Santorini
Santorini is what remains of a catastrophe. Three and a half thousand years ago, one of history's most powerful eruptions occurred here: the volcano exploded, the island collapsed into the sea. What you see today is the crater's edge—a caldera filled with sea. White villages on black cliffs above a blue abyss.
The Caldera
Santorini's caldera is a flooded crater 12 kilometers wide and up to 400 meters deep. The inner islands—Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni—are young volcanic cones. Nea Kameni last erupted in 1950.
Fira
The island's capital is a labyrinth of white houses, blue domes, and narrow st...
