Santorini
Santorini is an archipelago of 5 volcanic islands in the Cyclades group of the Greek islands in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast of mainland Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Fira and Oia.
Fira
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Fira is the main town and cultural centre of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini 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.
Oia
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Oia is what most people picture in their head when they think of Santorini, and even the Greek islands in general: steep volcanic cliffs with picturesque white houses, churches with deep blue roofs, and iconic windmills that appear lost in time.
Kamari
Kamari is a seaside village on the southeast side of Thira island in Santorini, part of the Cyclades group of Greek islands. It has a long black sand and shingle beach.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Akrotiri and Vlychada.
Akrotiri
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Akrotiri is a town on the southwestern end of Thira, the largest island of the Santorini archipelago. Though it offers great view of the caldera and volcano, it is not as overrun by tourists like Fira and Oia.
Vlychada
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Vlychada is a fishing village on the southern shore of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago. It is the largest coastal settlement on the south coast, and has the only marina of significance in the archipelago.
Perissa
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Perissa is a sea-side village on the eastern shore of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini 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.
Imerovigli
Imerovigli is a small village famous for its beautiful sunset that give it the nickname balcony of the Aegean. It is on Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago, just north of capital Fira.Megalochori
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Megalochori is a quiet traditional village in the heart of Santorini, 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.
Pyrgos
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Pyrgos is a town in central Thira, the largest island of the Santorini archipelago in the Cyclades islands of Greece. It is home to one of 5 Venetian castles that were built on the island to defend it against invaders.
Vourvoulos
Vourvoulos is a village on the island of Santorini in Greece. It is located 3,7 kilometers northeast of the capital Fira, built on a slope facing the east shore of the island.Vothonas
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Vothonas is a small rock in Santorini. 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.
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Santorini
- Type: Island with 15,500 residents
- Description: Greek island in the Cyclades
- Also known as: “Kallísti”, “Nísos Thíra”, “Phira”, “Sandoríni”, “Santorin”, “Santorini Greece”, “Santorini Island”, “Thera”, “Thēra”, and “Thira”
- Category: tourist destination
- Location: Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Santorini” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Santorin”
- Albanian: “Santorini”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Θήρα”
- Arabic: “ثيرا، كيكلاديس”
- Arabic: “ثيرا”
- Arabic: “سانتوريني”
- Armenian: “Թիրա”
- Armenian: “Սանտորինի”
- Azerbaijani: “Santorini”
- Basque: “Santorini”
- Basque: “Thera”
- Basque: “Thira”
- Belarusian: “востраў Сантарын”
- Belarusian: “Сантарын”
- Belarusian: “Тыра”
- Belarusian: “Ціра”
- Bosnian: “Santorini”
- Bulgarian: “Санторин”
- Bulgarian: “Санторини”
- Bulgarian: “Тира”
- Catalan: “Santorí”
- Catalan: “Santorini”
- Catalan: “Tera”
- Catalan: “Thera”
- Catalan: “Theràsia”
- Catalan: “Thira”
- Cebuano: “Santorini Island”
- Chinese: “圣多里尼”
- Chinese: “圣多里尼火山”
- Chinese: “圣托里尼”
- Chinese: “抓獲聖托里尼號”
- Chinese: “桑托林島”
- Chinese: “聖托里尼”
- Chinese: “聖淘維尼”
- Chinese: “锡拉岛”
- Croatian: “Santorini”
- Czech: “Santorin”
- Czech: “Santorini”
- Czech: “Théra”
- Danish: “Santorini”
- Danish: “Thera”
- Danish: “Thira”
- Dutch: “Apronisi”
- Dutch: “Fira”
- Dutch: “Santorini”
- Dutch: “Santoríni”
- Dutch: “Thera”
- Dutch: “Thira”
- Dutch: “Thíra”
- Dutch: “Thyra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سانتورينى”
- Esperanto: “Santorino”
- Estonian: “Santorini”
- Estonian: “Santoríni”
- Estonian: “Thera”
- Estonian: “Thira saar”
- Estonian: “Thira”
- Estonian: “Thíra”
- Faroese: “Santorini”
- Finnish: “Santorin”
- Finnish: “Thera”
- Finnish: “Thira”
- Finnish: “Thíra”
- French: “Santorin”
- French: “Théra”
- Friulian: “Santorini”
- Galician: “Santorini - Σαντορίνη”
- Galician: “Santorini- Σαντορίνη”
- Galician: “Santorini”
- Georgian: “სანტორინი”
- German: “Sandorini”
- German: “Santorin”
- German: “Santorini”
- German: “Santoríni”
- German: “Thira”
- German: “Thíra”
- Greek: “Nisí Santoríni”
- Greek: “Nisí Thíra”
- Greek: “Nísos Santoríni”
- Greek: “Θήρα”
- Greek: “Νησί Θήρα”
- Greek: “Νησί Σαντορίνη”
- Greek: “Νήσος Θήρα”
- Greek: “Νήσος Σαντορίνη”
- Greek: “Σαντορίνη”
- Hebrew: “סנטוריני”
- Hindi: “सांडोरिनी”
- Hungarian: “Szantorini”
- Hungarian: “Théra”
- Icelandic: “Santorini”
- Icelandic: “Santoríni”
- Ido: “Santorini”
- Indonesian: “Santorini”
- Indonesian: “Thera”
- Irish: “Santorini”
- Irish: “Téara”
- Italian: “Isola di Santorini”
- Italian: “Santorini”
- Italian: “Santorino”
- Italian: “Thera”
- Japanese: “サントリーニ”
- Japanese: “サントリーニ島”
- Japanese: “サントリニ”
- Japanese: “サントリニ島”
- Japanese: “セラ島”
- Japanese: “テーラ島”
- Japanese: “ティーラ”
- Japanese: “ティーラ島”
- Japanese: “ティラ島”
- Korean: “산토리니”
- Korean: “산토리니섬”
- Korean: “티라 섬”
- Latin: “Thera”
- Latvian: “Santorine”
- Latvian: “Tēra”
- Latvian: “Tira”
- Limburgan: “Thira”
- Lithuanian: “Santorinas”
- Lithuanian: “Santorini”
- Lithuanian: “Santorinis”
- Luxembourgish: “Santorini”
- Macedonian: “Санторини”
- Malay: “Santorini”
- Malayalam: “സാൻഡോരിനി”
- Maltese: “Santorini”
- Marathi: “सान्तोरिनी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santorini”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santoríni”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thera”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santorini”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santoríni”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thera”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thira”
- Norwegian: “Santorini”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Santorin”
- Ossetian: “Санторини”
- Persian: “سادورینی”
- Persian: “سانتورینی”
- Polish: “Kallisti”
- Polish: “Oia”
- Polish: “Santorini”
- Polish: “Santoryn”
- Polish: “Strongili”
- Polish: “Thera”
- Polish: “Thira”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Nea Kameni”
- Portuguese: “Santorini”
- Portuguese: “Santorino”
- Portuguese: “Thera”
- Romanian: “Santorin”
- Romanian: “Santorini”
- Romanian: “Thera”
- Russian: “Афроесса”
- Russian: “Санторини”
- Russian: “Тира”
- Russian: “Фера”
- Russian: “Фира”
- Scots: “Santorini”
- Serbian: “Santorini”
- Serbian: “Санторини”
- Serbian: “Тира”
- Serbian: “Фира”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Santorini”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Thera”
- Sicilian: “Santorini”
- Slovak: “Sandorini”
- Slovak: “Santorin”
- Slovak: “Santorín”
- Slovak: “Thira”
- Slovak: “Thíra”
- Slovenian: “Santorini”
- Slovenian: “Thira”
- Spanish: “Isla Santorini”
- Spanish: “Santorin”
- Spanish: “Santorín”
- Spanish: “Santorini”
- Spanish: “Thera”
- Spanish: “Thira”
- Spanish: “Thíra”
- Spanish: “Unidad periferica de Santorini”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Santorini”
- Swedish: “Santorini”
- Swedish: “Thera”
- Swedish: “Thira”
- Swedish: “Thíra”
- Swiss German: “Santorin”
- Swiss German: “Santorini”
- Thai: “เกาะซานโตรินี”
- Thai: “ซันโดรีนี”
- Thai: “ซานโตรินี”
- Tosk Albanian: “Santorini”
- Turkish: “Santorini”
- Turkish: “Santoron”
- Turkish: “Thira”
- Ukrainian: “Санторин”
- Ukrainian: “Санторині”
- Ukrainian: “Санторін”
- Ukrainian: “Санторіні”
- Ukrainian: “Фера”
- Urdu: “سینتورینی”
- Venetian: “Santorini”
- Vietnamese: “Santorini”
- Vietnamese: “Thera”
- Vietnamese: “Thira”
- Waray (Philippines): “Santorini”
- Welsh: “Santorini”
- Welsh: “Thera”
- Western Armenian: “Սանթորինի (Թիրա)”
- Western Armenian: “Սանթորինի”
- Wu Chinese: “圣托里尼”
- Yue Chinese: “聖托里尼”
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