Sights Santorini, Greece

Here you can live in a cottage on the rocks or in a luxury hotel on the beach. Nature Santorini charms and cast a spell. You will feel part of nature. On the southern shore of the island, near the village of Akrotiri, was excavated a prehistoric city and the ruins of the ancient Tira. All this you can see with your own eyes, if you come to rest on the island of Santorini.

The city is very picturesque, with narrow, confusing streets, arches and a neighborhood where he once lived wealthy foreigners Catholics. Very interesting exhibition of local museums, including the discovery of prehistoric ages (mainly vessels), a large collection of vessels VII-VI centuries. BC, among them the famous "ferskie vessels, and a small collection of sculptures and portraits of Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman eras.

Vivid impression two "black" island, where you can cross by boat. Name islands - Kamenes (burned) is due to their volcanic origin.

Huge archaeological interest is the ancient Fehr - city, visited by Phoenicians, Dorians, Romans and Byzantines. City along the entire length is divided into two parts "Sacred Way (Iera Odos). Here you can see blocks of houses of various ages, business centers (Agora), theaters, temples, housing Ptolemy Bithynia (Philanthropist, Ptolemy - Alexandrian kings of the dynasty), the tomb of archaic and classical periods, the ruins of buildings of the early Christian era, the hot springs. On the rocks located around ferskim ancient alphabet inscribed with the names of the god Apollo, as well as the names of men and Ephebos (boys).

At Cape Akrotiri discovered ruins of the Minoan era, destroyed ca. 1500 BC during the eruption of the volcano. During the excavation of the prehistoric "Pompeii under volcanic ash were found two-and three-storey buildings, plazas, shops, craftsmen's workshops. The houses have been found remarkable frescoes (located in the Athens National Archaeological Museum), vessels, utensils. The highest peak of the island is the monastery of Elijah the Prophet (Profitis Ilias), where each year, on July 20, is a great holiday, dedicated to this saint.

Uniquely by its beauty traditional village of Oia (11 kilometers north of Fira): small, carved in soft rock rock white, blue, or "sand" houses, neoclassical mansions of the local nobility with cozy courtyards and narrow, cobbled streets of the tiles. It has a beautiful view of the sea.

Beaches of black sand or pebbles are in Kamari, Armenia, Ammudi, Baksedes, Périsset, Monolifose, Kokkini Paralia, and in other places.

Beautiful nature, the peculiarity of the local architecture, unique cultural monuments attract, especially in the summer months, a huge number of tourists. The tourist infrastructure of the island is very well developed. However, during the "hot" season may be difficult to housing.

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