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Click DannyKrivit@ CasablancaSoul Bar #Santorini
Date : Sunday July 27th 2014
Author : TtS
DannyKrivit@ CasablancaSoul Bar #Santorini Island, Greece, 28/7/2014 Growing up in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the 1960s, Danny was surrounded by music. His mother was an accomplished jazz singer and his father was the manager of legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker before going ...

Click Santorini top island of the world for 2014
Date : July 20th 2014
Author : TtS
#Santorini best #island in the world @ Travel + Leisure awards! Santorini has again been placed at the top of the world\'s island destinations, according to the results of the Travel + Leisure (T+L) annual...

Click From the volcano emitted ... gold!
Date : September 1st, 2013
Author : Imerisia
Impressive news from Santorini after the investigations of the University of Athens and the Greek Centre for Marine Research. After thorough research done at Columbo submarine volcano located northeast of the island revealed that there evolved... gold along with other rare metals such as...

Click Perissa @ Tripadvisor top list
Date : August 7th, 2013
Author : TtS
It is 9 km Black Beach,starting from Perissa village and finish at Vlyhada. It is a beach that everybody can find what he likes. Nice and calm Greek tavernas,noise Beach Bars with young people enjoy the lound dancing music,Lounge Cafe-Bar offering relaxation and finally a lot of beach without anythi...

Click Vinsanto wine becomes a chocolate
Date :
Author :
Vinsanto wine of Santorini is now a chocolate and conquers international markets! Another unique Greek flavor. Vinsanto wine has already managed to win a special place for those who have tasted it. Just a few drops of this local Santorini wine hide a special Greek flavor. Ano...

Click Victoria Hislop at Santorini
Date : July 26th, 2013
Author : TtS
The famous author Victoria Hislop at Santorini of the past Cultural Village- Museum. A world famous author Victoria Hislop hosted by the Santorini of the Past Cultural Village presents her books to the Greek and Foreign public. An event absolutely not to be lost! Saturday 2...

Click Evening of Opera and Greek operetta
Date : July 26th, 2013
Author : TtS
Thira Municipality organizes a musical evening on July 29 at 20.30 at Bellonio with works of Mozart, Verdi and Giannidis Chatziapostolou. Joanna Karamolegou, Soprano John crabs, tenor Musical director Nikos Vassiliou....

Click Imerovigli and Fira @ Trivago
Date : June 26th, 2013
Author : TtS
Travelers once again showed their preference for Santorini, as Imerovigli and Fira occupied the top two first places on the list of the 20 most popular holiday destinations in the Mediterranean region.According to a research carried out by Trivago, the travel metasearch engine focusing...

Click Luxury Gay Festival in the Mediterranean @ Santorini
Date : May 8th, 2013
Author : TtS
Exclusive Sunsets | The Gentlemen Edition is the first Luxury Gay Festival in the Mediterranean, organized for the first time on 19-21 September 2013, in the magical island of Santorini, Greece. The team of Exclusive Sunsets aims to introduce a new concept of gay events, creating a luxurious and upg...

Click Perissa in Top 10: Legendary Beaches
Date : May 9th, 2013
Author : TtS
If you like calm waters and hot, hot sand, then a trip to Santorini's famous black sand beaches are an absolute must. Essentially the remains of a now-submerged volcanic caldera, Santorini is located roughly 120 miles from the Greek mainland and is often associated with the legend of Atlantis. Peris...

Click It only took 5,000 years for Greek wines to be recognized
Date : April 15th, 2013
Author : TtS
Assyrtiko (ah-SEER-tee-ko) is the main grape of Santorini, an island in the South Aegean. These whites have restrained aromatics, bracing acidity, a palate of saline and minerals. The vines grow in extremely low-fertility volcanic soils that have never seen the pest phylloxera. Vines are trained int...

Click Women Volleyball Cup Final 4
Date : April 9th, 2013
Author : TtS
The Women Volleyball Cup Final 4 will take place next Friday and Saturday on April 12 and 13 on Santorini. We are very proud to host an event of such importance and we are happy to watch high-level volleyball. The ticket costs 25 euros and is valid for all 3 games of the Final 4. Finally...

Click John Stamos's Guide to Santorini, Greece
Date : April 8th, 2013
Author : TtS
The actor, now starring on Broadway in Gore Vidal's The Best Man, heads to his father's native Greek island of Santorini when he wants a break from the big city. From moonlit dance parties to home-cooked meals, he shares his favorites from his trips to the homeland. To get away from it a...

Click And the winner is... 1 Santorini, Cyclades
Date : 28 March, 2013
Author : TtS
Glamorous Santorini is deliciously different. Geographical newness is in part to thank. The island's popular black volcanic Perissa and Kamari beaches are big draws, as is its arguably most famous Red Beach near Akrotiri (which is the place to go for archaeology buffs). Santorini curves round a gian...

Click World's most romantic islands
Date : Jan 28 2013
Author : Christine Ciarmello - TtS
Santorini, Greece voted 3rd among world's most romantic islands by CNN Travel & Leisure If there were ever a place that could get by on its looks, it would be Santorini. Whitewashed cave houses framed by bougainvillea and backed by blue-domed churches spill down the rim of an ancient vol...

Click The island of Santorini is a leading tourist destination for the Australians
Date : 18 JANUARY 2005
Author : Macedonian Press Agency
The Aegean island of Santorini is a leading tourist destination, “a must see” for everybody before leaving this world, according to a tourist show on Australia's “Channel 9” television.According to “Channel 9”, Santorini (which occupied the fifth place...

Click Best Honeymoon Destination by U.S. News Travel
Date : October 15th, 2012
Author : TtS
Santorini was voted as top honeymoon destination according to U.S. News Travel. According to U.S. News Travel about Santorini: Known for its breathtaking sunsets, rich Greek food, and couples-specific accommodations, Santorini is almost tailor-made for those who've just said, I do. Hon...

Click Greek Landscape I - Ventouris photography
Date : 15/07/2012
Author : TtS
Greek Landscape I Ventouris photographs recount the magic and the feel of the greek nature, as well as the continuous dialog man develops with it. He travels through towns and state lines, trying to show to the spectators everything that moves him and everything he loves. ...

Click Open celebration on the evening of July 6 in the Union - frying tomato balls contest
Date : July 6, 2012
Author : TtS
During the events of the agricultural conference held in Santorini, 6-7 July 2012, at the evening of July 6 at 20.00, an open air celebration will be held at Pyrgos and the Union of Theraic Products open to the public. The event includes: - Back to land on farms by Dimitris Michailidis, Jo...

Click Best Destinations in Europe - Travelers Choice Awards TripAdvisor
Date : July 3, 2012
Author : TtS
Santorini ranked at the 19th place at Tripadvisor users awards Top 25 Destinations in Europe! Note also that it is the top island and resort destination among top European cities like London, Rome,...

Click Pierre-Yves Cousteau back on Santorini
Date : May 15th, 2012
Author : TtS
Nearly a year after installing the board in memory of his father, Jacques Cousteau-Yves, Pierre-Yves Cousteau returned to Santorini. The board is placed on a rock in Santorini caldera and has been seen by hundreds of divers already. Together with Pierre-Yves Cousteau was Alexander Reichardt, the cre...

Click A Greek Odyssey
Date : May 3, 2012
Author : TtS
The magazine of Virgin airlines, Virgin Australia Voyer features Santorini and the cyclades (page 70). With picture-perfect towns and breathtaking ocean vistas, the Greek islands are the epitome of luxury European travel. And with 6000 of them dotting the Mediterranean, there is one for ...

Click Red Beach in the top 10 beaches beaches in the world
Date : April 30, 2012
Author : TtS
Red beach ranked as the 7th best beach in the world: Santorini Red Beach is one of the most picturesque locations on the list. Surrounded by soaring red lava cliffs (hence the name), this beach also has some of the most beautiful and unique red sand in the world. The beach is only access...

Click International Festival - Ichos & Ikona
Date : July 20, 2011
Author : TtS
International Festival Ichos & Ikona (Music & Sound) 26-31 July 2011 Bellonio Cultural Center, Fira, Santorini The Magic of World Music or the Music of World Magic. A journey in space and time through tradition and the works of great composers, with the power of ...

Click Avant Premiere of the movie TOMB RAIDER II - The Cradle of Life
Date : 20 September 2003
Author : www.travel-to-santorini.com
Avant Premiere of the movie TOMB RAIDER II - The Cradle of Life United International Pictures Hellas, organizes on Saturday, 20 September 2003, the avant premier of the movie TOMB RAIDER II - The Cradle of Life in the Open Air Cinema Kamari, on Santorini Island, Greece. The...

Click Akrotiri is officially open
Date : April 11th, 2012
Author : TtS
It was September 2005 when the ambitious modern roof structure, meant to protect the site, collapsed just prior to its completion. No damages were recorded to the antiquities. As a result of this, the site was closed to visitors. As of today April 11th 2012 at 10:00am, the site is once again officia...

Click Awards for Santorini wines in French contest
Date : April 8th, 2012
Author : TtS
A great succes of Estate Argyros and Santowines at one of the most important French wine competitions called

Click World top once-in-a-lifetime trips by Torondo Sun
Date : March 29th, 2012
Author : TtS
The Toronto Sun presents 10 destinations as the best of the world's ancient sites, stunning landscapes and luxury hideaways including Santorini. Enjoy - you may only be able to visit once in your lifetime. Santorini, Greece: A Mediterranean cruise is one of the most delightful experience...

Click Homer's Iliad Omicron Rhapsody in Santorini
Date : March 21, 2012
Author : TtS
The Municipal Athletic Cultural Environmental Organization of Santorini (D.A.P.O.S.) under the auspices of the Thira Municipality and in collaboration with the Bellonia Foundation, on the occasion of World Theatre Day, invite the people of Santorini in Theater Reading-Performance: Homer's Iliad, 'Om...

Click Akrotiri must open!
Date : March 1st, 2012
Author : TtS
The Municipality of Thira to work out the archaeological site of Akrotiri. Here A press release sent to all media: The archaeological site of Akrotiri, one of the biggest and most famous excavations around the world, is closed since September 2005, after the known incident of the collaps...

Click Memorial Plaque for Jacques-Yves Cousteau in Santorini
Date : August 20, 2011
Author : TtS
On August 20 the son of the famous French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Pierre-Yves Cousteau, dived into the sea of Santorini and placed in a cave at a depth of seven meters a plaque in memory of his father. The memorial plaque was immersed today at 11:30 in Santorini, Greece in a cave at 7m ...

Click Kitrina Podilata
Date : Friday August 12, 2011
Author : TtS
Kitrina Podilata live @ Cine Kamari on Friday at 10:00 pm - Saturday at 2:00 am Starting time: 22.00 Ticket price: 15 euros Contact Tel: 22860 33452, 22860 31974 Kitrina Podilata (The yellow bikes) are celebrating their ten year anniversary with a series of live per...

Click Maraveyas Ilegal @ Santorini
Date : Saturday July 30, 2011
Author : TtS
The music of Maraveyas Ilegal features something between Mediterranean and Balkan references, rich orchestrations, and jazz and bossa nova data. Kostas Maraveyas invites you to a summer party with live Bossa Nova, Folk Rock andSka as well as mediterranean tunes. LIVE MUSIC ...

Click Nikos Portokaloglou @ Santorini
Date : July 28, 2011
Author : TtS
Nikos Portokaloglou will perform live at Koutsoyannopoulos Volcan Wines on Thursday 28 July. Usually we do remix songs to give them a more electronic sound, more bitato more dancing. Nick Portokaloglou instead creating this expression chooses an inverse remix. Remixarei electric so...

Click Modern Jazz Piano Trio NUKeLEUS
Date : July 30, 2011
Author : TtS
Following a year pause the piano trio NUKeLEUS begins its appearances in Santorini. Sami Amiri, Periklis Trivolis and Yannis Stauropoulos will be performing pieces from their eagerly awaited album Greek Jazz, offering their audience a voyage without precedent to the frontiers of modern jazz....

Click Henryka Tronek and Nasos Grozas
Date : July 28, 2011
Author : TtS
Internationally renowned violinist Henryka Tronek and Nasos Grozas on piano will be presenting a musical journey from the baroque period to the twentieth century with works by: P.Vitali, L.W.Beethiven, A.Dvorak, S.Prokofiev and K.Szymanovsky. PROGRAMME 1st PART TO...

Click Greece Leading Boutique Hotel 2011
Date : July 18, 2011
Author : TtS
5 Santorini hotels in World Travel Awards 2011 at the category Leading Boutique Hotel of Greece Amphitryon Hotel Astarte SuitesChromata

Click Antrianna Sklenarikova in Santorini
Date : July 18, 2011
Author : TtS
Antrianna Sklenarikova come to Athens for a photographing campaign of a famous clothing company last Friday. After she finished with her professional obligations she left for a short holiday in Santorini....

Click Panos Mouzourakis @ Santorini
Date : July 17, 2011
Author : TtS
Panos Mouzourakis in Santorini! Panos Mouzourakis, one of the most promising and versatile names in Greek contemporary music scene with his explosive stage presence live at Cine Kamari, Santorini. Energy, passion, rhythm ... the madness! It is impossible to resist the endless...

Click Natalie Thanou in Santorini
Date : July 17, 2011
Author : TtS
Natalie Thanou appeared in Santorini. The beautiful singer was photographed in Oia....

Click Santorini Sunset festival
Date : July 14, 2011
Author : TtS
With great joy the Municipality of Thira and Kisiris Events welcomes you to a series of cultural events entitled SANTORINI SUNSET FESTIVAL. This is an idea that aims to bring visitors into contact with the art against the magnificent sunset. The aim is to combine the glory of...

Click Top island of the world 2011
Date : July 10, 2011
Author : TtS
Top island of the world for 2011 according to the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine is no other than our black jewel of the Aegean, Santorini. 2011 World Best TOP 10 ISLANDS Islands winners, as voted by our readers.

Click Fotodiodos 2001-2011
Date : July 4, 2011
Author : TtS
The solo painting exhibition of Alexandros M. Valvis, titled “Fotodiodos 2001-2011”, will be launched at the Cultural Center Megaro Gyzi on Sunday 28th August. Fotodiodos is the bridge to meet again with art as the code, which creates the truth as an image and the reflected i...

Click Santorini´s scarecrows
Date : July 4, 2011
Author : TtS
The painting exhibition of Rena Kourpa, entitled “Santorini´s scarecrows”, will be launched at the Cultural Center Megaro Gyzi on Saturday 9th July. With her brush pointing to the nature of the island and especially at the scarecrows used by local farmers in the fields for frighteni...

Click Dancing through the centuries in Crete
Date : July 4, 2011
Author : TtS
Immediately after the end of the Megaro Gyzi Festival 2011, on Friday 26 August, Crete “travels” to Santorini for the presentation-view in Megaro Gyzi the film-documentary Dancing through the centuries in Crete. The film is a production of the Center for Research and Cretan Dance Teachin...

Click The Atlantis Hypothesis - 3rd International Conference, 25-26 June 2011, Santorini
Date : Jun3 24, 2011
Author : TtS
3rd International Conference, 25-26 June 2011, Santorini, Greece Almost three years will elapse in June 2011 since the 2nd International Conference on the Atlantis. Hence, not only we have allowed enough time for people to recollect thoughts on the subject, but also we have strong indica...

Click Mariza Koch in Santorini!
Date : June 21, 2011
Author : TtS
Mariza KochVassilis Rakopoulos-Elias VamvakousisSantoriniTuesday, June 21, 2011hours 10.30m.m.After receiving the Special Olympics in SantoriniMariza Koch, subversive and revolutionary, she met the composer and guitarist Claus Rakopoulos and give us their position today. Based on e...

Click Megaro Gyzi Festival 2011
Date : June 21, 2011
Author : TtS
The Megaro Gyzi Festival 2011 will take place from August 1st to August 23rd 2011. It is a Festival of various cultural events including seven music concerts and one painting exhibition, under the artistic direction of Yannis Papaconstantinou. ...

Click Best view: Santorini
Date : June 21, 2011
Author : Ben Mallalieu
Santorini nominated the best view Greek island according to Guardian newspaper. The ancient island of Thira exploded in 1500BC, leaving a broken rim of a now-extinct volcano. The town of Fira sits on the top of the rim looking west, with an almost sheer drop of 250m to a very deep blue s...

Click Sexiest Beaches in the World #5: Santorini, Greece
Date : 25 May 2011
Author : TtS
There is just something about the island of Santorini that makes otherwise normal people go wild. This topless beach might be the most quiet on our list of sexy beaches, but it does not lack in intensity. With white and blue buildings all around you, perched on hills, and crystal clear water b...

Click Travel till the world ends
Date : Monday 23 May 2011
Author : TtS
Santorini is features in place no 9 in the article of Ashley Strickland for CNN, that we present below. It may be the end of the world as we know it, so travel like there is no tomorrow. Well, maybe not exactly. Listeners of Family Radio, a Christian broadcasting network, ha...

Click 4th Santorini ride
Date : Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Author : TtS
Successful was the fourth National Ride held in Santorini today Sunday, May 8, 2011. As in many cities in Greece, today was the Ride to claim a better life with fewer cars, more bike lanes and a decent quality of life in our cities, based on changing the way we move and travel. ...

Click Best Beach Vacations - Europe
Date : 27 April 2011
Author : Travel to Santorini
Good news from Tripadvisor, where Santorini is ranked second in Europe best beaches proposals. While most of the beaches on these geologically new Greek islands are black due to their volcanic creation, Santorini most famous is probably Red Beach near Akrotiri. Perissa Beach on the main ...

Click Assyrtiko
Date : April 16, 2011
Author : TtS
If you are preparing for Easter in Santorini, we have good news. Last Monday was the opening of a new restaurant called Assyrtiko at the beach of Fira, near the Cathedral. The creators are Nick Pouliasis (photo from Koukoumavlos, Fira) and Vassilis Zacharakis (Nichteri, Kamari) in a...

Click Skyscanner top 10 most romantic locations
Date : Friday 15 April 2011
Author : Travel to Santorini
Skyscanners top 10 most romantic, and more unusual, locations in which to pop the big question features Santorini at No 7: 7. My Big, Fat Greek Proposal, Santorini, Greece Lead your partner by the hand through the narrow passages between the tiny white houses high in the hills ...

Click Eating habits in Akrotiri during Bronze Age
Date : Saturday, April 9 2011
Author : Travel to Santorini
On Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Bellonio Cultural Center, at 19.00, there will be a lecture by the Director of Akrotiri Excavations Professor Christos G. Doumas, entitled From need to pleasure. Eating habits in Akrotiri Cape Bronze Age. The lecture was organized by the Municipality of Th...

Click The wines of Santorini
Date : 26 Mar 2011
Author : Travel to Santorini
Eleftheroudakis bookstore, The Learning Group LE MONDE and publications Les Livres du Tourisme invite you to a seminar on the wines of Santorini. The wine expert - a chemist and author of Elements of Enology, the art of the sommelier, Maria Tzitzis will present the internationally famous...

Click Akrotiri shelter will open its doors 2011!
Date : November 21, 2010
Author : TtS
By 31 December, possibly earlier, the shelter of prehistoric Akrotiri site would be restored, while the May 31, 2011 the project will be complete delivered to archaeologists in order to organize the space to be opened to the public. The episode of the fall of a roofs section, which among others kill...

Click Shelter above the Prehistoric Site
Date : October 29, 2010
Author : TtS
The Consortium which constructs the Shelter above the Prehistoric Site of Akrotiri has already started removing the old roof which will be replaced by a new one... The goal is the archaeological site to be open to the public in the summer of 2011....

Click Ryan Doyle and Parkour in Santorini
Date : 15 October 2010
Author : TtS
Ryan Doyle from Liverpool, UK, is a world champion in Parkour, the physical practice of traversing elements in both urban and rural settings. He moves in Santorini from roof to roof, from yard to yard with such simplicity that makes you think it is fake. Ryan Doyle says that ...

Click Lady GaGa on vacation in Santorini
Date : 11 October 2010
Author : TtS
Check out this video of Lady Gaga enjoying her well-earned holiday in Santorini, Greece. As reported earlier this week, Lady Gaga is touring the Greek islands, and she was most recently spotted in Santorini dressed as a Greek goddess. Greek television channel, Star, spoke with Lady Gaga ...

Click Julian Marley live in Santorini
Date : August 10, 2010
Author : TtS
Julian Marley live in concert, Santorini 2010 A Julian JuJu Marley, Bob Marley s son, concert is organized by the Public Benefit Institution of Thira Municipality, on August 10th 2010 at 21:00 in Panthiraikos football ground, in Fira...

Click The Secret Of Santorini
Date : 2 October 2010
Author : Travel to Santorini
Having heard about the beauty of Santorini for many years, I thought it was time I paid a visit to this volcanic island to see if it lived up to its incredible reputation of romance and bewilderment. On arrival I was welcomed by the customary heat that can be expected in August in Greece...

Click Cine Kamari: Kight and Day
Date : 15 September 2010
Author : Travel to Santorini
From September 15th to 17th at 21:30 in open-air Cine Kamari the film Kight and Day directed by James Mangold will be screened. It is an american action film, producted in 2010 having a duration of 102 minutes. Cast: Tom Crui...

Click Dytes live at Ethnic Bar
Date : 14 September 2010
Author : Travel to Santorini
Music band Dytes (Divers) live at September 14th 2010 at Ethnic Bar, in Kamari, at 22:30.Konstantinos Pelekanos (vocals, guitar), Christoforos Gavalas (bass), and Alexandros Velonias (drums), Kostas Koulouris (bass). together, after around four years. Enjoy!...

Click Leonidas Kavakos - Enrico Pace
Date : 12 September 2010
Author : Travel to Santorini
Petros M. Nomikos Conference Center will host the International Music Festival of Santorini for this year once again. Its 32nd year of presence will include 6 concerts. On Sunday September 12th at 21:00 a concert by Leonidas Kavakos (violin) and Enrico Pace (piano) will be held.

Click Santorini Animal Welfare Association calls its friends on 11 September at Donkey Refuge in Karterados
Date : 11 September 2010
Author : Travel to Santorini
Dear friends and SAWA members,For all of you interested in group activities SAWA volunteers will be cleaning up the Donkey Refuge in Karterados on Saturday morning 11 September. Your participation will be much respected by the senior donkey residents plus it will be a great opportunity to work o...

Click Santorini No 1
Date : July 23, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
Santorini ranked No 1 island in Europe according to Travel and Leisure magazine 2006 awards. ...

Click Simcha Jacobovici, Santorini volcano and the biblical Exodus from Egypt
Date : April 18, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
A provocative $4-million documentary by Toronto filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici claims to have found archeological evidence connecting the story of the biblical Exodus from Egypt, 3,500 years ago with the minoan era eruption of the volcano of Santorini. Dating the Exodus to roughly 1,500 BC,...

Click From Classic to Exotic, SmarterTravel.com Lists Eight Can't-Miss Island Destinations
Date : October 27, 2006
Author : Smarter Travel
Santorini, Greece. Honeymooners, history buffs, foodies, club hoppers and backpackers on a budget - Santorini offers something for everyone. The 45-square mile, crescent shaped island offers black and red sand beaches, ancient ruins and fresh cuisine. Some archaeologists even bel...

Click Cameron takes on epic of biblical proportions
Date : Aug. 20, 2006
Author : GLENN GARVIN
... But Jacobovici enticed Cameron into the documentary with interviews and other footage arguing that the 10 plagues that the Bible says struck Egypt before the Jews fled -- everything from rivers of blood to the death of every first-born Egyptian son -- had a firm basis in science. They were...

Click Discovering the First Traces of the Olive
Date : September 14, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
The olive appeared wild in the Mediterrean basin many thousands of years ago. The cultivation of the olive spread along with the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Written sources indicate that the olive tree became known first among the peoples of the eastern Mediterranean, in Syria and As...

Click AREADNE 2008
Date : 26-29 June 2008
Author : www.Travel-to-Santorini.com
AREADNE 2008 - Research in Encoding And Decoding of Neural EnsemblesNomikos Conference CenterSantorini, Greece26-29 June 2008For more information visit Areadne website ...

Click AREADNE 2006 Research in Encoding And Decoding of Neural Ensembles
Date : June 22-25, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
The conference will take place on the Greek island of Santorini from Thursday, June 22 to Sunday, June 25, 2006. The formal portion of the conference will occur at the Nomikos Conference Center in the town of Firostefani. Morning 45-minute talks with a half-hour coffee break will be followed by a pr...

Click The Santorini Bride
Date : December 6, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
A new book titled The Santorini Bride from Anne McAllister is about to be published. It is about a millionaire Theo Savas settled in an isolated house on a Greek island (guess which) and Martha Antonides. More on

Click Sunset with Heraklion Philarmonic Orchestra
Date : July 28, 2007
Author : Travel to Santorini
Arkadi - the Cretans association of Santorini organises a concert of Heraklion Philharmonic Orchestra at Oia during the sunset. The orchestra will be under the command of Leonidas Tzortzakis with Georgios Psaroudakis and Lena Xatzigeorgiou. The concert will take place at July 28, 2007...

Click Views, Not Tourists
Date : October 7, 2007
Author : Joanna Kakissis
The view from Oia, on the wildly popular island of Santorini, illuminates the sun-and-sea bliss of Greece: At day's end, the sun drops into the blue Aegean horizon, draping the caldera of the Santorini volcano in a shimmery twilight. Come October, though, the view from Oia, as well as th...

Click Stelios Hajiioannou makes a donation of 24,000 to Santorini Animal Welfare Association
Date : November 1st, 2008
Author : Jo MacFarlane
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (or Hatziioannou) has pledged 24,000 pounds every year to help the Santorini Animal Welfare Association. This is the double the number of medical checks the donkeys receive. He is prepared to donate a further 1,000 pounds for every donkey that is rescued from its...

Click Ross Daly Concert
Date : July 27, 2007
Author : Travel to Santorini
A concert of Ross Daly and his group Labyrinth will take place at July 27, 2007.Location: Kamari village open air cinema. Entrance: 21.00 Price: 20 euros This is a musical experience through a journey in time, created by Ross Daly and his group...

Click World Congress of Greek Gastronomy in Crete and Santorini
Date : 6 June 2007
Author : Athens News Agency
The 2nd World congress of Greek Gastronomy and Partenariat of the Food Industry-Spirits-Beverages was organized by the Greek Exports Organization at Iraklio, Crete and Santorini from June 8-10.It was the greatest meeting of buyers and producers of Greek food, spirits and beverages ever held in G...

Click Times recommends new best hotels of the world
Date : 13 June, 2007
Author : Times Newspaper
Newspaper Times has published the list of the best recently opened hotels of the world. Mystique - the hotel located on the Greek island Santorini and intended first of all for a newly-married couple has been matched on the first place. From all Mystique room-numbers the view on a volcano opens; the...

Click A pilot of the mobile unit, which uses a wind generator to transform seawater into potable water
Date : October 27, 2006
Author : e-Kathimerini
Greek scientists have discovered a way of solving the problem of water scarcity on Aegean islands - with the world’s first floating desalination platform. A pilot of the mobile unit, which uses a wind generator to transform seawater into potable water, is to undergo a demonstration...

Click Singing in the Sea
Date : 8th August 2006
Author : DYTES
DYTES Singing in the Sea On 8th August, 2006, Dytes band, is inviting you to a live concert on board at the Caldera Gulf in Santorini. Around the volcano, P. Kameni and not only,...

Click Babul Supriyo videoclip
Date : August 31, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
Singer Babul Supriyo have shot the first video of his new album Kuch Aisa Lagta Hai in Santorini. According to Supriyo: Yes, it’s called Tere Liye and has been shot on one of the islands created by volcanic eruptions called Santorini. It features Niharika Singh, Miss India Asia Paci...

Click National Geographic TV International
Date : September 17, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
National Geographic TV International announced the launch if a new science-related programming that includes Mega Volcano (1x52’) which explores the eruption of Santorini volcano and its impact on the ancient world....

Click EU approves financial aid to Santorini farmers
Date : September 19, 2006
Author : Athens News Agency
European Union Farm ministers on Monday approved a series of measures aimed to support farming in Aegean islands. The measures were recommended by Greek Agriculture Minister Evangelos Basiakos and were drafted in cooperation with local organisations and representatives of Aegean islands. ...

Click Ye gods! Ancient volcano could have blasted Atlantis myth
Date : September 15, 2006
Author : Dan Vergano
Little wonder the ancients believed in lightning-bolt-throwing gods and smoking monsters emerging from the underworld. As a new marine geology survey of an ancient volcano in the Aegean Sea reveals, they may have been justifiably cowed. Not much is left of the Santorini Islands, among Gr...

Click Santorini and Ariadne's Thread
Date : December 13, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
An extraordinary journey from Montreal to the Greek island of Santorini and Melbourne has brought a five-star show to the Adelaide Fringe. Talya Rubin is presenting Ariadne's Thread, a one-woman performance which is based on poems Rubin wrote during 10 months living alone in a cave house...

Click 16th Paleopathology Association European Meeting
Date : August 27, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
Santorini has the honor of hosting the 16th European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association to be held on the island of Santorini at the Nomikos Conference Center from August 28th to September 1st, 2006. The Meeting will take place at the Petros Nomikos Conference Center in Fira uniqu...

Click 1600 B.C. eruption was bigger than thought
Date : August 25, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
Scientists have learned the second largest volcanic eruption in human history -- the Bronze Age eruption -- was much larger than thought. Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and the Hellenic Center for Marine Research in Athens, Greece (using techniques similar to those emplo...

Click 9th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI)
Date : June 21, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
We are pleased to announce the organization of the 9th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI), which will be held in Greece, on the island of Santorini (Thera), from Sunday, June 18, to Wednesday, June 21, 2006. For more information please visit:

Click 3rd International Conference on Enterprise Systems - June 26-27, 2006
Date : June 26-27, 2006
Author : www.Travel-to-Santorini.com
The 3rd ICESAcc 2006 Organizing Committee cordially invites contributors from academia, industry and research from all over the world to submit their original research and/or a proposal to organize a seminar, a workshop or a panel discussion in the area of Enterprise Systems and Accounting. ...

Click Volcanologist says past blast wiped out Plato's Atlantis
Date : March 29 2006
Author : Leigh Fenly
Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, wrote the classic story of lost paradise, of the prosperous land of Atlantis disappearing without a trace, sunk into the sea by angry gods. For centuries, the location of Atlantis and the real reason for its decline have been debated. Now scientists ...

Click Work on roof for prehistoric site of Akrotiri begins again
Date :
Author : By Iota Sykka - Kathimerini
Prime Minister (and Culture Minister) Costas Karamanlis had to intervene personally to end the funding shortfall that had bedeviled the makeover of the archaeological site of Akrotiri on Santorini (or Thera, to give the island its ancient name). The Archaeological Society owed 4 million ...

Click GREECE: SECRETS OF THE PAST
Date : February 17, 2006
Author : Travel to Santorini
A new IMAX film named Greece: Secrets of the Past attempts to center itself on the work of archaeologist Christos Dumas and volcanologist George Vougioukalakis. We get to see students brush off artifacts, the scientists questioning each other (described as a demonstration of the Socratic method) and...

Click Santa Barbara Museum of Art on a tour that explores Santorini
Date : February 13, 2006
Author : LA Times
See the islands in flower DISCOVER the archeological treasures of the Greek isles on a 10-night tour that explores Santorini and Crete. The tour, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, begins May 10. It's a wonderful time of year when wildflowers are bloomi...

Click A feature on Titan surface named Santorini
Date : November 5, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
Like an ancient mariner charting the coastline of an unexplored wilderness, Cassini's repeated encounters with Titan are turning a mysterious world into a more familiar place. More on NASA - Titan su...

Click Elena Paparizou to get married in Santorini?
Date : October 8, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
According to rumours, Elena Paparizou is going to get married next Summer in Santorini. The Number One of Eurovision 2005 has visited Santorini many times and declares that she is in love with the island. According to the same rumours, the wedding is going to take place at t...

Click One tourist killed, six injured after vast roof falls on ancient site
Date : September 23, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
A male tourist was killed and at least six people were injured when a huge state-of-the-art steel roof covering the Akrotiri archaeological site on Santorini collapsed yesterday afternoon. More on

Click Fishermen festival
Date : September 19, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
Every yeat around the midle of September the fishermen of Santorini organise a fiesta at Vlihada. Free wine and fresh fish for everybody, a local band playing Santorini music and dancing. It was a local band from Emporio and Akrotiri with the addition of Mrs Perraki from Paros and of course Mr Kyria...

Click Foreign tourist boats arrivals more than doubled this year
Date : September 8, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
According to the Greek Ministry of Tourism the number of foreign tourist boats arrivals at Greek ports more than doubled this year. From May to August, 1,101 boats arrived at Greek ports, compared to 433 in the same period last year. The number of boats arrivals was particula...

Click Santorini as a model to reduce damage from hurricanes
Date : Friday, September 2, 2005
Author : Pedro Theye
I think we're all getting tired of these yearly menacing hurricane seasons. Those of us who have been affected by them all our lives know that they are a part of living in the Caribbean. Architecturally speaking, there are some things that we can do to reduce our worries about possible damage to our...

Click Evanthia Reboutsika and Elli Paspala
Date : September 3, 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
Epanomerites and Oia municipality organised a concert of Evanthia Reboutsika and Elli Paspala in Oia on Saturday September 3, 2005 at 21:00 at the water purification plant in Finikia....

Click The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Warner Brothers filmed on Santorini
Date : August 23, 2005
Author : Palm Beach Post
Based on the teen bestseller by Brashares, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS follows four best friends as their summer is spent apart for the first time in 16 years. They stay connected via a pair of jeans that—magically!—fits all four different body types perfectly.Volup...

Click Santorini sustainable development
Date : August 15 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
Professor Michael Romanos leading a University of Cincinanati Sustainable Development Group presents the study Plan for the Future of Santorini. A Model for Environmental Tourism in Santorini. Tourism of the future is based on economics – where it’s cheap to go – leaven...

Click Nikos Papantoniou Lecture
Date : August 27 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
The Society for the promotion of studies on Prehistoric Thera invites all intrested to the lecture of our Treasurer Civil Engineer Nikos Papantoniou about the protection of the monuments at the Archaeological site of Akrotiri. Bellonio Cultural Center Saturday August 27 2005, 20:00...

Click Boutique Hotels & Resorts International® Opens Three New Offices, Adds Staff, and New Hotels
Date : 17 August 2005
Author : Travel to Santorini
Boutique Hotels & Resorts International® awards a distinct identity and global name recognition to authentic boutique hotels and resorts around the world. Created to bring genuine boutique hotels to the forefront for travelers seeking exceptional hotel experiences, Boutique is a full-service all...

Click Santorini ranked second world's best island
Date : 12 July 2005
Author : Travel and Leisure Magazine
Travel and Leisure magazine announced the 2005 results in a variety of categories in New York on Monday. The scores are indexed averages of responses by readers to a questionnaire that asks them to rate destinations, properties and companies relevant to their recent travel. In the top is...

Click National Archaeological Museum...
Date : 16 June 2005
Author : NIKOS KOKKALIAS - KATHIMERINI
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens put back on display a priceless collection of Minoan frescoes (photo), as well as other artifacts, from the island of Santorini yesterday. The public had not been able to view the antiquities since 1999 when the 19th century building was badly damaged in ...

Click Putin’s Daughter to Get Married on Santorini
Date : 3 June 2005
Author : The Moscow News
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters is going to marry on the Greek Island of Santorini, Greek television channel Star reported.The island’s mayor Angelos Russos told journalists that a suite has already been booked in a luxury hotel for the purpose.Island administ...

Click Best Summer Beaches 2004 - Forbes - USA
Date : 13 May 2005
Author : Christina Valhouli
Some people think the volcanic island of Santorini was once the lost city of Atlantis. While that's highly debatable, what is true is that one of the island's best beaches is Red Beach. The beach can be reached by following a footpath or by sailing up to its shore. The sand is red from volcanic ash,...

Click CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT
Date : May 12-15, 2005
Author : www.Travel-to-Santorini.com
CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT NEURAL STEM CELLS TO NEURAL CIRCUITS ORGANIZERS: AR Kriegstein and JG Parnavelas ...

Click Mission to undersea volcano
Date : April 2005
Author : www.ekathimerini.com
A team of Greek marine experts began a mission yesterday that, with the help of state-of-the-art technology, could lead to them discovering new forms of life in the uncharted depths of the country’s waters, the mission head told Kathimerini. The team from the Hellenic Center for Ma...

Click Santorini’s prehistoric site at Akrotiri
Date : Friday 22 October 2004
Author : www.travel-to-santorini.com

Click 25th International Music Festival of Santorini
Date : 4 Sep 2003
Author : www.travel-to-santorini.com
The Petros M. Nomikos conference centre is a magnificent complex of buildings dominating the town of Fira and the caldera. It was inaugurated in September 1989. Externally the main hall is an exact copy of the preexisting neoclassical mansion of Santorini which is dated from the turn fo the 20th cen...

Click Santorini hosts conference on 'Tales of the disappearing computer (DC)'
Date : 1-4 June 2003
Author : CTI - The Greek research academic computer technology institute
A conference entitled 'Tales of the disappearing computer (DC)' will take place from 1 to 4 June in Santorini, Greece. The aim of the conference is to stimulate debate on the latest research developments on how information technology can be diffused into everyday objects and settings, g...

Click Tomb Raider Sequel underwater info
Date : July 29th 2002
Author : www.tombraiderchronicles.com
Paramount pictures Tomb Raider sequel is now underway at Pinewood Studios, London, with Angelina Jolie on board as British aristocrat Lara Croft, and according to Harry Knowles of Aint It Cool News, some details have emerged documenting underwater sequences currently being filmed off the coast of Gr...

Click Lara Croft Sequel to shoot on Santorini
Date : August 1st 2002
Author : www.tombraiderchronicles.com
According to reports in today's Greek press, Angelina Jolie will shoot scenes from Paramount Pictures Tomb Raider movie sequel on the sun-drenched Aegean Sea island of Santorini. Filming is scheduled to begin Aug 26-31 at the northern-most point of the island in the small costal town of Ia. Producer...

Click Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder honeymoon in Santorini
Date : November 24, 2002
Author : Travel to Santorini
Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder a cameraman and cinematographer met on the set of The Mexican in 2000 and married on July 4, 2002 had their honeymoon in Santorini. ...

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