Akrotiri

Santorini · Greece

Akrotiri, Greece
Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
Budget
$$
Accessibility
wheelchair-accessible
Coordinates
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This Bronze Age Minoan town was buried by a volcanic eruption and preserved beneath ash, earning it the nickname of a prehistoric Pompeii. Multi-story buildings and vivid wall paintings reveal a sophisticated Aegean culture.

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