Travelling to Santorini?

Our routes, not a list of everything. Places that have been there for centuries: no opening times or prices, which go stale.

1. 01

   Santorini in a day

   9 hYou’re standing on the rim of a volcano that blew three thousand six hundred years ago. Everything else here (the view, the wine, the soil) comes from that.Fira and the caldera rim · Akrotiri · A black beach · The sunset, and where not to watch itRead the full guide
2. 02

   A weekend in Santorini

   20 hFifteen thousand residents and millions of visitors a year: with that arithmetic, what decides your trip isn’t what to see but what time you leave.Saturday at eight: the rim walk · Saturday afternoon: the wine · Saturday at dusk: Amoudi · Sunday: the island that livesRead the full guide
3. 03

   What to see in Santorini

   6 hAt Akrotiri they found no bodies. No jewellery. The people left beforehand, with their things: the volcano warned and they listened.Akrotiri · Ancient Thera · The coiled vines · The cliff donkeysRead the full guide
4. 04

   Where to eat in Santorini

   3 hThe vines here grow coiled on the ground and have never been grafted. The tomato, besides, is grown without watering it once.Assyrtiko · The tomato nobody waters · Fava, which isn’t broad bean · Where not to eatRead the full guide
5. 05

   Santorini’s villages

   5 hOia jams at sunset and everyone knows it. What almost nobody says is the same view is two villages away, empty.Oia · Imerovigli and Firostefani · Pyrgos and Emporio · The outer face: Perissa and KamariRead the full guide
6. 06

   Day trips from Santorini

   8 hThe volcano is still active and you can walk on it: it’s in the middle of the bay, the ground smokes and it’s half an hour by boat.Nea Kameni: walking on the volcano · Thirasia · The islands next door · The sunset boatRead the full guide
7. 07

   From Santorini airport to Fira

   1 hThere are around thirty taxis on the whole island and that isn’t an exaggeration. With flights landing together, the queue can hit ninety minutes.The bus: it’s always there · The taxi: thirty on the whole island · The car and the quad bike · The port, which is another storyRead the full guide
8. 08

   Santorini: practical tips

   1 hSantorini has no fresh water. It never has: what comes out of the tap comes from a desalination plant, and you don’t drink it.The water and the sun · The meltemi · The cruise ship clock · Money, season and expectationsRead the full guide

The real options, with what actually decides it: which terminal it leaves from and where it drops you. Fares and timetables live with the operator, who keeps them current.

• BusFiráThe island buses run from the terminal to Fira, where you change for everywhere else (Oia included).·Fares and timesKTEL Santorini
• TaxiFirá · OíaThere are around thirty taxis on the entire island, and that isn’t an exaggeration: in high season, with several flights landing together, the queue can stretch to an hour and a half. Book before you fly or accept the wait. The bus, by contrast, is always there.·Fares and timesAeropuerto de Santorini

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