Chances are you’ve stumbled on snapshots of Santorini’s sunsets. If not, picture this: blue-domed, whitewashed houses hovering over volcanic cliffs, the sun dipping into the horizon above cerulean waters, painting the sky in vivid shades. Sweeping stairways lead from clustered villages to black-pebble beaches, or sandy enclaves encircled by rocky bluffs. Santorini serves up postcard perfection.
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Visit Santorini: get started
Seeing Santorini should be up there on your bucket list! Get there with island hopping tours including the best Santorini hotels and flights from Canada. Explore Santorini's must-sees like Oia, Fira, Imerovigli, and every beach on the way. Our tours will also take you to Mykonos, and other Greek islands like Naxos, Paros, and more, depending on the itinerary you choose!
Santorini travel guide
Destination facts
Language
Greek
What to bring back
Craft beers from the Santorini Brewing Company or wine from the island's many wineries (Santo Wines or Venetsanos), literary finds from Atlantis Books, unique island-inspired jewellery, volcanic lava or donkey milk soap (it’s a thing!), as well as countless sunset shots.
What to eat
Dishes featuring locally sources ingredients like cherry tomatoes, capers and white eggplants; Santorini tomato fritters (domatokeftedes), Fava (a purée of yellow split peas), offal soup (sgardoumia) and popular Santorini sweets called kopania made with barley, raisins and sesame seeds.
Fun fact
Santorini was home to one of the largest volcanic eruptions ever recorded, the Minoan eruption of the 2nd millennium B.C. The eruption triggered the collapse of the Minoan civilization that populated many islands of the Aegean Sea—you can visit archaeological remnants of this ancient society at the prehistoric settlement of Akrotiri on Santorini!
Important info
For more information on all necessary travel documents and more, check Air Canada’s Travel Requirements page and the Government of Canada’s Travel and Tourism website.
