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Moonlike white rock and sea caves, where the Venus de Milo was found.
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Akrotiri
A Bronze Age town buried by the great eruption, with multi-story houses, streets and painted walls, under a modern roof.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Akrotiri, 847 00 SantoriniDirections
- Getting There
- Bus from Fira, about 25 minutes.
Why Go
Akrotiri was a rich trading town of the Minoan age when the volcano erupted, around 1600 BC. Its people seem to have escaped in time, but the ash preserved their houses up to three stories high, with stairs, storage jars and fragments of brilliant frescoes, now in museums.
Nearby in Santorini
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