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Santorini, Greece

Santorini, a Place to Find Peace

Trip Highlight

Greece is my favourite place on earth.

Beauty in every direction.

Simple local food, delicious. The residents are chill.

Santorini taught me how to let go. Live slowly. Free to wander little lanes that all end in blue, to become a regular at the sunset bar, to let a whole afternoon go by doing nothing at all. Slowly.

Came for the white walls and blue domes; I met myself in Santorini.

Guiltless, long evenings waiting for the sun set over the Aegean, holding a champagne cocktail served in a juice glass.

Moments from the trip

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Beauty and dignity in every direction. I felt so grateful to be here, a place to find peace. "Whitewashed buildings perched on steep cliffs overlooking the Aegean Sea" indeed.

See more through my eyes

A few more glimpses from this trip.

Arriving to Santorini; pure white architecture, blue sky, blue sea.
White rooftops and a pool above the caldera
The village clinging to the cliff edge, looking up the coast
A blue-domed church against the sky
A white bell tower and blue dome
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A little plunge pool on the terrace. Cool water, warm stone, the sea just beyond.
A white chapel along the cliff path
Hiking across the peaks of the steep terrain.
Dinner with a view
Sunset flaring over the village rooftops
Sunbeams breaking through clouds over the sea
The excavation stretches on and on. An entire city, patiently emerging from the ash.
Elegant pottery, painted thousands of years ago and somehow still full of life.
An intricate table, kept whole by the very ash that buried it.
Sailing the caldera as the afternoon light turned soft.
The chapel on the cliffs
Kayakers beneath the volcanic cliffs, tiny against all that dark stone.
Sunset over the Aegean, best seen from the water.
One more sunset, savoured slowly.
Golden hour over the rooftops, when all the whitewash turns warm and honey-coloured.

Where this is

In case you would like to see it for yourself. The small dots are the spots where the photos were taken; tap one to see the photo.

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Places I loved

The spots I would send a friend to. Tap one to find it on the map.

  • Bar

    180° Sunset Bar

    Imerovigli

    This is a bar! Stretching out over the Aegean. Irresistible.

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