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Eat, drink, shop, dance or even… get married in Santorini – so many couples from all over the world do so here.

Excellent amenities for scuba diving, windsurfing and jet-ski, as well as trekking routes are available.

In late August don’t miss the “Efestia” , the Jazz Festival in July as well as traditional religious celebrations throughout the summer.

Santorini has always been famous for its fine wines (the island’s well-known varieties include assirtiko, athiri, nykteri, vinsanto). Consequently, there are many organized wine tours in wineries, canavas, vineyards, etc, as well as the Wine Museum outside Fira. As for the local delicacies, you should definitely try cherry tomatoes, white aubergines, fava, capers and chloro cheese.

Pyrgos, Emporio, Karterados, Finikia, Monolithos, Messaria and many more will surely fascinate you. Relaxed, cosmopolitan, traditional, medieval, etc, each one has to offer so much.

Discover Santorini’s ancient history at Ancient Thira, Akrotiri early Bronze Age settlement and the Museum of Prehistoric Thira.

You can either take the boat tour along the caldera or choose one of the regular excursion trips that lead you to caldera islets Nea and Palaia Kameni, as well as Thirasia. Walk up towards the volcano crater in Nea Kameni (good shoes, sun block and water serve as survival tools here) and have a swim in the hot sulphur springs of Palaia Kameni. Last stop is Thirasia, an unspoiled miniature version of Santorini before the tourism invasion.