Vlychada
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: ArticCynda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: tourist beach
- Also known as: “Vlichada”, “Vlichada Thira”, and “Vlychada beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Akrotiri and Tomato Industrial Museum.
Akrotiri
Photo: Smial, Public domain.
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.
Tomato Industrial Museum
Museum
Photo: Lajmmoore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tomato Industrial Museum "D. Nomikos" is an industrial museum in Vlychada on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was founded as a tomato paste factory in 1945 but closed in 1981.
Red Beach
Beach
Photo: Sidvics, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Red Beach is a volcanic sand beach on the Aegean island of Santorini. The beach is famed for its titular red-hued sand, and is a noted for being a popular tourist attraction. Red Beach is situated 3½ km west of Vlychada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Megalochori and Perissa.
Megalochori
Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Perissa
Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Pyrgos
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Vlychada
- Categories: recreation area, tourist destination, and landform
- Location: Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.3393° or 36° 20′ 22″ northLongitude
25.4316° or 25° 25′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8G878CQJ+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 416730022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachWikidata ID
Q14238620
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Vlychada” goes by many names.
- German: “Vlichada”
- Greek: “Βλυχάδα”
- Russian: “Влихада”
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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 “Vlychada”. Photo: ArticCynda, CC BY-SA 4.0.