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Next Time: Santorini

I had the opportunity to visit Santorini for 4 days this October and it was a magical experience. One of the hardest goodbye’s I have ever had from a trip. This is a list of things I didn’t get too and things I liked so much I want to do again!

  1. General Resources 

  2. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/greece/cyclades/santorini-thira

  3. http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/greece

  4. Eat & Drink: 

  5. Nicholas Taverna – an 85 year old vintage eatery on the cliffs

  6. Mama’s House – too good not to go (Do it again!)

  7. backhttps://santorinisecrets.com/forfoodies/5-best-restaurants-of-santorini-with-a-view/

  8. Best Dance Bar – The Koo Club is in central Fira gets going about 11pm.

  9. Funnest Bar in Santorini – 200 meters south of the Koo Club is the crazy little bar 2 Brothers. If you let the bartender hit you over the head with a bat (while wearing a helmet) you get a free shot. It sounds obnoxious (and it is) but the saving grace is that everyone here is super friendly and there’s very little attitude. Good times.

  10. Best Greek Bar – If you want to party with the locals (or Greeks from the mainland) then Mamounia is the place. Of course, being a Greek bar, it doesn’t get busy until after 1pm.

  11. Best Gyro In Santorini – Since many of the gyro and souvlaki shops target tourists they sell some pretty average food. Not Lucky’s. This is the real thing and just as good as anything you’ll find in Athens or mainland Greece. Lucky’s is on the main street of Fira and a 3 minute walk from the bus station. (Ask anyone and they’ll point you in the right direction.)

  12. Buy: 

  13. Art

  14. Jewelry

  15. Beaches: 

  16. Spend more time on Black Beach – catch boat from Red Beach over to black beach earlier in the day, last boat is at 4:00pm

  17. http://santorinidave.com/best-beaches-greece

  18. Perissa Beach

  19. Perissa is the best swimming beach on Santorini and has the nicest sand. Good restaurants are spread along the beach front. Perissa is about a 30 minute drive from Fira and 45 minutes from Oia. Perissa and Perivolos Beaches are essentially one very long beach that caters to the backpacker crowd and party scene but still has a wide range of accommodations and restaurants. The beach becomes progressively quieter as you move south towards a third beach, Agios Georgios. (It’s much farther from Perissa or Perivolos to Fira than it is from Kamari to Fira.)

  20. Kamari Beach

  21. Good swimming and lots of restaurants. The pedestrian only street along the beach is fun to walk along at night when it gets quite busy.

  22. See / Do: 

  23. Spend more time watching sunsets

  24. Cable Car from Old Port to Fira (Do it again!)

  25. Walk down the stairs to the Old Port, grab a drink, then take the cable car back up (though you can walk or cable car both ways if you want). From May to October the cable car runs every 20 minutes, 6:30 to 22:00 – a little longer hours in July and August, and a reduced schedule from November until April. It costs 4€ for adults and 2€ for children.

  26. Outdoor Cinema at Kamari

  27. This is so much fun. Watch a movie outside as the sunsets and the sky grows dark. Wine, beer, and simple snacks available. Movies start around 9:30pm.

  28. Emborio

  29. On the way to Perissa beach in the south of Santorini you’ll find this magical little town. There’s almost never any tourists here and though it’s small it’s still plenty big enough to get good and lost in the tangle of alleyways.

  30. Lioyerma Public Swimming Pool

  31. If your hotel doesn’t have a pool this is a good option if you’re staying in Oia – but I don’t think I’d come all the way from Fira just for the pool. No fee, just buy a drink or some food and you can sit all day. Nice view too.

  32. Stay:

  33. Dana Villas in the Honeymoon Suite – shower leads into outdoor pool!

  34. https://danavillas.reserve-online.net/property/DANAVILLAS/HV

  35. Grace Santorini – each have their own outdoor private hot tubs

  36. http://www.gracehotels.com/santorini/

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