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Santorini Volcano

Tholos is the center of the volcano which created Santorini so you can say it’s the Santorini Volcano. to get there from Santorini you have to either climb down 600 stairs or take the cable car down for €10 one way. I decided since I’m going to be walking on the volcano I will save my steps and take the cable car down which only takes a few minutes but it is a very steep few minutes.

Old port Santorini Volcano
This is called the “old port” where many of the island tours which are very close will board.
Cable car Santorini Volcano
Here you have the cable car arriving
Very crowded port Santorini Volcano
it was very crowded not only with people getting on tour boats but also with the cruise ship visitors getting off to visit Santorini.
Many touristS Bill Smale
You can see how crowded these tour boats get. Many people are enjoying the sunshine. I was trying to stay out of the sun as much as possible
Cruise ship Bill Smale
This is the cruise ship waiting to unload its passengers
Volcano ship Bill Smale
Our very nice sailing ship taking us to the volcano
Volcanic strata Bill Smale
You can see the strata from the different volcanic layers
Black volcanic rock
Black volcanic rock
Close to the crater
We are coming close to the crater
Docked at the crater
Here we have docked with two other ships between OURS and the dock
Small crater
This is the small crater
Santorini
A view of Santorini from the crater
Largest crater
The largest crater on the volcano. This volcano last erupted in 1956 was such a large Force the seismic activity leveled much of Santorini
Steam from below
You can feel the warmth from the Steam coming out and the smell of sulfur
Santorini view
Santorini behind the different volcanic rocks
Thirasia
Thirasia can be visited of course but you have to climb all of those steps from the port up to the village
Activity measurement equipment
There are many monitors on the volcano to measure activity
I was there
Proof I was there
Black volcanic rock
Beautiful black volcanic rock
Hot spring
Just to the left of the temple which is on the lower left, the white building just above the waterline, we went swimming on Nisis Palaia Kameni. you could see that very close to the shore is Brown water. That is the heated hot spring so you get to experience the warm hot spring water and also the cooler ocean water on your swim
Wisconsin people
Here we are going back. You can see these people here from Madison Wisconsin
Long lines at the cable car
in the afternoon the line to get on the cable car went on for many hundred meters. It would’ve been a long time waiting in line to get down to the old port. I’m glad I went in the morning. There was nobody in front of me. And coming back in the afternoon also was not crowded. So if you visit you might want to plan your trip accordingly

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