Santorini

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Santorini

The rim of a collapsed volcano in the southern Cyclades. The caldera villages — Fira, Imerovigli, Oia — sit on the cliff edge, while the flat eastern side of the island holds the airport, the black-sand beaches at Kamari and Perissa, the vineyards and most of the year-round life.

Life here

  • Kamari and Perissa: long black-sand beaches under the cliff of Mesa Vouno
  • Caldera walks from Fira to Oia along the crater rim
  • Assyrtiko vineyards and wineries across the eastern plateau
  • Ancient Thera and Akrotiri, the Bronze Age town buried by the eruption

Ownership rationale

Caldera-facing property trades at a large premium and rarely comes up; the eastern side is where normal buying happens. Rental demand is among the strongest in Greece but heavily concentrated from May to October, and short-term letting rules and building permissions are tightly enforced.

Getting here

Santorini airport (JTR) sits on the east side of the island, with flights from Athens in about 45 minutes and direct European routes in summer. Ferries from Piraeus take five to eight hours depending on the vessel.

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