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Santorini Villas are situated on the East coast of the island, only 200 meters from the best beach of the island, the Monothilos-Kamari beach and within easy reach of Kamari village and Santorini international airport. Beautiful, individually designed villas with private swimming pools and landscaped gardens. One, two and three bedroom luxurious residences exemplifing architectural design and detail reminiscent of a seaside villa in the Mediterranean. (Code LSM) |
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Santorini Info
Santorini is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east from Greece's mainland. It is also known as Thera. It is the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands and in 2001 had an estimated population of 13,600. Santorini is essentially what has been left from an enormous volcanic explosion which destroyed the settlements thereon and led to the creation of the current geological caldera. Its spectacular natural beauty along with its eminent nightlife make the island one of Europe's top tourist hotspots.
It is the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, though what remains today is largely a water-filled caldera. The name of Santorini was given to it by the Latin empire in the thirteenth century and is a reference to Saint Irene. Before then it was called Kalliste ("the most beautiful one"), Strongyle ("the circular one"), or Thera.
The island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history when it erupted cataclysmically some 3,500 years ago, at the height of the Mycenaean epoch. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of feet deep and, according to a theory, its effects may have indirectly led to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (70 mi) to the south, due to a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.
Major settlements in Santorini include Fira (Phira), Oia, Emporio, Kamari, Imerovigli, Pyrgos and Therasia. Akrotiri is a major archaeological site with ruins from the Minoan era. The primary industry of Santorini is tourism and in the summer the island can get quite crowded. Santorini is home to a small but flourishing wine industry, based on the indigenous grape variety, Assyrtiko.
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