Greece is by all means a nation of great history and long-standing mythology. Today, tourists the world over know Greece for the blue-domed buildings of the Cyclades Islands of the Aegean Sea. Thousands of honeymooners and cruise ship passengers come ashore each year to wander with the donkeys through the narrow streets and twisted stairways of Santorini.
It's not easy to forget that you are merely following in long left-behind footsteps. The history of the Cyclades dates thousands of years to the earliest Mediterranean civilizations of Mesopotamia. City States, Alexander the Great, and the Roman Empire all came afterwards, and archeological treasures of these mythical times are part of the landscape of the southern Greek islands. All over Greece, archeologists are still uncovering clues as to how our ancient ancestors lived. The Archeological Museum of Fira houses some relics of the earliest people to call Santorini home.
The true charm of Greece today is not in the modern hotels and tourist attractions of cruise ports, but in the people themselves. The locals who sell their homemade wine in the street, the old men in each cafe or tavern, and the proud fishermen who ply the Aegean for colourful fish that - if you chose the right restaurant - just may end up on your plate that night.
Fishing Boat |
Fish Market Men selling fish on a fish market in Fira, Santorini |
Fisherman Fisherman fixing his fishing net |
Donkey A portrait of a cute donkey in the streets of Fira, the capital of Thira, an island in Santorini, Greece. |
Donkeys |
Emborio |
Emborio Santorini |
Exo Gonia |
Church Santorini |
Flower Pots |
Agios Charalambos |
Agios Minas |
Agios Nikolaos |
Ammoudi |
Ammoudi Oia |
Ammoudi Oia |
Archaeological Vases |
Artist |
Beach Ball Beach volleyball turnament near Perissa beach |
Church |
Church Fira |
Crater Rim Santorini |
Cyclades |
Pictures Of Santorini Photo of Ammoundi Beach on Santorini |
Santorini Pictures |
Greek Houses Photo of colorful Greek Houses on Santorini Island, Greece, a popular honeymoon vacation spot |
Picture Of Santorini |
Santorini Picture View over a blue Church roof in Oia, Santorini Island in Greece |
Santorini Photos A classic Windmill Shot of Oia on Santorini Island |
Santorini Images |
Picture Santorini |
Santorini Photo |
Photos Santorini |
Images Santorini A classik Santorini Image with a white church and blue roofs |
Santorini Greece Hotel A beautiful resort hotel on Santorini Island in the city of Kamari |
Santorini Image Evening shopping in the Town of Oia on Santorini Island, Greece |
Santorini CRW 7090 |
Imerovigli Church A beautiful church in the village of Imerovigli, Santorini overlooks the Aegean Sea in Greece. |
Santorini CRW 7092 |
Santorini Travel |
Santorini CRW 7096 |
Santorini CRW 7098 |
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