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Things to do in Santorini: the full list behind the map

This interactive map of Santorini (Greece) brings together 149 hand-picked places: 54 attractions, 50 restaurants, 25 cafés and 20 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.

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Walking routes in Santorini

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Oia and Ammoudi at sunset

7 stops · 3 h · on foot, with 300 steps · 7 stops

  1. Oia main square
  2. Blue domes lookout
  3. Naval Museum of Oia
  4. Kasteli Agiou Nikolaou
  5. Windmills of Oia
  6. Ammoudi stairway
  7. Ammoudi tavernas
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The caldera rim: Fira, Firostefani, Imerovigli

7 stops · 3 h · walking the rim · 7 stops

  1. Ypapanti Orthodox Cathedral
  2. Catholic Cathedral of St John
  3. Santorini Cable Car
  4. Atlantis Books, Firostefani
  5. Three Bells of Fira
  6. Aktaion taverna
  7. Skaros Rock
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Akrotiri, the red beach and the lunar coast

7 stops · half a day · by KTEL bus and car · 7 stops

  1. Akrotiri Castle
  2. Akrotiri Archaeological Site
  3. Red Beach viewpoint
  4. Cave of Nikolas
  5. Vlychada white cliffs
  6. Tomato Industrial Museum
  7. To Psaraki, Vlychada marina
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Inland villages: Pyrgos, Megalochori and Emporio

7 stops · 5 h · by KTEL bus, changing in Fira · 7 stops

  1. Kasteli of Pyrgos
  2. Franco's Cafe, Pyrgos
  3. To Kantouni, Pyrgos
  4. Megalochori square
  5. Symposion music house
  6. Kasteli of Emporio
  7. Emporio kafeneio
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The assyrtiko and vinsanto wine road

7 stops · 6 h · by car or tour, booking required · 7 stops

  1. Venetsanos, 1947
  2. Santo Wines cooperative
  3. Boutari, domes among the vines
  4. Hatzidakis, biodynamic
  5. Koutsoyannopoulos Wine Museum
  6. Canava Roussos, 1836
  7. Art Space, gallery in a wine cave
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Things to do in Santorini: top attractions

Legendary sunset

Kasteli Agiou Nikolaou

Kasteli Agiou Nikolaou · Oia

Ruins of Oia's Venetian castle: the stone balcony where the whole island watches the sun go down.

Tip: In October the sun drops around 19:00: arrive 45 min early and stand on the northern lip, not the central stairway.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Aegean postcard

Windmills of Oia

Windmills of Oia · Oia

The whitewashed windmills at Oia's western tip, the most copied postcard in the whole Aegean.

Tip: Best light is early morning: at 8 am nobody is there and the white does not blow out your camera yet.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 9 min walk

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Red cove

Ammoudi Bay

Ammoudi · Oia

A red-rock cove below Oia: fishing boats, turquoise water and tavernas almost standing in the sea.

Tip: Walk down and come back by water taxi or the taverna shuttle: the climb in the heat is brutal.

🚇 300 steps down from Oia · 15 min down, 30 up

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The three domes

Oia Blue Dome Viewpoint

Blue domes lookout · Oia

The exact spot where three blue domes line up over the caldera: Santorini's most hunted frame.

Tip: It is a narrow lane between private homes: do not ring bells or climb onto roofs, the town fines it.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Seafaring Santorini

Naval Maritime Museum of Oia

Naval Maritime Museum · Oia

A 19th-century captain's mansion with ship models, sea chests and letters from the shipowners who made the island rich.

Tip: Closed Tuesdays and it shuts mid-afternoon: the perfect plan if the meltemi wind ruins the sunset.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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Boat harbour

Oia - Armeni Port

Armeni Port · Oia

Oia's tiny harbour at the bottom of 300 steps: boats to Thirassia and the volcano leave from here.

Tip: Do not confuse it with Ammoudi: volcano cruises and small ferries leave from Armeni, 500 m further east.

🚇 Steps down from Oia · 12 min

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Oia without crowds

Finikia

Finikia · Oia

The village Oia was before tourism: houses carved into the rock, bougainvillea and zero photo queues.

Tip: Walk from Oia on the old path before 10 am: the valley still smells of fig trees and not a car passes.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 18 min walk on the old road

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Wild cove

Katharos Beach

Katharos Beach · Oia

A wild black-pebble cove under red cliffs, a 20-minute walk from Oia and almost always empty of people.

Tip: The cliff-top beach bar shuts at the end of October: bring water if you come after the 25th.

🚇 No bus: 25 min downhill walk from Oia, or by quad

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Stairway to the sea

Monopati AM - Oia to Ammoudi

Oia-Ammoudi path · Oia

The 300-step stairway cut into red rock from Oia down to the sea: 15 minutes and a rush of views.

Tip: Wear trainers: the steps are polished smooth by donkeys and get soap-slippery when damp.

🚇 Starts steps from Agios Nikolaos church, Oia

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Minoan frescoes

Museum of Prehistoric Thera

Museum of Prehistoric Thera · Fira

Home of Akrotiri's frescoes and golden ibex: the best way to understand the Minoan town before you visit it.

Tip: Ten euros, closed Tuesdays; a combined ticket with Akrotiri pays off if you do both the same day.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 2 min walk

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Classical Thera

Archaeological Museum of Thera

Archaeological Museum of Thera · Fira

Geometric pottery, archaic kouroi and Roman marbles from Ancient Thera, in a small quiet building.

Tip: Almost always empty and open until 15:30: slot it in right before heading down to the Old Port.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk toward the cable car

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Fira before 1956

Megaro Gyzi Museum

Megaro Gyzi · Fira

A 17th-century Catholic mansion holding photos of Fira before and after the 1956 earthquake. Striking.

Tip: The bougainvillea courtyard is free and one of Fira's most photogenic corners, with nobody in it.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 8 min walk through the Catholic quarter

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Frescoes full scale

The Santozeum

The Santozeum · Fira

Full-scale replicas of every Akrotiri fresco, rebuilt panel by panel in colour. Great with kids on a wet day.

Tip: Privately run and open later than the state museums: useful once everything public shuts at 15:30.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 8 min walk

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Catholic quarter

Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist

Catholic Cathedral of St John · Fira

Ochre facade and baroque bell tower in Fira's Catholic quarter, a direct legacy of Venetian rule.

Tip: The Dominican convent is next door: the nuns sell weavings and soap through an unmarked little window.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 8 min walk

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Arcades over the caldera

Panagia Ypapanti

Ypapanti Orthodox Cathedral · Fira

Fira's Orthodox cathedral: white arcades over the caldera and modern frescoes by Christoforos Asimis.

Tip: Trail 9 to Oia starts from its forecourt. Shoulders covered to enter; the bell tower is lit at night.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 4 min walk

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Three-minute descent

Santorini Cable Car

Santorini Cable Car · Fira

Three minutes hanging over a 220 m cliff between Fira and the Old Port. Gifted by shipowner Nomikos in 1982.

Tip: Ten euros per leg, keep small cash handy. It moves 600 people an hour each way: even with a cruise in, the queue clears.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 8 min walk to the upper station

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Cruise tender quay

Old Port of Fira (Skala)

Old Port of Fira · Fira

The quay at the foot of the cliff where cruise tenders land, lined with fish tavernas and donkeys.

Tip: Greece charges 12 euros per cruise passenger in October and the island caps arrivals at 8,000 a day: by mid-morning the quay breathes again.

🚇 Cable car from Fira · 3 min, or 587 steps

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587 steps

Karavolades Stairs

Karavolades Stairs · Fira

The 587 zigzag steps linking Fira to the Old Port, cut into rock and polished by centuries of donkeys.

Tip: Closed by a rockfall in July 2026 and reopened in August. Donkeys carry a legal 100 kg limit per rider.

🚇 Starts steps from the cable car upper station, Fira

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Blue belfry

Three Bells of Fira

Three Bells of Fira · Firostefani

The Catholic church of the Dormition, its triple blue belfry cut out against the caldera's void.

Tip: Go late afternoon: the October sun comes in from the west and turns the bells orange.

🚇 Firostefani stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Medieval capital

Skaros Rock

Skaros Rock · Imerovigli

The crag that was the island's medieval capital: today ruins, a hidden chapel and 360 degrees of caldera.

Tip: Take the left path to the Theoskepasti chapel; the right-hand branch through the ruins is closed for safety.

🚇 Imerovigli stop (KTEL bus) · 12 min walk down

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Hidden chapel

Theoskepasti Chapel

Theoskepasti Chapel · Imerovigli

A white chapel clinging to the north flank of Skaros, the sea 200 m below and absolutely nobody around.

Tip: It is the one spot on the caldera where you will be alone at sunset. Bring a torch for the way back.

🚇 Imerovigli stop (KTEL bus) · 20 min on the Skaros path

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The great walk

Monopati 9 - Fira to Oia

Trail 9 caldera ledge · Imerovigli-Oia

Ten and a half km along the caldera ledge from Fira to Oia: the finest walk in the Cyclades.

Tip: October is the best month: 22 degrees and no hammering sun. After Imerovigli there is no shade or water, carry two litres.

🚇 Starts at Fira cathedral · 2.5 to 4 h to Oia

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Cloister from 1596

Catholic Monastery of Dominican Nuns

Dominican Convent · Fira

A working convent since 1596, with a whitewashed cloister and a workshop where the nuns still weave.

Tip: Ring in the morning: if they are in, they open the courtyard and sell hand-woven textiles at workshop prices.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 9 min walk

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Everything passes here

Fira KTEL Bus Terminal

Fira KTEL bus terminal · Fira

The island's transport heart: nearly every Santorini route starts or ends on this concrete yard.

Tip: Fares run 1.80 to 3.20 euros, paid to the conductor on board in cash or contactless. Almost everything connects in Fira.

🚇 It is the terminal: Oia, Kamari, Perissa, Akrotiri and the airport leave from here

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The Aegean's Pompeii

Akrotiri Archaeological Site

Akrotiri Archaeological Site · Akrotiri

The Minoan town buried by the 1600 BC eruption: two-storey streets, plumbing and frescoes, under a vast roof.

Tip: Twenty euros, and from 1 to 15 October it closes at 18:30 (16 to 31, at 18:00). The roof makes it rain- and heat-proof.

🚇 Akrotiri stop (KTEL bus from Fira) · 6 min walk

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City on the ridge

Ancient Thera

Ancient Thera · Mesa Vouno

A Hellenistic and Roman city on a ridge 360 m above sea level, between Kamari and Perissa, with the Aegean on both sides.

Tip: Ten euros, closed Wednesdays and at 15:30. Go early: the switchback road has not a single tree.

🚇 Kamari stop (KTEL bus) · 45 min uphill walk or taxi to the gate

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Mesa Vouno crossing

Monopati 3 - Perissa to Ancient Thera

Trail 3 Perissa-Ancient Thera · Perissa

The goat path climbing Mesa Vouno from Perissa to the ancient city and down to Kamari on the far side.

Tip: Ninety minutes of pure climb on loose rock. October is the only month you can do it at midday.

🚇 Perissa stop (KTEL bus) · starts at the far end of the beach

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The island's roof

Profitis Ilias Monastery

Profitis Ilias Monastery · Mount Profitis Ilias

A 1711 monastery on the island's summit, 567 m above sea level: from the yard you see caldera and Aegean in one glance.

Tip: The icon museum keeps short, unpredictable hours; the view and the courtyard never fail.

🚇 No bus: 40 min on foot from Pyrgos via trail 1, or by car

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Venetian castle

Kasteli of Pyrgos

Kasteli of Pyrgos · Pyrgos

The island's best-preserved Venetian castle, with the whole village spiralling up around its old keep.

Tip: Climb at sunset: from the top terrace you watch the sun fall over the caldera without Oia's crowd.

🚇 Pyrgos stop (KTEL bus) · 8 min walk uphill

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Anti-pirate maze

Venetian Castle of Emporio

Venetian Castle of Emporio · Emporio

A medieval maze of covered alleys and joined houses that fended off pirates by shutting a single gate.

Tip: There are no signs: go in through the arch by the square and get lost. In half an hour you come out the other side, always.

🚇 Emporio stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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Village of wine caves

Megalochori

Megalochori village · Megalochori

A village of wine cellars, bell towers and 18th-century captains' mansions, ten minutes from Fira and a world away.

Tip: Find the Six Bells by the square and the arch on the main lane: it is the most photogenic inland village.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Houses in the rock

Vothonas

Vothonas · Vothonas

A village set in a ravine, its houses and churches carved into the volcanic rock to hide from pirates.

Tip: The Agia Anna chapel is literally inside the cliff: unsigned, on the right-hand side of the ravine.

🚇 Vothonas stop (KTEL bus toward Kamari) · 4 min walk

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Vineyard balcony

Exo Gonia

Exo Gonia · Exo Gonia

A farming balcony above the eastern vineyards, with the Byzantine basilica of Panagia Episkopi a step away.

Tip: Best place to see the kouloura vines, coiled into baskets against the wind, before the November pruning.

🚇 Mesa Gonia stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk uphill

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South-west keep

Akrotiri Castle (Goulas)

Akrotiri Castle · Akrotiri

A 13th-century Venetian keep on the south-west tip, looking over the whole caldera and the lighthouse.

Tip: It is ruined and railing-free but free to enter and, at sunset, the emptiest lookout on the island.

🚇 Akrotiri stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Atlantis in 9D

Lost Atlantis Experience

Lost Atlantis Experience · Megalochori

An immersive museum on the Minoan eruption and the Atlantis myth, with a 9D ride and a cinema room.

Tip: The emergency plan with kids if a downpour hits: it lasts an hour and sits on the Akrotiri road.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 12 min walk

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Tomato factory

Tomato Industrial Museum

Tomato Industrial Museum · Vlychada

A 1945 tomato-paste factory turned museum and art centre: boilers, tins and the Santorini Arts Factory.

Tip: Santorini's cherry tomato is PDO and grows without irrigation: here they explain how and let you taste it sun-dried.

🚇 Vlychada stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Wine cave from 1660

Wine Museum Koutsoyannopoulos

Koutsoyannopoulos Wine Museum · Vothonas-Exo Gonia

A museum inside a natural wine cave, 8 m below street level, tracing 350 years of Santorini wine.

Tip: Entry includes four glasses with an audio guide. The inland rain- and meltemi-proof visit.

🚇 Vothonas stop (KTEL bus toward Kamari) · 12 min walk

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Music in the cave

Symposion by La Ponta

Symposion by La Ponta · Megalochori

A museum house of ancient instruments in an 1800s wine cave: lyre and tsabouna concerts every evening.

Tip: Book by phone the same day: 20 people per session and they cut the frequency in October.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Red cliff

Red Beach Viewpoint

Red Beach viewpoint · Akrotiri

An amphitheatre of red scoria over black sand: one of the Mediterranean's strangest beaches, seen from above.

Tip: WARNING: the cliff path is repeatedly closed by rockfalls. Stay at the lookout or arrive by boat from Akrotiri harbour (5-8 euros).

🚇 Akrotiri stop (KTEL bus) · 15 min walk to the lookout

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Boat access only

White Beach

White Beach · Akrotiri

A cove of white pumice cliffs reachable only by boat: the exact mirror image of nearby Red Beach.

Tip: The shuttle boats stop running at the end of October; after that you need a private charter. Bring cash, there is no ATM.

🚇 No land access: boat from Akrotiri harbour · 10 min

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Swim in the caldera

Caldera Beach

Caldera Beach · Akrotiri

A pebble beach inside the caldera itself, deep still water and a direct view of the volcano.

Tip: The water is far colder than on the east coast because it drops away sheer: in October it is a short dip.

🚇 No direct bus: 10 min by car from Megalochori

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Black sand

Perissa Beach

Perissa Beach · Perissa

Seven km of black volcanic sand at the foot of Mesa Vouno, with the island's longest line of beach bars.

Tip: Black sand burns even in October: bring flip-flops. The sea still sits around 23 degrees until mid-month.

🚇 Perissa stop (KTEL bus from Fira) · 3 min walk

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Beach clubs

Perivolos Beach

Perivolos Beach · Perivolos

Perissa's southern continuation, wider and calmer, home to the island's designer beach clubs.

Tip: Most beach clubs pull in the sunbeds between 20 and 31 October: confirm before you go.

🚇 Perivolos stop (KTEL bus from Fira) · 2 min walk

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Pebble and cliff

Kamari Beach

Kamari Beach · Kamari

Polished black pebble at the foot of the Mesa Vouno cliff, with a promenade from end to end.

Tip: The beach that holds out longest at season's end: the promenade stays alive into November because people live here year-round.

🚇 Kamari stop (KTEL bus from Fira) · 2 min walk

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Lunar landscape

Vlychada Beach

Vlychada Beach · Vlychada

Cliffs of white ash wind-carved into lunar shapes over grey sand. It does not look like Earth.

Tip: Walk 400 m west: there the white cliffs close in and the other-planet effect is complete.

🚇 Vlychada stop (KTEL bus from Fira) · 6 min walk

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The locals' beach

Monolithos Beach

Monolithos Beach · Monolithos

The local families' beach: dark sand, a gentle slope, playgrounds and one lone rock out in the sea.

Tip: The only truly toddler-safe seabed on the island. It sits 2 km from the airport, so you hear the planes.

🚇 KTEL Fira-Monolithos line · the last stop is 300 m from the sand

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Wild beach

Koloumbos Beach

Koloumbos Beach · Oia

Wild black sand in the north-east, beneath the submarine volcano of the same name. No umbrellas, nothing, nobody.

Tip: Surf hits hard with a north wind and there is no lifeguard. Bring everything, water included.

🚇 No bus: 12 min by car from Oia on a gravel track

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The active crater

Nea Kameni

Nea Kameni · Caldera

The volcano island at the caldera's centre: a 30-minute climb over black lava to the still-steaming crater.

Tip: Closed shoes are compulsory: the lava cuts. There is a park fee on top of the boat, carry 5 euros loose.

🚇 Boat only, from Fira Old Port, Ammoudi or Athinios

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Hot springs

Palea Kameni Hot Springs

Palea Kameni hot springs · Caldera

An ochre bay at 33 degrees from the fumaroles: you swim in from the boat and the mud stains your swimsuit.

Tip: Wear an old dark swimsuit: the iron oxide never washes out. The swim is 50 m of cold water before the warm.

🚇 Boat only, the standard stop on the volcano cruise

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The twin island

Manolas, Thirassia

Manolas · Thirassia

The capital of Thirassia, the 250-inhabitant twin island across the caldera: Santorini without tourism.

Tip: Check the return timetable BEFORE you climb: in October only a few crossings a day remain and the last one is early.

🚇 Ferry from Ammoudi or Athinios to Korfos · 250 steps up to the village

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Ferry gateway

Athinios Port

Athinios Port · Athinios

The island's commercial port, under a zigzag cliff road: every single Cyclades ferry docks right here.

Tip: Arrive 45 min early: the car park is chaos and the exit road has one lane each way.

🚇 KTEL bus from Fira timed to each ferry · 20 min

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Runway in the vines

Santorini (Thira) National Airport

Santorini National Airport · Monolithos

A single runway between vineyards and the sea, 6 km from Fira: landing here is part of the trip.

Tip: The airport bus runs rarely and does not match flight times: with luggage, take a taxi or a pre-booked transfer.

🚇 KTEL bus from Fira every 60-90 min · 15 min

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Southern end

Agios Georgios Beach

Agios Georgios Beach · Perivolos

The southern end of the black Perissa-Perivolos strip: the quietest stretch, and the best fish.

Tip: The fish tavernas on this stretch are the last to shut: many hold on until mid-November.

🚇 Perivolos stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk south

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11th-century Byzantine

Panagia Episkopi

Panagia Episkopi · Mesa Gonia

The island's oldest church, 11th-century Byzantine, with original frescoes and a cypress courtyard.

Tip: It survived the 1956 earthquake that flattened the village next door. Open mornings; the priest locks up at noon.

🚇 Mesa Gonia stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Where to eat in Santorini: restaurants

Fine dining on the rim

Lauda

Lauda · Oia

Cycladic fine dining on a terrace hung off the caldera, tasting menus and a deep assyrtiko cellar.

Tip: Book an edge table three weeks out; it closes for the season at the end of October and reopens in April.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Courtyard taverna

Roka

Roka · Oia

A courtyard taverna on Oia's back lane: fava, tomato fritters and slow lamb, no view and a queue.

Tip: No evening bookings: put your name down at 19:00 and wander off, they phone you when a table frees up.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Shareable mezes

Melitini

Melitini · Oia

A modern small-plates mezedopoleio: Santorini white aubergine, chloro cheese and good wine by the glass.

Tip: Order the white aubergine: a sweet local variety that grows only here and barely leaves the island.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Terrace on the edge

Pelekanos

Pelekanos · Oia

A caldera terrace in the heart of Oia, with updated Greek cooking and a serious island wine list.

Tip: It is in Oia, not Pyrgos as often listed: sit on the north side to watch the sun drop without turning your chair.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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House from 1750

Candouni

Candouni · Oia

A bougainvillea courtyard in a 1750 captain's house: home-style Santorini cooking, no view, plenty of soul.

Tip: Ask for the rabbit braised in vinsanto: the dish you will not find on the view terraces.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Oia classic

Ambrosia

Ambrosia · Oia

An Oia classic since 1992, with the narrowest and most dramatic terrace in town over the void.

Tip: Only ten front-row tables, booked months ahead; the second row sees the same and costs less.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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Breakfast with a view

Lotza

Lotza · Oia

A wooden balcony over the caldera, open from breakfast: Santorini omelette, salads and a 180-degree view.

Tip: One of the few places in Oia where you can have breakfast over the caldera: at 9 am the balcony is yours.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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Fish at the waterline

Dimitris Ammoudi Taverna

Dimitris Ammoudi Taverna · Ammoudi

Tables on the red rock, a step from the water: octopus drying in the sun and day-boat fish by the kilo.

Tip: Pick your fish from the fridge and ask the weight FIRST: it is sold by the kilo and the bill surprises otherwise.

🚇 300 steps from Oia or water taxi from Armeni

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Tables over the sea

Sunset Ammoudi

Sunset Ammoudi · Ammoudi

The cove's best-known fish taverna, tables literally over the water with boats tied up alongside.

Tip: They run a free van from Oia if you book: ask for it, it saves you the 300-step climb.

🚇 300 steps from Oia · water taxi back

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End of the quay

Ammoudi Fish Tavern

Ammoudi Fish Tavern · Ammoudi

The quietest of Ammoudi's tavernas, at the end of the quay, grilled octopus and island fava.

Tip: Walk 100 m past the tables: there is a rock platform where people jump into the sea.

🚇 300 steps from Oia · 15 min down

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Own kitchen garden

Krinaki

Krinaki · Finikia

A family taverna in Finikia with its own vegetable patch: everything green on the plate grew 50 m away.

Tip: Where Oia's staff eat once their shift ends: book ahead, it has eight tables.

🚇 No bus: 18 min walk from Oia or 5 min by taxi

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Honest gyros

Pitogyros

Pitogyros · Oia

Oia's gyros: pita, meat off the vertical spit and chips inside, for less than a coffee with a view.

Tip: Take it away and eat it sitting on the castle wall: Santorini's best cheap sunset.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 2 min walk

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Caldera classic

Argo by Constantin

Argo by Constantin · Fira

A Fira caldera classic since 1982: fish, shellfish and a deep island wine list, from the front row.

Tip: One of the few in Fira that does not shut in winter: off season, you will still eat well here.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk along the rim

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Old-school taverna

Naoussa

Naoussa · Fira

A lifelong Greek taverna on the Fira rim: moussaka, oven-baked lamb and neighbourhood prices.

Tip: Order the PDO fava Santorinis with capers: it is yellow split-pea puree, not broad bean, and theirs is dry and fine.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 5 min walk

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Creative since 1988

Koukoumavlos

Koukoumavlos · Fira

Creative Greek cooking since 1988, heavily worked plates and the highest caldera terrace in Fira.

Tip: The veteran of the island's chef-driven scene; it closes for the season, confirm before going.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 4 min walk

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Ouzo and mezes

To Ouzeri

To Ouzeri · Fira

A mezedopoleio hidden in a central Fira courtyard: small plates, iced ouzo and, mercifully, no view.

Tip: Order apochti, the island's cured pork loin: hard to find outside Santorini and sliced thin here.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 3 min walk

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Huge breakfast

Mama's House

Mama's House · Fira

A Fira breakfast institution since the 80s: eggs, pancakes and backpacker portions at backpacker prices.

Tip: Opens at 8 and sits next to the bus terminal: the obvious breakfast if you start trail 9 to Oia early.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 2 min walk

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Century-old taverna

Aktaion

Aktaion · Firostefani

A century-old Firostefani taverna: stuffed vine leaves, house pasta and the whole caldera behind.

Tip: Oia-grade views at village-taverna prices. Book table 1 or 2, which hang straight over the drop.

🚇 Firostefani stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Modern grill

Kokkalo

Kokkalo · Fira

Modern Greek cooking in northern Fira: charcoal grill, strong local produce and attentive service.

Tip: Away from the rim, so no view and no rim prices: the best value plate in Fira.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk toward Firostefani

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Pairing menu

Esperisma

Esperisma · Fira

Mediterranean fine dining on the Agiou Mina rim: long tasting menus and assyrtiko pairings, right on the edge.

Tip: It sits above Agios Minas church, Fira's most photographed blue dome: book the north side.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 6 min walk

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Farm to plate

IDOL

IDOL · Fira

Farm to table right on Fira's rim: nearly all the vegetables come from the owner's own plot.

Tip: Ask for the vegetable menu: October brings the island's last cherry tomato and white aubergine harvest.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Roman fresh pasta

Cacio e Pepe

Cacio e Pepe · Fira

A Roman trattoria in central Fira, fresh pasta made in view and a short Italian wine list.

Tip: The perfect plan B if it rains: indoors, on the back lane, and almost always has a table.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 4 min walk

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Olive-tree courtyard

Elia Tavern

Elia Tavern · Fira

A courtyard taverna with an olive tree in central Fira: kleftiko lamb, grilled fish and plenty of locals.

Tip: The courtyard is half roofed: it handles the October meltemi better than any rim terrace.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 3 min walk

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Old Port fish

Lombranos Fish Tavern

Lombranos Fish Tavern · Fira Old Port

A fish taverna at the foot of the cliff in the Old Port: the nets go out at dawn, the fish arrives at noon.

Tip: Eat after 15:00, once the cruise tenders have gone: prices drop and quiet returns.

🚇 Cable car from Fira · 3 min plus a 2 min walk

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Wood-fired oven

Anogi

Anogi · Imerovigli

Contemporary Greek cooking in Imerovigli, a wood oven and a terrace facing Skaros head-on.

Tip: Imerovigli is the highest point of the rim: sunset lasts 10 minutes longer than from the Old Port.

🚇 Imerovigli stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Island wine list

Kapari Wine Restaurant

Kapari Wine Restaurant · Imerovigli

Mediterranean food with a long island wine list, at Imerovigli's northern tip facing Skaros.

Tip: Order an old-vine assyrtiko by the glass: they open bottles tavernas will not risk uncorking.

🚇 Imerovigli stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk north

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Late-night souvlaki

Obelix

Obelix · Fira

Souvlaki, gyros and pita into the small hours in central Fira: the compulsory stop after the bars.

Tip: Serves until 4 am in season; in October hours shorten, check before heading out.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 3 min walk

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The cult taverna

Metaxi Mas

Metaxi Mas · Exo Gonia

The island's best-loved taverna: Cretan and Santorini cooking on a terrace over the eastern vineyards.

Tip: Book ten days ahead, even in October. Order the lamb in vine leaves and a mavrotragano.

🚇 Mesa Gonia stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk uphill

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Kasteli terrace

Pyrgos Restaurant

Pyrgos Restaurant · Pyrgos

A stepped terrace below the Pyrgos Kasteli, classic Greek cooking and the whole island at your feet.

Tip: You can see both sunset AND sunrise from here: the only high point in the island's middle with both seas.

🚇 Pyrgos stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min uphill walk

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Tables on the steps

To Kantouni

To Kantouni · Pyrgos

An alley taverna in Pyrgos with tables on the steps, house recipes and wine from the neighbouring cellar.

Tip: Order the tomatokeftedes: fritters of the island's cherry tomato, in October still from the last harvest.

🚇 Pyrgos stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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Vaulted wine cave

Cava Alta

Cava Alta · Pyrgos

Mediterranean food in a restored Pyrgos wine cave, stone vault and a very serious wine list.

Tip: The vault is carved into the rock and holds 17 degrees year-round: the best rainy-night dinner.

🚇 Pyrgos stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Village charcoal grill

Brusco

Brusco · Pyrgos

A Pyrgos Greek taverna with a charcoal grill, generous mezes and bulk wine from nearby growers.

Tip: Ask for barrel wine: Pyrgos still pours the loose assyrtiko the wineries never bottle.

🚇 Pyrgos stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Restored village house

Rosemary

Rosemary · Pyrgos

Modern Greek cooking in a restored Pyrgos village house, a stepped courtyard and day-boat fish.

Tip: Pyrgos is 15 minutes by bus from Fira and dinner costs half: the best-kept low-season trick.

🚇 Pyrgos stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Taverna without pose

Laurel & Hardy

Laurel & Hardy · Emporio

An Emporio taverna named after the comics, cooking without pretension: lamb, rabbit and island vegetables.

Tip: Emporio is the biggest southern village and the least touristed: here you eat at real island prices.

🚇 Emporio stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Tables under the blossom

Olio

Olio · Megalochori

Careful Greek cooking on Megalochori's square, tables under the bougainvillea and a local wine list.

Tip: Megalochori square lights up at 20:00 and is, by far, the island's most romantic view-free dinner.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Under the vine

Avlogyros

Avlogyros · Megalochori

A courtyard taverna in Megalochori: home recipes, island vegetables and a real grapevine overhead.

Tip: Order chloro, the island's fresh goat cheese: made in tiny quantities and it rarely reaches Fira.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Roadside taverna

Geromanolis

Geromanolis · Megalochori

A family roadside taverna between Megalochori and Akrotiri: oven lamb and tables under eucalyptus.

Tip: They make koufeto, the almond and white-pumpkin preserve given away at island weddings.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk or 2 min by car

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Best fish in the south

To Psaraki

To Psaraki · Vlychada

Fish and shellfish over Vlychada marina, among the island's very best, with white cliffs behind.

Tip: Book a terrace table for sunset: here the sun drops over the marina, not the caldera.

🚇 Vlychada stop (KTEL bus from Fira) · 5 min walk

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By the marina

Dimitris Taverna Vlychada

Dimitris Greek Tavern · Vlychada

A Greek taverna by Vlychada marina: breakfasts, day-boat fish and prices that are not inflated.

Tip: They open at 9 for breakfast: the ideal start before walking the white cliffs.

🚇 Vlychada stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Tables on the sand

Ta Dichtia

Ta Dichtia · Agios Georgios

A fishermen's taverna on Perivolos black sand: hanging nets, octopus in the sun and tables on the beach.

Tip: Dichtia means nets: order whatever is hanging outside, that is what came in that morning.

🚇 Perivolos stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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Raw bar on the beach

Sea Side by Notos

Sea Side by Notos · Agios Georgios

Chef-driven fish at the southern end of Perivolos, with the best raw list on the whole black coast.

Tip: It closes for the season at the end of October and is back in May: if you are on the island, it is now or next year.

🚇 Perivolos stop (KTEL bus) · 12 min walk south

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Taverna in the rock

The Cave of Nikolas

The Cave of Nikolas · Akrotiri

A taverna carved into the rock by Akrotiri's little harbour, day-boat fish and a view of Red Beach.

Tip: The boats to Red Beach and White Beach leave from the quay next door: eat lunch, then board.

🚇 Akrotiri stop (KTEL bus) · 12 min walk down to the harbour

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Harbour classic

Taverna Glaros

Taverna Glaros · Akrotiri

Greek fish at the waterline in Akrotiri harbour, family-run for decades and always full of locals.

Tip: Akrotiri cove is the only one in the south-west with natural shade: ideal for a long October lunch.

🚇 Akrotiri stop (KTEL bus) · 12 min walk down

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Sunset without the queue

Akrothiri Restaurant

Akrothiri Restaurant · Akrotiri

A terrace in Akrotiri village facing due west: the full caldera sunset without a trace of Oia's crowd.

Tip: From here the sun sets behind Thirassia: the same sunset as Oia, 20 km further south and empty.

🚇 Akrotiri stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Hidden cove

Captain Dimitris

Captain Dimitris · Mesa Pigadia, Akrotiri

An isolated taverna in Mesa Pigadia cove under red cliffs, reachable by car or boat only. Purest fish.

Tip: It closes the moment the season ends, late October: call the same day before driving the 6 km of gravel.

🚇 No bus: 6 km from Akrotiri on gravel, car or quad only

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Beach grill

Aris Grillhouse

Aris Grillhouse · Perissa

A Greek grill house in Perissa: souvlaki, ribs and very big portions at beach-village prices.

Tip: Perissa is the island's cheapest village for dinner: the gap with Oia is three to one.

🚇 Perissa stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Kamari promenade

Amelia Tavern

Amelia Tavern · Kamari

A family taverna on the Kamari promenade: classic Greek cooking with the Mesa Vouno cliff behind.

Tip: Kamari has a year-round population: unlike Oia, the promenade stays open and alive into November.

🚇 Kamari stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Fine shellfish

Almira

Almira · Kamari

Fish and shellfish at Kamari's northern end, among the east coast's finest, tables over the water.

Tip: It faces east: you lunch in the sun and dine with the moon rising from the sea, something few see in Santorini.

🚇 Kamari stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk north

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Foot of the climb

Taverna Sellada

Taverna Sellada · Kamari

A taverna at the foot of the Ancient Thera road: charcoal lamb and vine shade right where the climb begins.

Tip: The exact reward after coming down from Ancient Thera: 200 m from the lower gate and open at noon.

🚇 Kamari stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk south

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Lunch on Thirassia

Kamara Thirassia

Kamara · Thirassia

A taverna in Manolas, Thirassia, small-island cooking with the whole Santorini caldera opposite.

Tip: Thirassia has 250 residents and four tavernas: here you eat lunch looking at Santorini from outside.

🚇 Ferry to Korfos then 250 steps, or a taxi from the port

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Specialty coffee in Santorini

Historic bakery

Svoronos Bakery

Svoronos Bakery · Fira

Fira's historic bakery: bougatsa, koulouri and spanakopita straight from the oven since before tourism existed.

Tip: Opens at 6:30 and by 9 the bougatsas are gone: the breakfast of those catching the first bus.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 3 min walk

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Jazz since 1976

Kira Thira Jazz Bar

Kira Thira Jazz Bar · Fira

The island's oldest bar, open since 1976: a vault carved into the rock, jazz on vinyl and house sangria.

Tip: Opens at 21:00 and stays late. The one place in Fira where you can talk without shouting.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 3 min walk

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Molecular cocktails

MoMix Bar

MoMix Bar · Fira

Molecular cocktails on Fira's rim: liquid nitrogen, foams and a balcony hung off the cliff.

Tip: Best at 19:00, right at sunset: after 22:00 the bar fills and you see nothing from the balcony.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Cheap night out

Two Brothers Bar

Two Brothers Bar · Fira

Fira's cheap loud bar since the 80s: small beers, shots and the dancefloor where every night begins.

Tip: The island's gathering point before the clubs: get there before midnight or you will not get in.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 3 min walk

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Opera over the caldera

Franco's Bar

Franco's Bar · Fira

A Fira institution since 1976: classical opera at full volume, cocktails and the most stepped terrace on the rim.

Tip: There is a minimum spend for sunset seating, but the cocktail comes with the island's best soundtrack.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Hot loukoumades

Lukumum

Lukumum · Fira

Freshly fried loukoumades with honey, cinnamon and ice cream, in a tiny spot in central Fira.

Tip: They are fried to order and take seven minutes: do not walk off, that is exactly the point.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 2 min walk

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Vinsanto gelato

Solo Gelato Fira

Solo Gelato · Fira

Italian artisan gelato in central Fira, with Aegina pistachio and island vinsanto flavours.

Tip: Ask for the vinsanto one: made with the sweet sun-dried-grape wine that defines the island.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 2 min walk

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Real specialty coffee

Kaffeine

Kaffeine · Fira

Proper specialty coffee in Fira: Athens-roasted beans, pour-over filters and a decent flat white.

Tip: For the real Greek order, ask for a freddo espresso: it is the national drink and theirs is well whipped.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 2 min walk

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Volcanic beer

Volkan on the Rocks

Volkan on the Rocks · Fira

The island's craft brewery with a caldera terrace: Volkan beer is brewed with volcanic pumice.

Tip: The only rim terrace with its own pizza and beer: the cheap sunset nobody lists.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 9 min walk toward Firostefani

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Old-school kafeneio

Zotos Cafe

Zotos Cafe · Fira

A family kafeneio and pastry shop in Fira for decades: galaktoboureko, bougatsa and Greek coffee on a tray.

Tip: Order a Greek coffee metrio and wait for the grounds to settle: drinking it fast is the classic tourist error.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 3 min walk

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Mastiha gelato

Lolita's Gelato

Lolita's Gelato · Oia

An artisan gelateria in Oia with local flavours: pistachio, mastiha, honey yoghurt and vinsanto.

Tip: The queue hits 20 minutes before sunset: buy at 17:30 and walk to the castle with your cone.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 2 min walk

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Oia minus the crowd

Passaggio

Passaggio · Oia

A cafe-bar in eastern Oia away from the crowd, a sea terrace and a good by-the-glass wine list.

Tip: It faces east toward Armeni: where you watch the moon rise over the sea while everyone faces west.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk east

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Neighbourhood oven

Bakery Passaris

Bakery Passaris · Oia

Oia's neighbourhood bakery, where the residents actually shop: sourdough, pitas and tray sweets.

Tip: Ask for melitinia if any are left: fresh-cheese and mastic tartlets that barely leave local bakeries.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk east

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Crepes on the steps

Vitrin

Vitrin · Oia

A creperie and cafe on the Oia castle stretch: sweet and savoury crepes and tables on the steps.

Tip: It is 100 m from the castle: the snack before you fight for a spot on the sunset wall.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Greek brunch

Foodini

Foodini · Oia

Greek breakfast and brunch in central Oia: eggs, yoghurt with thyme honey and decent coffee.

Tip: Opens at 8:30, when Oia is empty: an early breakfast is the only way to see the village without people.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 2 min walk

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West-facing armchairs

Sun Spirit

Sun Spirit · Oia

A sunset bar at Oia's western tip beyond the castle, with deep armchairs turned to face the sun.

Tip: Book a seat for the October sunset: it falls at 19:00 and here you get an armchair instead of fighting on the wall.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 9 min walk

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Empty sunset

Katharos Lounge

Katharos Lounge · Oia

A beach bar above Katharos cove, wooden tables among the rocks and sunsets without a soul.

Tip: It closes for the season at the end of October: one of the year's last chances to find it open.

🚇 No bus: 25 min walk from Oia, or by quad

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360 degrees of island

Franco's Cafe Pyrgos

Franco's Cafe · Pyrgos

A cocktail terrace high up in Pyrgos, with opera in the background and a 360-degree island view.

Tip: The island's only bar where you see both seas at once: the caldera and the eastern Aegean.

🚇 Pyrgos stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk uphill

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Facing Skaros

Cafe Bar Rocka

Cafe Bar Rocka · Imerovigli

A cafe-bar right on the Imerovigli rim facing Skaros Rock: sun loungers, low music and no hurry at all.

Tip: The exact midpoint stop on trail 9: sit down, drink something and carry on, there is no other bar until Oia.

🚇 Imerovigli stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Gelato on the square

Mr Scoop

Mr Scoop · Megalochori

An artisan gelateria on Megalochori square, island flavours and tables under the bougainvillea.

Tip: Megalochori square is the island's best place to sit without buying anything: have the gelato anyway.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 2 min walk

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Village kafeneio

To Kafenedaki Tou Emporiou

To Kafenedaki · Emporio

A tiny kafeneio on the square in Emporio: Greek coffee, home-made sweets and absolutely no tourists.

Tip: It sits at the Kasteli gate: have your coffee here before entering the maze of covered alleys.

🚇 Emporio stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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The locals' brunch

Monkey Coffee & Brunch

Monkey Coffee & Brunch · Mesaria

Brunch and specialty coffee in Mesaria, where the people who live on the island have breakfast.

Tip: Mesaria is where all the island's buses cross: if you have to change, have breakfast here.

🚇 Mesaria stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Seafront brunch

The Finch

The Finch · Kamari

A specialty coffee and brunch spot on the Kamari promenade: toasts, bowls and Greek-roasted beans.

Tip: It faces east: the island's only breakfast with the sun rising straight out of the sea, 7:30 in October.

🚇 Kamari stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Black sand and a DJ

Chilli Beach Bar

Chilli Beach Bar · Perivolos

A classic beach bar on the black sand of Perivolos: loungers, cocktails and a DJ playing into the sunset.

Tip: Mid-October the loungers still run, but they pack up at month's end: it is the year's last round.

🚇 Perivolos stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Vlychada sunset

Caramela Sunset Bar

Caramela Sunset Bar · Vlychada

A bar on the Vlychada shore facing the sunset, with cocktails and the white ash cliffs rising behind it.

Tip: The island's alternative sunset: the sun falls over the open sea, not the caldera, and nobody is there.

🚇 Vlychada stop (KTEL bus) · 12 min walk west

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Shopping in Santorini: where to shop

Cult bookshop

Atlantis Books

Atlantis Books · Firostefani

The Aegean's most famous bookshop, founded by two students in 2004: hand-built shelves and first editions.

Tip: HEADS UP: it is no longer in Oia. It moved to the Petros M. Nomikos Conference Centre in Firostefani, and that is where it is.

🚇 Firostefani stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Art in the wine cave

Art Space Santorini

Art Space Santorini · Exo Gonia

An art gallery inside an 1861 wine cave carved into the rock, which also makes its own wine.

Tip: The owner, Antonis Argyros, guides the visit himself and it ends with a vinsanto tasting among the sculptures.

🚇 Mesa Gonia stop (KTEL bus) · 8 min walk

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Tasting on the rim

Santo Wines

Santo Wines · Pyrgos

The island's cooperative of 1,200 growers: a stepped terrace over the caldera, assyrtiko and vinsanto tastings.

Tip: The 19:30-21:00 sunset slot books weeks ahead. In October it still opens, but it shuts for the season at month's end.

🚇 Pyrgos crossroad stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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Benchmark assyrtiko

Domaine Sigalas

Domaine Sigalas · Baxedes

The benchmark estate of modern assyrtiko, north of Oia, with tastings among basket-trained vines.

Tip: Book the tasting with food: few island wineries have their own kitchen and this one is very good.

🚇 No bus: 10 min by car from Oia

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200-year-old vines

Estate Argyros

Estate Argyros · Episkopi Gonia

A family estate since 1903 with the island's oldest vines, some over 200 years old and ungrafted.

Tip: Ask to taste the 20-year vinsanto: made from grapes sun-dried for two weeks and aged a decade in barrel.

🚇 Mesa Gonia stop (KTEL bus) · 12 min walk

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Winery from 1947

Venetsanos Winery

Venetsanos Winery · Megalochori

Greece's first industrial winery, from 1947, built to work by gravity on the Athinios cliff face.

Tip: Designed so grapes travelled down by gravity to the ship: the terrace sits above the port, 300 m below.

🚇 Venetsanos stop (KTEL bus toward Athinios) · 3 min walk

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Lost varieties

Gavalas Winery

Gavalas Winery · Megalochori

A centuries-old family winery in Megalochori, specialising in the island's nearly lost grape varieties.

Tip: Try the voudomato and mavrotragano: native reds that nearly vanished and are made only here.

🚇 Megalochori stop (KTEL bus) · 3 min walk

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Cult biodynamic

Hatzidakis Winery

Hatzidakis Winery · Pyrgos Kallistis

A cult biodynamic winery, set in a wine cave below street level in the Pyrgos countryside.

Tip: You must book: visits take eight people and in October they open only a few days a week.

🚇 No bus: 8 min by car from Pyrgos on a rural track

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Wine cave from 1836

Canava Roussos

Canava Roussos · Episkopi Gonia

The island's oldest working wine cave, from 1836: volcanic stone vaults and a vine-shaded courtyard.

Tip: They make a solera vinsanto with over 20 years in barrel: ask for it even if it is not on the tasting list.

🚇 Mesa Gonia stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk

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Domes among the vines

Boutari Winery Santorini

Boutari Winery · Megalochori

A white-domed winery among the southern vineyards: a tasting room and the island's broadest range.

Tip: The white domes were designed to echo the basket vines seen from above: look at the satellite image.

🚇 No bus: 6 min by car from Megalochori

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Island wines by the glass

Diporto House of Wines

Diporto House of Wines · Fira

A Fira wine shop with every island estate in one place and tastings by the glass, no booking.

Tip: If there is no time for the wine route, settle it here: they will run a comparative tasting of four assyrtikos.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Island pantry

Cava Sigalas

Cava Sigalas · Firostefani

A wine and island-produce shop in Firostefani: assyrtiko, vinsanto, PDO fava, capers and sun-dried tomato.

Tip: PDO fava Santorinis is the souvenir with the best return: light, unbreakable and unavailable outside Greece.

🚇 Firostefani stop (KTEL bus) · 2 min walk

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Straight from the grower

Nomikos Estate

Nomikos Estate · Vothonas

A local grower selling direct: sun-dried cherry tomato, fava, capers and white aubergine in season.

Tip: October is the end of harvest: what you buy here now is this year's, not last winter's warehouse stock.

🚇 Vothonas stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Metal fish

Mati Art Gallery

Mati Art Gallery · Fira

The gallery of sculptor Yorgos Kypris on the Fira rim, full of hand-made shoals of metal and glass fish.

Tip: The small pieces fit in hand luggage and come with a certificate: Fira's serious souvenir.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 5 min walk

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Hand-blown glass

Santorini Art Glass

Santorini Art Glass · Fira

A hand-blown glass workshop and shop in Fira, with every piece tinted in the colours of the caldera.

Tip: They blow glass live at the back: ask to see the furnace, it is free and kids are transfixed.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 7 min walk

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Fira's Gold Street

Poniros Jewellery

Poniros Jewellery · Fira

A Greek family jeweller since 1967 on Fira's Gold Street, own designs and workshop pieces.

Tip: Ypapantis street packs over thirty jewellers into 300 m: comparing prices here is compulsory.

🚇 Fira KTEL bus terminal · 4 min walk

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Thrown ceramics

Ceramic Art Studio

Ceramic Art Studio · Fira

A ceramics workshop in northern Fira, with hand-thrown pieces and deep Cycladic blue glazes.

Tip: They run two-hour wheel classes without booking: Fira's most entertaining rain-proof plan.

🚇 Fira stop (KTEL bus) · 10 min walk toward Firostefani

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Greek painting

Galanopoulos Art Gallery

Galanopoulos Art Gallery · Oia

A painting and print gallery on the Oia castle stretch, work by contemporary Greek artists.

Tip: Open past sunset: the only way to see Oia from inside while the streets are packed.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 5 min walk

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Greek design

Speira

Speira · Oia

A Greek design boutique in Oia: linen clothing, ceramics and objects from small workshops around the country.

Tip: It closes for the season in early November, like almost every Oia shop: take advantage of October.

🚇 Oia stop (KTEL bus) · 6 min walk

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Made-to-measure sandals

Sandal Workshop Perissa

Sandal Workshop · Perissa

A leather sandal workshop making sandals to measure while you wait, on Perissa's main street.

Tip: They take 40 minutes and cost half of Fira prices: the souvenir you will actually wear back home.

🚇 Perissa stop (KTEL bus) · 4 min walk

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