Fira is another famous tourist city in Santorini. Fira tends to be larger with more things to do, places to eat, shops, more people and different kind of views ! Personally I preferred Oia to have my hotel in and to do a day trip to Fira. Oia is quieter, has the blue/white domes and has stunning sunset views ! You can take a city bus from Oia to Fira . It is less than 2 Euro per person. There…
Santorini sunsets are world famous ! The town of Oia is the best place to watch the sunset from ! We stayed in Oia for three days as such were lucky enough to see the sunsets for three days ! About two hours before the sunset people will start gravitating toward one end of the city to find the best places to watch the sunset from. Even one hour before the sunset you can still manage to find places to…
We visited Athens during August. We were in Athens for 3 days and 3 nights. If you need information about booking a flight, hotel and transportation in Athens, I wrote a very detailed post about it . I enjoyed my time in Athens. It was a good mix of new and ancient buildings, beautiful people , tasty food and charming cafes ! The Acropolis & The Parthenon – This is the top site to visit in Athens . The Acropolis…
We reached Santorini from Athens by a Ryanair flight. Please see the following link if you need details on how to get to Santorini from Athens or more details on Athens itself: Athens Tips We had arranged a minivan to pick us up through our hotel by email ahead of time. When we arrived at the airport (Santorini airport is really small) – there was our van driver waiting for us with a sign with our names. He was very…
One of my cousin always wanted to go to Greece. She has not been on vacation in some time and her request was to go to Greece. I was helping them plan the trip – I enjoy planning trips! The places she wanted to go to in Greece were Athens, Santorini and Mykonos. Athens is the mainland of Greece connected to Europe, and the rest of Greece is thousands of islands scattered throughout the Aegean Sea. Santorini is one such…