Going to Santorini

What to do in Santorini

by Matt Link

The stunning entrance to the Greek isle of Santorini is the first taste of the most geologically dramatic island in the Mediterranean. The grand majesty of an ocean-filled volcanic crater ringed by towering rust-colored cliffs with white stucco buildings spilling down them greets visitors, most arriving by ferry. When boats first enter the caldera, formed when a volcano blew out the island's center sometime between 1600 and 1500 B.C., one often hears gasps from the passengers. To this day, some scholars speculate that this volcanic destruction gave birth to the myth of the lost continent of Atlantis, and the mythical feel of the isle makes many visitors believers. Many of its beaches are filled with black or red sand-volcanic in origin-including the stunning Koloubos Beach on the northeast...

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