On Santorini, we did a hike in the morning up to the top of the Nea Kameni volcano – it is active but no signs that is was a volcano except some hot rocks – and then a swim where hot spring entered the ocean. Seemed odd to swim from crystal clear water with 20 feet visibility to rust colored water where you couldn’t see your hand and was only a bit warmer.
Nea Kameni
Oia
Santorini also was heavily based on shopping, but the cliffside towns and overall architecture made it much more interesting. We went to both of the main towns on the island, Fira and Oia. Oia is the famous town with the blue domes while Fira is the primary port (with a cable car to get to the top).
Fira
Overall, and this is probably heresy, the highlights of Mykonos and Santorini Greek are the historic white towns towns but they are very stark with no greenery, dark brown coasts, and very few sand beaches (and therefore little turquoise water). The Adriatic Sea (Croatia and Montenegro) was much more scenic. Santorini is spectacular, but imagine the pictures attached without the buildings.
Leaving Santorini
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