mevzup photography: Prečudovit Santorini / The beautiful Santorini

Imava misijo: obdelati čim več grških otokov. Po Rodosu, Lefkasu (ki je, kar se plaž in barve morja tiče, moj najljubši), Zakintosu in Kreti, je letos končno (po tem, ko je odpadlo potovanje po klasični Grčiji) na vrsto prišel Santorini. Že nekaj let sanjam o njem, ampak če bi vedela, da je tako neverjeten, bi zagotovo bil že prej na seznamu.
Vedela sem, da gre za vulkanski otok, ampak sem si predstavljala, da so pač imeli en vulkan tam nekje, na nekem koncu otoka in je pač malo bruhal lavo.
Ampak ne, celoten kompleks vseh otokov, ki pašejo pod Santorini, so en velik vulkan, v bistvu gre baje za največji vulkanski krater na svetu, v katerega je priteklo morje in je voda zaradi črne barve vulkanske kamnine, popolne temno modre barve.
Takoj sva seveda najela avto za cel teden in že prvi večer šla pogledat najbolj znan sončni zahod na svetu v mestece Oia.

So, we have a mission: visit as many Greek islands as possible. After Rhodes, Lefkada (definitely a favourite regarding beaches and sea colour), Zakinthos and Crete, we finally travelled to Santorini. I've been dreaming about it for years, but had I known it was going to be so awesome, I would definitely rethink my priorities before.
Ok, so I knew it was a vulcanic island, but you know, I imagined they had a vulcano somewhere on the island and it erupted occasionally.
But, no no, the whole island complex that makes the Santorini island today is one huge vulcano. It is actually the biggest vulcano crater in the world. The sea water is now inside that crater and the water is deep blue because of the black rock underneath.
We immediately rented a car for the whole week and drove to see the most famous sunset in the world the very first evening - to a tiny town named Oia.

V teh hotelih pa je fajn imeti kak fotošut :)/Nice hotels for photoshoots, ha.

Plaži na južnem delu otoka - Vlychada beach (malo podobna Kapadokiji) in Red beach (z rdečimi stenami in temno rdeče-črnimi mali kamenčki)./
Beaches on the south part of the island: Vlychada beach (resembles Cappadocia in Turkey) and Red beach (red cliffs, dark red-black pebbles)

Na sredi kaldere (tako se reče tej ogromni luknji, ki je zalit vulkanski krater), se nahajata še dva otočka, Palea Kameni in Nea Kameni, na katerem so kraterji in velja za še delujoči vulkan (nazadnje bruhal pred 60 leti)./
In the middle of the caldera (=crater) there are two tiny islands, Palea Kameni and Nea Kameni with still active craters (erupted 60 years ago).

Izlet na drugi največji otok, Thirassia, mesto Manolas./ Trip to the second largest island in the Santorini complex, island Thirassia, town Manolas.

Jutranja Oia./ Morning in Oia.

Opazite kuža? :) / Notice the dog ? :) He's awesome.

Deep blue.

Tudi iz glavnega mesta Fira je pogled na sončni zahod spektakularen./ The views of sunset from the capital Fira are just as spectacular.

Tudi zgodovinsko je bil Santorini zelo pomemben. Na otoku sta dve arheološki najdbišči - Ancient Thira in Akrotiri./ Historically, Santorini has always been an important place. There are two bigger archeological sites on the main island - Ancient Thira and Akrotiri (an ancient cosmopolitan city).

Tradicionalni mlini./Traditional mills.

Še zadnji zahod iz Imeroviglija./ The last sunset from an amazing village Imerovigli.

Ob zahodu se zadaj lepo razkrijejo sosednji otoki Ios, Sikinos, Folegandros./ Sunset nicely reveals nearby islands of Ios, Sikinos, Folegandros.

Hrana v Grčiji pa je itak posebno poglavje. Zaradi hitenja in lakote sva jedi poslikala le s telefonom, tako da za pokušino objavljam še nekaj utrinkov s krožnikov. Hammmmm .../

Well, Greek food is of course another chapter, darlings. Due to the rush and immense hunger we only have a few iphone photos of our meals, so you can get the picture of what was on our plates. Yammoou.

Obvezen tzatzki, pa stuffed peppers&tomatoes, giant beans in odkritje izleta fava ter tomato keftedes iz sladkega santorinškega češnjevega paradižnika./ Please do try tzaziki, stuffed peppers&tomatoes, giant beans, a new discovery fava and tomato keftedes (balls) made from sweet santorini cherry tomatoes.