Regarding the picture and Santorini.. what can i say. Have been there several times, first time with a geological team along with students from Athens and archeologists. Later we had a lot of fun conducting guided tours about geology and the human settlements of the bronze age, and before. Excavations and history are closely related to the geology of said island.
When you rent a boat (you can see the strata of the several eruptions better from a distance), you can see sharks circling a hundred meters beneath you, and dolphins. Without too much wind the water is chrystal clear, in the crater area. Knowing a bit of its past, and seeing the sun set is pure magic.
It is a rather small island, you can see it all in a week. You can take the way up from the old harbour with the help of a donkey, bathe near the new central volcano in warm if sulphuric seawater, or just enjoy the (black) beach at the south-east coast. Whatever, be sure to visit the archeological site of
Akrotiri!
While the island of Crete was the mainland of the Minoans, their heart was Thera, now "Santorini". During excavations at Akrotiri (former port of back-then-Thera) they found a frieze depicting a fleet sailing between two islands.
There was a terrific museum exhibition
"Islands of the winds" about the Minoans, especially about their ships and sailing techniques - good Pdf, only german but you will get the idea(s):
Link
Or you can go to Crete for some weeks, and visit Thera/Santorini via ship from Heraclion, for a few days.
Akrotiri is a Member of the European heritage fund, the excavation site has been recently helped financially by Eugene Kaspersky or so i heard.
Going there to avoid a harsh winter is sure a good idea
11-28-18, 07:10 AM
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