longitude
25.4739° or 25° 28′ 26″ east
Population
725
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8G879F4F+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1842740480
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6620991
Wiki­data ID
Q12883365
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Perissa” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Perissa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پيريسا”
  • Finnish: “Períssa”
  • French: “Períssa”
  • German: “Perissa”
  • Greek: “Περίσσα Θήρας”
  • Greek: “Περισσα”
  • Greek: “Περίσσα”
  • Latvian: “Perissa”
  • Polish: “Perisa”
  • Polish: “Perissa”
  • Russian: “Перисса”
  • Thai: “เปรีสซา”
  • Turkish: “Perissa”

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