Roman Plesky - Santorini in 5 Days

© Plesky Roman – Vienna – 2016

Prolog Prolog This photo travel guide is a useful tool for planning at Santorini, assuming you want to see and experience the island. Who wants to spend his holiday at the beach by sunbathing, do not need plan a lot. This is also a good way, how to spend your holiday on the island of Santorini - just relax and slow down. But who wants to expand his horizon and discover the this fascinating island, he should look around. The island has so much to offer that a unique stay is almost guaranteed. In order to get an overview of the island and to reach the most beautiful places, I recommend to use this e-book for help and hope that all your tours and pictures succeed. I hope, you will spend a memorable time. Plesky Roman Contact: roman@plesky.eu Web: http://www.plesky.eu Shop: http://www.plesky.eu/shop

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Table of Contents

Santorini

The Portrait of the Island

The Formation of the Island

Weather and the best Travel Period

Arrival Possibilities and Transport on the Island

Accommodations

Maps

Nightlife

The Food

The Discovery of The Island in 5 Days

Arrival Day – Fira and Neighborhoods

Day 2. – From Fira to Oia

Day 3. – From Pirgos over Profitis Ilias and Ancient-Thera to Kamari

Day 4. – Boat Trip from Vlichada to the Kameni Islands – Vlichada and Perissa

Departure Day – Akrotiri und Cap Akrotiri over Red Beach to the Lighthouse Faros

Excursions outside of the main Island

Alternative Program for bad Weather

Photo-Tips

The Photo-Equipment

The Solar Laps

Cheat-Card

Links, Blogs, Apps

Links

Blogs and Fora

Apps

Tools

Epilogue

Imprint

- The Portrait of the Island

- The Formation of the Island

- Weather and the best Travel Period

- Arrival Possibilities and Transport on the Island

- Accommodations

- Maps

- Nightlife

- The Food

Santorini was named by the Latin Empire in the thirteenth century, and is a reference to Saint Irene, from the name of the old cathedral in the village of Perissa - the name Santorini is a contraction of the name Santa Irini. Before then, it was known as Kalliste ("the most beautiful one"), Strongyle ("the circular one"), or Thera. The name Thera was revived in the nineteenth century as the official name of the island and its main city, but the colloquial name Santorini is still in popular use. During the Ottoman Empire's domination of the Aegean Sea, the Turkish exonym for the island was "Santurin" or "Santoron".

Santorini is a natural phenomenon of a special kind. Once a green and fertile island in the middle of an island ring, Santorini is perhaps "the lost city of Atlantis", reported by Plato. The big catastrophe about 3,600 years ago, as the island volcano Thera has exploded, has changed the face of the landscape permanently.

(Sources: wikipedia.org 2016; www.thira.gr 2016, Google Maps 2016)

The group of islands of Santorini began her journey through the time about 2,000,000 years ago during the Pleistocene period. The Aegean archipelago at that time did not exist. The entire region of the Aegean Sea, and much of the current Greek mainland were covered by a single landmass.

It made the traffic over the land between Greece and todays Asia Minor possible. This is the explanation of why fossils have been found of large mammals such as elephants on many Aegean islands.

In that period began in the territory intensive geological shifts, which eventually caused the sinking of the landmass. As a result, some parts of it were covered with water, while others were lifted. In this way, the Cycladic islands were arise.

The island itself has been shaped through countless volcanic eruptions.

Here is a video on this topic:

(Sources: Discovery Santorini, 2016; YouTube 2016)

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