Month: May 2024

Sailing to the Greek Islands: Santorini

Dear family & friends,

Our cruise schedule on the Aegean Sea included a visit to three of the more than 200 inhabited islands. One of my favorites was Santorini.

Smaller boats were required for our visit to Santorini

Santorini has very limited land at sea level where the ship anchored. The harbor side of the island has mainly gift shops and restaurants. To see the main attractions required an optional tour. Limited spaces on the ship’s tours found us doing our own excursion!

Marsha and Ellen on our way to Santorini

Our excursion of Santorini required planning. First the standard boat ride from the ship, then a 6 Euro cable car up to the top of the island (better than the 600 steps), and finally a 20 Euro taxi across the island which gave us access to visit their beautiful churches just like the excursions. (Also we each saved 50 Euros)

Churches of Santorini
My fellow taxi travelers. The north and south coasts of Santorini are very different, rocky cliffs vs sea level farms.

Waiting for our boat ride to return to the ship, we witnessed a beautiful sunset in the west while the moon rose over the island in the east. A wonderful way to end the evening!

The setting sun at Santorini
90% moon over Santorini

More on the other destinations coming soon.

Ellen

PS written at the ASU Loft after our trip. 5/27/24