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1. Culture & art · Oia

   Oia Blue Domes

   Find the cluster of blue-domed churches stacked above the caldera in whitewashed Oia — and photograph it.

2. City discovery · Oia

   Oia Caldera Sunset

   Join the crowd at Oia castle as the sun drops into the caldera in the world's most famous sunset — and photograph it.

3. Nature · Akrotiri

   Red Beach Cliffs

   Scramble down to the Red Beach near Akrotiri, where dark crimson volcanic cliffs meet the sea — and photograph it.

4. History · Akrotiri

   Tour the 'Pompeii of the Aegean' at Akrotiri

   See the Minoan town preserved under volcanic ash, with its multi-story houses and frescoes — and photograph it.

5. City discovery

   Visit Santorini caldera view

   The bay you are looking at is the inside of a mountain: the volcano erupted around 1600 BC, collapsed into itself, and the sea filled the hole. The white houses stand on the rim of that collapse, three hundred metres above the water. Look down from the edge and photograph it.

6. Culture & art · Oia

   Sunset over the caldera in Oia, Santorini

   Watch the world-famous sunset sinking into the volcanic caldera, among the blue-domed churches and white houses — and photograph it.

7. Nature · Akrotiri

   Tour Santorini's red and black volcanic beaches

   See the volcanic island's colors at the Red Beach near Akrotiri and the black-sand beach at Perissa — and photograph it.

8. City discovery · Aegean

   Go island-hopping the Cyclades by ferry

   Start from Piraeus and link several Cycladic islands by ferry on the classic island-hopping route — and photograph it.