Beautiful sunset on the Santorini island tour - Greece. one of your destinations in Greece is Beautiful sunset on the Santorini island tour - Greece. For two years now the Greek economic crisis, which makes all the prices in the country fell. The good, travelers no longer need to pay top dollar to go to Greece. But apparently not all tourist destinations as cheap as it is rumored there.
But unfortunately, there is one tourist destination in Greece who does not seem affected by the crisis, namely the island of Santorini. Chosen as the best island in the world by Travel + Leisure magazine in 2011, the island of Santorini is now still be expensive even if the other destinations in Greece has lowered the price.
This is because the tourists who come to Santorini relentless every day on a cruise to relax on the island are building all the white volcanic beach gazing and watching the sunset. Santorini is an island formed by huge volcanic eruptions in the 17th century BC.
Nearly 180 000 foreign tourists flying to Santorini in 2011, up 10.5 percent over the previous year. About 80 percent of these tourists are older couples who are aiming for a honeymoon. But even the wealthy tourists were already inflamed created an expensive tourist prices in Santorini today.
"I pay $ 9 just for a can of soda cold. That is the price of drinks the most expensive I have ever met," she protested (59), a tourist from Brazil are on their honeymoon in Santorini with her husband, as reported by the SMH, Monday (7/5 ).
But she is still pretty lucky. He said a small room with beautiful views of Santorini Beaches only at a price of $ 70 a night, after the previous bid price of $ 200 per night.
Most of the hotels in Santorini now almost empty, but the price remains high. the average is $ 360 per night.
According to General Director of Greek Yiannis Stournaras Foundation, price is not all tours in Greece has decreased since it only applies to local residents, while tourists still have to pay dearly.
"As for the island of Santorini, the island has a unique appeal and the hotel owners do not want to reduce their service quality by reducing the price of hotel rooms," he said.
During the peak holiday season from June to September, it is advisable to book hotel rooms before, when the island's population jumped from about 20,000 to ten-fold! During the "low season" we can be traveled by individuals without prior reservation.
Santorini Island is now a major destination stopover cruise ships in the Mediterranean which makes it often packed with tourists, with a peak around mid-June each year. Not surprisingly, this island is one of the major tourist destinations of Greece, the Mediterranean countries with a long maritime history. But for those who open the senses, the island is still many elements of traditional charm.
According to legend, the island is formed from a piece of land that was thrown into the sea from the Argo, the ship of Greek mythology. Historically, the island is ever turns (among others) into a colony of the kingdom of Sparta (now located in the Peninsula Peloponnes, Greece, they are giving the name Thira - "the wild") and the Kingdom of Venice (now in Italy) who built a small church named Santa Irene or in language Greece: Agia Irini and eventually became Santorini. The name is still commonly used today, although since the founding of modern Greece - its official name is Thira.
This unique island is a remnant of a volcano in the middle of the sea, which in the last 2 million years has erupted at least 12 times. As a result of massive eruptions of this island's got a unique shape now like a crescent moon.
Oia village by the sea
On one side, the island is a steep cliff with a height of about 300 m. This is the side that was originally a volcanic caldera and is now a major attraction for the island's stunning scenery, like a giant wall that emerged from the sea surface.
The other side of the island is formed by a relatively gentle slopes. Now this side is the area where we can still find traditional village life with vineyards, white eggplant, cherry tomatoes and olives as well as animal donkey porters. In modern Santorini we will usually find a donkey as a tourist attraction, among others, as animals ride on the trail which traces the caldera wall. All this is punctuated by beaches are very inviting to our desire to momentarily dip the feet in the Mediterranean.
source: thebesttravelling.com
