Santorini is an island of volcanic origin in the Aegean Sea, part of the Cyclades archipelago. The area is 76 km², the coastline is 70 km.

How to get to Santorini:
Communication with the island: airplanes from Athens, Mykonos, from Rhodes and Crete, ferry services to Piraeus, Cyclades, Crete, Rhodes and Kos. In summer, high-speed catamarans run from Piraeus, Heraklion (Crete) and Rethymnon (Crete).

Island Attractions:

• The ruins of the city of the Minoan era at Cape Akrotiri
  
• Monastery of Elijah the Prophet (Profitis Ilias)
  
• Convent of St. Nicholas
  

There are 330 Orthodox and Catholic churches on the island.