Day Trips
From Santorini

Santorini is more than the caldera and the sunset. The island has volcanic beaches, ancient ruins, cliff-top villages, w...

Two days is tight for Santorini but enough to hit the highlights -- the caldera hike, the Oia sunset, a volcano or calde...

Three days is the sweet spot for Santorini -- enough to hike the caldera, cruise past the volcano, explore the villages,...

Four days is the luxury stay on Santorini. You get the caldera hike, the volcano cruise, Akrotiri, the beaches, the wine...

Santorini has a reputation as one of Greece's most expensive islands, and it's not entirely undeserved -- but the calder...

Santorini is small enough to drive across in 30 minutes but awkward enough that getting around requires a plan. The publ...

The short answer: late September. The longer answer depends on what you want -- beach weather, empty caldera paths, chea...

Santorini is not the most obvious family destination in Greece -- it's hilly, it's crowded in summer, and the caldera vi...

Santorini is not a beach island. The caldera side has cliffs, not coastlines. The beaches that exist are volcanic -- bla...

A 4 km stretch of jet-black volcanic sand backed by the dramatic cliff of Mesa Vouno, with Blue Flag waters, beach bars,...

Santorini's most organised beach resort -- Kamari has a long promenade of restaurants and bars, a Blue Flag pebble-and-s...

Santorini's most photographed beach is a dramatic cove of rust-red volcanic cliffs and dark pebbles, wedged into the sou...

Five kilometres of unbroken black sand running into Perivolos's crystal-clear water with barely a pebble in sight -- thi...

A long black-sand beach backed by sculpted white cliffs that look like they belong on another planet -- Vlychada is the ...

Santorini's two most popular beaches sit on opposite sides of the same volcanic mountain, separated by Mesa Vouno. Both ...

A small, secluded cove backed by pale white limestone cliffs, reachable only by boat or a scramble from Red Beach -- Whi...

Shallow water, fine black sand, a playground, sports courts, and ample parking -- Monolithos is Santorini's most family-...

The white-and-blue village on every Santorini postcard -- Oia is a maze of cave houses, blue-domed churches, and art gal...

Imerovigli sits at the highest point of the caldera rim, about 2 km north of Fira on the walking path towards Oia. It ha...

Perched on the highest point of Santorini, with 360-degree views that stretch from the caldera to the open Aegean, Pyrgo...

A compact labyrinth of whitewashed houses, ornate bell towers, and underground wine cellars -- Megalochori is Santorini'...

A 15th-century Venetian fortress with a single entrance, narrow defensive streets barely wide enough for one person, and...

Sailing inside a flooded volcanic crater, past cliff-top villages and volcanic islands, with a BBQ lunch and Santorinian...

A 20-minute boat ride from Fira's old port drops you on Nea Kameni, a barren volcanic island at the centre of the calder...

A short boat ride from Fira brings you to a cove off Palea Kameni island where warm, mineral-rich water seeps up from vo...

The single best thing you can do on Santorini that costs nothing -- a 10 km trail along the caldera rim connecting Fira ...

Forget fighting for space at the Oia castle -- the best sunset on Santorini is from the deck of a catamaran, with a glas...

Santorini produces some of Greece's most distinctive wines from vines trained flat against the volcanic soil in basket-s...

Santo Wines sits on the caldera rim near Pyrgos with a terrace view that makes it impossible to focus on what's in your ...

Santorini's food scene runs on volcanic soil, a few ingredients you won't find anywhere else, and tavernas that haven't ...

A hands-on cooking class in a Santorini cave house or family farm, learning to prepare the island's signature dishes wit...

Naxos is everything Santorini isn't -- wide sandy beaches, green mountains, ancient temples, and a Venetian old town tha...

Paros is the quintessential Cycladic island -- whitewashed villages with blue shutters, golden sandy beaches, a fishing ...

Ios is 35 minutes by fast ferry from Santorini -- close enough for a comfortable day trip to an island with some of the ...

Mykonos is about 2 hours by fast ferry from Santorini, and the idea of visiting both famous islands in one trip is tempt...

Crete is about 2 hours south of Santorini by fast ferry, and it's an entirely different world -- ancient palaces, proper...

Folegandros is one of those islands people describe as "what the Cyclades used to be like" -- a cliffside village with n...

Anafi is Santorini's closest neighbour to the east -- a volcanic island with empty beaches, one village, and almost no t...

Directly across the caldera from Santorini, close enough to see every detail of its cliff-face villages, Thirassia is wh...

A Bronze Age city frozen in time by volcanic ash, with two-storey buildings, drainage systems, and frescoes that predate...

Perched 370 metres above the sea on the ridge of Mesa Vouno, Ancient Thera is an archaeological site spanning Dorian, He...

Renting an ATV (quad bike) is one of the most popular ways to see Santorini independently -- prices start from around 15...

A sea kayak puts you at water level inside the caldera, looking up at 300-metre cliffs that most people only see from th...

Santorini's volcanic caldera isn't just dramatic from the surface. Underwater, the island offers lava formations, caves,...