“Greece 🇬🇷 ~Fira, Thira and Oia on Santorini”

• May 15, 2020
• By Pen n Daryl
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Oia, is the perfect Greek village. A Traditional Village, that transported us back in time

I set out to get our rental car that is across from our original hotel stay, up in Thira. On the way, I passed the most photographed church; Agios Spiridonas, perched above a sea of fog, clinging to the ocean below. 

Our rental car takes us up and around the serpent-shaped roads to the village. Oia is one of the oldest areas with cave-style villas and quaint restaurants, waiting for tourist to come, so they can open. In Looking out over the Aegean Sea, today, the fog envelopes the waters with the Caldera edges peaking out. The fog looks like mountains rising above the clouds. Soon, the foggy veil lifts, revealing the sea and islands floating on a cobalt blue sea.

We walk through the Village of Oia, with its narrow marble-clad walkway. The stairs rise and descend, to new levels of exploration. Windmills and churches offer the ambiance of true Greek flair, which can only be found with in Cyclades islands. of Greece. At the end of one walkway, we find an old fort in disrepair from centuries of weather. We look down and see a place we had visited on the first time we rented a car to explore the island. The old port is revealed below. We knew we missed something on our first trip out, but there is so much take in on this Santorini, so further trips along unfamiliar roads were in order, to find more true gem, like the old village of Oia. What a find, and such an enjoyable day, with perfect pathways and quaint shops (not opened), and scenes for our cameras to frame.