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Santorini |
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| Cruise overview | The world famous island of Santorini is the southern most island of the Cycladic group in the Aegean Sea, and is located 63 nautical miles north of Crete. Its surface area is 73 sq. km. and its population, distributed among thirteen villages, just exceeds thirteen thousand six hundred people, according to the census of 2001.
The present-day crescent shape of the island is a consequence of the activity of the volcano in prehistoric times. The island itself owes its very existence to the volcano.The last huge eruption of the volcano dates back 3,600 years, to the late bronze age.
Thirty million cubic meters of magma in the form of pumice and ash were blown to a height of up to 36 kilometers above the island. Pumice deposits, dozens of meters thick, buried one of the most prosperous pre-historic settlements of that period, feeding the myth of the lost Atlantis.
The mild activity of the volcano after this major eruption continues into the present (the most recent eruption occurred in 1950) building up two small islands within the caldera, Palea and Nea Kameni.
These islands represent the volcano's most recent activity |
| | Price list | | Ticket price (Adults | 19+ years old) : 80 € | | Ticket price (Babies | 1 to 4 years old) : 0 € | | Ticket price (Children | 5 to 12 years old) : 40 € | | Ticket price (Teenagers | 13 to 18 years old) : 80 € |
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