Fun Things to Do
on Santorini
This list of fun things to do on Santorini include
visiting an old tomato canning factory, listening to Greek bagpipes, and
enjoying some local beers.
Oia on Santorini
Some of Santorini's attractions are obvious, and you can
read our other page on the main things
to do on Santorini. However, some things are less obvious so we've rounded
up a few suggestions for some of the other fun things to do on the island.
Visit a Fruity Museum
The Santorini Arts Factory
The
Santorini Arts Factory is a cultural centre which took over an old tomato
canning works. Part of the centre is a museum telling the surprisingly
interesting story of the factory's history. The arts factory is also an events
venue, so check the program on their website for the music, arts exhibitions,
and other events being held while you're on Santorini. There's also a pretty
neat gift shop with some creative ideas for souvenir shopping.
Santorini Tomato Industrial Museum
Listen to the Greek
Bagpipes
Symposion
One of the world's leading players of the Greek equivalent
of the bagpipes, the tsabouna, lives on Santorini. In the summer Yannis
Pantazis gives concerts in Symposion,
a place which combines a live music venue, a bagpipe museum, and a workshop
where Yannis can be seen making various Greek musical instruments. There's also
a wine café, a botanical garden, and a shop where you can buy Greek music and
Greek musical instruments.
Down a Donkey Beer
Santorini Brewing Company
You'll come across local brews from the Santorini Brewing Company,
like White Donkey and Red Donkey, not to mention Lazy Ass, on many bar and
restaurant menus. You can also find the whole range at the brewery itself,
where you can also buy a neat 'donkey' t-shirt. The brewery has an interesting
story, too, as it was founded by a Serbian brewer, an American, a Greek
winemaker, and an English brewer.
Some Cool Santorini Gifts
Personalised IPhone 14 Cover
Hike to a Venetian
Fortress
Skaros Rock
Santorini's medieval fortresses are a little-known aspect of
the island, and one of the most dramatic is Skaros Rock. Not much remains of
the fortress that was built here in the 16th century by the Venetian rulers,
but the views are worth hauling yourself up the last 300 steps for.
Find a Quiet(ish)
Beach
Vlychada Beach
Very few beaches on Santorini are totally quiet, but while
the crowds flock for the novelty value of the Red Beach and the Black Beach
(and they are worth seeing), you'll find fewer people at Vlychada Beach, where
the sand is a greyish-white colour and there are dramatic cliffs backing the
beach.
Visit a Unique
Bookshop
Atlantis Books
The vast Atlantis
Bookshop is the kind of place you might expect to find in Athens, but not
in little Oia. There are books in several languages, and it's worth buying one
to be able to hear the story of how the founders came to Santorini in 2002, fell
in love with the island, and as they noticed there wasn't a bookshop they
decided on a whim to settle there and open one.
Atlantis Books
See Our YouTube Video of Santorini
Where to Stay on Santorini
Other Santorini pages
Some of the best things to do on Santorini, as well as seeing the caldera, include wine tasting, beaches, and visiting the sites of ancient Thira and Akrotiri.
Santorini or Thira in the Cyclades islands has cheap and luxury hotels, car rental, ferries from Athens, Crete and other islands, and flights from Athens.
Visiting Santorini wineries is a popular activity on this Greek island in the Cyclades, whose volcanic soil provides a distinctive terroir.
Santorini car rental companies include Budget, Hermes, VIP Rent a Car and Euro Dollar, with Santorini car hire at the airport, and around Santorini.
Greece Travel Secrets brings together some outstanding pictures of Santorini in the Cyclades islands of Greece.
Hotels on Santorini, Greece, in the Cyclades, range from luxury choices to good cheap accommodation in Fira, with caldera views.
There are lots of flights from Athens to Santorini as well as a ferry service from Piraeus, with flights to Santorini leaving from Athens International Airport.
Weddings in Greece and the Greek islands can be luxury or cheap, are easy to arrange from the UK or USA in Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes.
Luxury Weddings in Greece, including venues such as a boutique hotel with deluxe spa on Santorini, can be booked through Ionian Weddings.
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