Fira Vacation Travel Guide
Fira Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia Fira, the capital of Santorini, sits 1,000 feet above the Aegean Sea, nestled along the cliff tops of the famous Greek island. To better understand the people of Fira and Santorini, head for the Lignos Folklore Museum. This community staple, situated in a cave house, was once a winery, and now holds shoemaking and carpentry workshops. While there, you can also check out its traditional wine cellar...
Oia Vacation Travel Guide
Oia Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia Welcome to Oia, Greece, a small community residing on the northernmost tip of Santorini. While it’s now a relaxing holiday getaway for visitors from all over the world, this sleepy Aegean town, perched on the clifftops around a former volcanic caldera, once boasted a powerful merchant fleet. Any tour of Oia allows you to see the remains of some of this power scattered throughout town. A number of...
Mykonos Vacation Travel Guide
Mykonos Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia History, legend, and beauty are what Mykonos, Greece, is all about. Even its name is drawn from myth: Mykon, the first ruler of Mykonos, was purportedly the son of Apollo. You don’t need to be fully versed in Greek myths to enjoy your trip, but before you begin your Mykonos tour, get to know some of the island’s local legends. In the old stories, Mykonos hosted a battle between Zeus and the...
Santorini Vacation Travel Guide
Santorini Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia The island of Santorini has a pretty explosive past. It’s perched over the remains of a much larger land mass that sank almost 4,000 years ago when a volcano blew its top, leaving the blue caldera and steep cliffs behind. It is these cliffs and the flooded caldera that have become Santorini’s iconic calling card, and the first stop on your Santorini tour. Here’s your first bit of trivia: The...
Mikri Vigla Hotel in Naxos, Cyclades, Greece
Instead of description we present here some reviews from hotel guests. Official hotel website: www.hotelmikrivigla.com Phone: +30 22850 75241 – 29261 Fax: +30 22850 75240 – 29264 Endlessly friendly reception The two girls at the reception were so helpful I decided to create an account and write this review to thank them for their resourcefulness and friendly smile! Excellent hotel for water sports. Ask for a room with sea...
Smaragdi Hotel Perivolos Santorini
Smaragdi Hotel lies at one of the most famous beaches of Santorini, Perivolos. Santorini belongs to the Northern Cyclades and consists of a complex of islands. Thira, Thirasia, Aspronisi, Old and New Kameni. It is one of the most cosmopolitan and developed islands of Greece. It combines traditional elements along with all modern luxuries offering to its’ visitors high quality services. Ideal for any kind of tourism, since the tour...
Alternative Tourism on the island of Naxos!
Naxos is the largest island of the Cyclades. The rare beauty and the particular topography make it the only island that does not look like the rest of the Cycladic complex. The island combines the Cycladic beauty (blue waters, beautiful white houses, cobbled streets and picturesque neighborhoods) together with a touch of the Sporades and the Dodecanese islands, given that the dominating vegetation of the major two mountains, Za and...