Santorini

Santorini is an island that should need no introduction. Also known as Thira, it is startlingly unlike any other.  Sheer volcanic cliffs, embroidered on their heights by whitewashed villages, plunge 1,000 feet to the sea. Here occurred the tremendous eruption some 3,000 years ago that is thought to have destroyed the Minoan civilisation in Crete as well as Santorini’s own advanced culture (as evidenced by the excavations at Akrotiri). Theories of Atlantis abound, but all that remains is the vast sea-filled caldera, the visible lips being the three main islands of Thira, Therasia and Aspronisi.

Understandably this dramatic island is always popular and tourism, together with wine production, is fairly dominant. Nevertheless, Santorini is an island that should be visited at least once – it is unique and the views are spectacularly unforgettable.

Multi-Centre Options
Santorini, Paros and Naxos can all be combined, either as a 2-centre holiday (3-4 nts + 4-3 nts or 7 nts + 7 nts) or as a 3-centre (4 or 5 nts each island). For transfer reasons Santorini should be booked as your last centre.