Wonderful place, maybe, one of the new 7 wonders of Nature - it depends on your vote.

1. Click to continue Song : Gianta (traditional) by Giannis Parios

2. Welcome to the island of Santorini. One of the most spectacular C ycladic islands Santorini offers one of the most impressive landscapes in the world. The villages are situated on cliffs and offer breathtaking view over the submerged volcano. Please vote for Santorini - Archipelago, as one of the 7 new wonders of Nature, at : www.new7wonders.com

3. Santorini (Greek Σαντορίνη , pronounced [sa(n)do̞rini]) is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast from Greece's mainland. It is also known as Thera (or Thira , Greek Θήρα [ th ira]), forming the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands Santorini is essentially what remains of an enormous volcanic explosion, destroying the earliest settlements on what was formerly a single island, and leading to the creation of the current geological caldera. Its spectacular physical beauty, along with a dynamic nightlife, have made the island one of Europe's tourist hotspots. A giant central lagoon, more or less rectangular, and measuring about 12 km by 7 km (8 mi by 4 mi), is surrounded by 300 m (984 ft) high steep cliffs on three sides. The island slopes downward from the cliffs to the surrounding Aegean Sea. On the fourth side, the lagoon is separated from the sea by another much smaller island called Therasia; the lagoon merges with the sea in two places, in the northwest and southwest. The water in the centre of the lagoon is nearly 400 m (1300 ft) deep, thus making it a safe harbour for all kinds of shipping. The island's harbours all lie in the lagoon and there are no ports on the outer perimeter of the island; the capital, Fira, clings to the top of the cliff looking down on the lagoon. The volcanic rocks present from the prior eruptions feature olivine and have a notably small presence of hornblende. The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions the planet has ever seen: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred some 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of feet deep and may have led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (70 miles) to the south, through the creation of a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.

4. Fira

5. Looking toward Fira

6. Fira & Athinios port

7. Fira : View across collapsed caldera

8. Oia

9. Another view of Oia

10. Oia and the islands of Nea & Palia Kameni

11. Oia & Imerovigli

12. Nea Kameni (new burnt)

13. Palia Kameni (ancient burnt)

14. Panoramic view of Kamari

15. Kamari, black beach

16. Panoramic view of Perissa

17. Perissa beach

18. Perivolos beach

19. Monolithos beach

20. Akrotiri, Red beach

21. Prehistoric Site of Akrotiri

22. Akrotiri, the entrance

23. A street in the ancient city of Akrotiri

24. Houses in the ancient city of Akrotiri

25. The "saffron-gatherers"

26. Landscape of spring time - Fresco from the Bronze Age

27. The Fisherman, Akrotiri Wall painting in ladies house, Akrotiri

28. Thirasia

29. Palia and Nea Kameni, at sunset

30. Another view of Palia and Nea Kameni, at sunset

31. Moonrise over Oia

33. The End. Thank you! Your vote at: http://www.new7wonders.com/ will be highly appreciated.