Finikia settlements

Half a kilometer from our hotel begins a settlement called FINIKA, which operated when the world was completely uninterested in the island of Santorini. Brave farmers cultivated the thankless soil by growing vines and serving wealthy sea captains who had their summer homes here during the heyday of...

After the sunset

For us, the sunset in Santorini is just a pretext for a long walk during the day and after dark, to enjoy the extraordinary view of the illuminated city and the caldera (the slope of the crater of a large volcano), on which villas and hotels are spread out. You can spend many hours here admiring ...

Before the sun set

From our hotel at “Maria’s Place) to the tourist center it’s a 10-minute walk. These are the symbols ot our hotel: The doneky is a piece of art - still nature, The cats are real and omnipresent.   As you move (!) north, where you watch the famous sunset – the streets get narrower and mor...

A Santorini MUST: a sunset

In all tourist places (or at least in many) the most important point of the trip is watching the sunset. We also succumb to this trend a bit and like sheep we follow the crowds of tourists to watch for the hundredth time this phenomenon in Santorini, which is no different from any other in the wh...

I want to show you once again, as a reminder, what this island looks like on the map, and what it looks like from the plane window! An extraordinary phenomenon!

Santorini - we are at our destination

The journey, which began at night on the Szczecin-Warsaw-Athens-Santorini route, took 17 hours, after which we reached a charming place with the name "Maria's Place". The vening fell quickly, so it was a long sleep to start ... Tourist attractions will have to wait!

Santorini. The curse of the "Instagram" paradise.

On site, we will verify whether what was written this year on thd TVN24 portal under the title: "Instagram curse" is true: "The crowds of tourists arriving in Santorini every day divide not only the residents of this picturesque island, but also representatives of the tourism industry. As it turns ...

Santorini revisited

In October 2022, in this blog, I wrote: "Extremely interesting topics, such as: - the history of Santorini from antiquity, through the Middle Ages, world wars and current problems, - numerous and tragic earthquakes. - unique crops, - development of aggressive tourism, - the fight for water and...