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Background
Santorini, an island to which foreign tourists have heard prior to the arrival in Greece.The wonders of nature is a kind of the hallmark of the Greek island.Santorini, perhaps the most romantic Greek island.All it oveyano mystery : the history of the island and White houses along the coast, and the silent meandering streets, and the eternal night sleeping volcano that gave life of the island.
The island is famous for its picturesque landscape, clean sea and the magnificent beaches (red, white, black), towns and villages.Nobel laureate poet Odisseas Elitis compared doused bright sunshine and Call White House islands of stone horses with vzdyblennoy mustelids.But life in the narrow village streets and roads to private homes, in countless churches, windmills, houses are, of course, people who live here.Local residents, with their perfect, unique perception of life - also one of the reasons for the extraordinary appeal of the island.Like all Islanders, the people of Santorini highly cherish the laws of hospitality, creating a remarkably friendly and warm atmosphere.
The name of the island Santorini involves myriad legends : one called the lost Atlantis, others Pompeii Aegean.Today's Santorin, a powerful volcanic explosion, which occurred at about 1450 BC.Extinct volcano, or rather what is left of it, the last time AaBbCc in 1950, causing a severe earthquake.
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