Ancient Akrotiri, Santorini: A Guide to the Minoan Pompeii

Long before Santorini became a byword for caldera sunsets and cave suites, there was Akrotiri. Near the southern tip of the island lie the remains of a Bronze Age city that was once one of the most important settlements in the whole Aegean, a prosperous trading town with multi-storey houses, paved streets, drainage systems, workshops … Read more

Three Bells of Fira Santorini

Quick facts Location: on the caldera rim between Fira and Firostefani, despite the name most commonly associated with Fira. Official name: the Catholic Church of the Dormition (Koimisi tis Theotokou), an Eastern Catholic Byzantine rite church. Built: the current structure dates from 1757, on the site of earlier cave churches carved into the cliff in … Read more