Santorini - the bike tour

Minka of Southampton - Cruising Log
Edmund Wigan
Wed 13 Aug 2014 16:37
I hired a little twist and go bike and spent a day exploring. My conclusion is that it is a place not to be missed.

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There is a little harbour in the photo above which can only be accessed by a series of hairpin bends.

Quite a few of the settlements started with cave dwellings some of which are still in use.

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There are a few in the picture above and a derelict one here. There is what I presume to be a bread oven to the right.

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I tried to take some pictures to give an idea of how steep the land falls away into the crater.

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Despite all this there is a surprising amount of flat arable land in the centre of this particular island. They seem to specialise in tomatoes.

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This is a new museum but it was closed.