Santorini

Enjoying the small islands of Greece

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June 12th 2011
Much excitement on the day we left Rhodes as this was our first ferry trip amongst the Greek Isles. We started off bright and early, and just as well as we were re-directed to the commercial harbour from the tourist harbour... this is half an hour walking with all our packs,so we had to dig into that old travel spirit of ours and toughen up. Arriving at Symi was wonderful, the town, of the same ... read more

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini » Firostefani

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more