KARTERADOS (2 km from Fira)
Karterados village is east from Fira, at distances less the 2 km. The older part of the village is all but invisible from the main street. The rock houses have been dug out of the bed of torrent, and their roofs are on a level with the pavement. The main road is all hotels, shops, tavernas...More
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FINIKIA (10.5 km from Fira)
Finikia is a representative traditional Santorinian village. Houses built with the traditional ways, harmoniously attached to each other, present a wonderful totality of traditional architecture. A back stone will rises like a fence near the entrance of Finikia. In the Gonia region there is an archaeological site...More
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VOTHONAS (7 km from Fira)
The "dug" houses of the Vothonas village are interesting, as well as the churches of Triada, Aghia Anna and Panaghia which was built on 1700. Architecturally, this is strangest village on Santorini and is worth to visit just from that reason...More
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EXO GONIA (12 km from Fira)
In tiny Exo Gonia you are in another world entirely, with nothing to remind you that you are actually on most tourist - infested island in the Agegean. If a quiet evening is what you want then Exo Gonia, built on a slope behind Pyrgos is just a place...More
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MESSA GONIA (8 km from Fira)
Messa Gonia was one of the island's mayor wine producing centers. Today, an idea of its former glory can be gleaned from a visit few wineries. Tourist usually pass right trough the village and go straight on the only "sight" in this area, the church of Panagia Episkopi, the most important Byzantine monument on the Santorini Island...More
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THIRASSIA
Thirassia, the little island lying opposite Oia is one of the fragments that survived the great eruption of circa 1600 BC that blew ancient Strogyli to bits, and it has never been joined the mainland again in any sense. Thirassia is pure Aegean village. Tinted bell towers and brightly colored houses: yellow, blue, turquoise, pink and green - you almost think you were in Sicilia....More
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