Our Santorini Travel Guide: Fira, Oia, Beaches, Santorini, Greece

There are some places in the world that almost don’t feel real until you see them with your own eyes. Santorini was one of those places for me. You know those postcard-perfect photos with white houses hanging dramatically on cliffs, blue domes glowing under the Greek sun, and sunsets so orange they look edited? Yeah… Santorini actually looks like that in real life.

After our Venice → Athens adventure (which you can read about in the previous blog post), we continued our Greek island journey and flew to Santorini. Honestly, this was the part of the trip I spent the most time researching. Where should we stay? Do we need a car? Is Oia too touristy? Is Fira better? Is Santorini actually worth it or just Instagram-famous?Spoiler alert: it was worth it, so let me take you through our trip.

Before booking anything, I spent hours comparing towns in Santorini. If you’ve done the same, welcome to the club.Most people usually debate between:

At the time, we still didn’t know if we would rent a car or not, so choosing the right location was super important. We wanted something:

Fira is basically the heart of Santorini. If you don’t rent a car, this is probably the easiest place to stay because buses connect Fira to almost every town on the island. The airport is also relatively close, and there are plenty of restaurants, shops, bars, and viewpoints nearby. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).