Far too busy in Fira and it took far to long for the tenders to take people off the boat. It was just queue, queue, queue. I am sure this is a beautiful part of the world but we definitely didn't see it at its best on this occasion. ...
Rented 4x4 totally worth it! 60 Euro. Went to New Beach called Eros beach. Great place swim rent towel and gas showers. Food too! Cruise the island and then walked the shops had lunch with amazing view then walked the stairs down instead of waiting in over 2 hour gondola line.. line for tenders was long enough. ...
Docked near the Thera Old Port. Incredibly photogenic place. Highly recommended you take the cable car up (and maybe down if you don't fancy the walk). ...
It was extremely hot as we arrived at 13.00. On reflection it might have been better to do a guided tour and not walk round the village as it was really too hot. We did get a fish foot massage though which was fun. ...
Came off tender and bought a ticket to take us on a boat to Oia. Once there we climbed up a short but steep hill to meet a bus that took us the rest of the way up the cliff. We were then dropped off in Oia which gave us the opportunity to take the iconic photos and do a little exploring before returning to our bus which took us to Fira. We explored there for a while, had some refreshments and ...