03/02/2020
We are sure that you have seen a lot beautiful photos in from - incredible photo shoot against a background of caldera and blue domes 💙
But what else is known about this island?
Before you visit Santorini, here are 10 short facts that may provide a general insight👇
🌸Santorini also called Thira is an island found along the coastline of the Aegean Sea
🌸Santorini is the remains from a large volcanic eruption (around 3,600 years ago) that annihilated the earliest settlers. It left a massive caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of meters below
🌸Due to volcanic past, Santorini has multiple colored beaches - white, red and black
🌸Until 1960, there was no electricity, only donkeys and fishermen
🌸Around 15,000 people live on the island and over 1.5 million visit each year
🌸There are more churches than houses on Santorini, however most are small and private
🌸Santorini features the traditional architecture of cubical houses made of local stones and whitewashed with volcanic ashes. The rooms are highly insulated by air-filled pumice, and are cool during summertime while warm during wintertime
🌸Pumice stones on the island is a huge export business, as well as used as an inexpensive local building material
🌸Despite a harsh, dry climate, Santorini has a flourishing wine industry. The wine is said to be one of the best tasting wines in the world, all thanks to the volcanic eruptions)
🌸There is so little rain on the island of Santorini, that wine in more plentiful than water