Blogs from Santorini, South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 29

Beautiful beaches, great atmosphere, stunning scenery. All things we thought we were heading to. We got the ferry from Athens to Santorini. Slept on the deck which was great at the start, novelty factor. But by the middle of the night we were quite cold. The ferry stopped at almost every possilbe stop on the way. It took us 16 hours!!! Which didnt bother us at the time because we just thought about the beach! We got to Santorini at 6 or 7am and found a guy with a sign for Perissa Beach where we knew we had accommodation for the following 3 nights. The guy who drove us was a bit of a character, pointing out all the wineries on the way. Despite the wineries there is practically no trees and no greenery on Santorini. ... read more

After 8 hours of boating torture we finally arrived at Santorini more then happy to be getting back to dry land. A short cab ride and we were soon at the hotel, Ira Studios No2 (Nikita's Appts). From the outside it looked beautiful but Nikita, although a lovely guy has falen a little behind on the maintenance of late. Still, it was great just to have a bed and warmish shower at that point. The rest of our group arrived throughtout the day, including Shain and Kim who it was great to see after 18 months abroad. That night 6 of us, Luke, Shain, Kim, Stu, Katie and myself had a small reunion meal before Tim turned up to take us out to Bob's Bar where the rest of the group had been drinking. As it ... read more

Santorini, Thira, Stroggili, or Santa Irini, are many different names for the same beautiful island I visited with my wife for our honeymoon. After reading hundrends of reviews regarding Santorini island I concluded that this was the right choice for our Honeymoon. The next step as you can understand was to book the flight tickets and one of the nicest hotel possible. The first part was easy, since two greek airline companies had about twice everyday direct flights from Athens to Santorini airport. But, the second part.. yes, how to choose the right hotel among hundrends one? Therefore, I started searching hotels with 5 and 4 stars rating. Guess what? There were still around one hundrend hotels on my list. I found out that there were 3 regions, which are less crowded so as to enjoy ... read more

I have 7 minutes before I am kicked off of this computer, so I am going to make this short. This is no secret, but Santorini is just one of the most beautiful places on earth. It's like Big Sur attempted poorly at an immitation of this. Dave and I managed to find the biggest steal on the island. We stubled across a modest, yet beautiful place tucked right into the cliffs of the Caldera. I will give more detail on the place later as anyone coming here on a bidget needs to stay at this place! Today is Dave's birthday. We rung it in by watching the sun rise over the island. Tonight we will head to the beautiful town of Oia to have drinks and dinner. Tomorrow...ROME!!! Time"s up.... read more

Hello All, Well, Andrea and I have spent the last two weeks island hopping here in the Aegean Sea. We haven't done a great deal of sightseeing, mostly just relaxing and hanging out. Below is a short description of each island we've been to with some pictures. We're heading to Crete later this afternoon and after we spend a week there we're flying to Egypt! Mykonos We spent about four days here and had a good time. We stayed at a campsite in a bungalow with a beautiful view of the sea right out our door. The accommodations were primitive, but the view alone was worth it and the bungalow was a lot cheaper than any of the hotels. Mykonos is fairly expensive and has a reputation of being a place where people go to be ... read more