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Things to do in Santorini
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Sightlore has 14 places to explore in Santorini, and 13 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Santorini's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Museum of Prehistoric Thera
The Museum of Prehistoric Thera is located in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was built on the site of the old Ypapanti Church which was destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
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Nea Kameni
Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited Greek island of volcanic origin located in the Aegean Sea, within the flooded Santorini caldera.
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Three Bells of Fira
The Three Bells of Fira, officially known as the Catholic Church of the Dormition, is an Eastern Catholic Greek Byzantine church, located in the town of Fira, on the island of Santorini, in the Southern Aegean region of Greece.
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St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Santorini
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Fira, on the island of Santorini, in the South Aegean region of Greece. The cathedral church serves as the seat of the Bishop of Santorini.
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Archaeological museum of Thera
The Archaeological Museum of Thera is a museum in Fira, Santorini, Greece. It was built in 1960 to replace an older one which had collapsed by the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
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Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments
The Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Musical Instruments is a museum in Oia, Santorini, Greece.
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Panagia Episkopi
The Panagia Episkopi is a middle-Byzantine Greek Orthodox former cathedral, now church, on the island of Santorini (Thira), in the Cyclades region of Greece. It is also called Panagia tis Episkopis or Church of Episkopi Thiras.
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Fira
Firá is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island of Santorini (Thera). A traditional settlement, "Firá" derives its name from an alternative pronunciation of "Thíra", the ancient name of the island itself.
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Cathedral of Candlemas of the Lord
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Ypapanti in Fira is an Orthodox church and the seat of the Metropolis of Thera, Amorgos and the Islands.
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Akrotiri
Akrotiri is a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement site on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini. The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri, the name of the site in antiquity is unknown.
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Discovery routes in Santorini
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Santorini: Fira and Nea Kameni
Through the cathedrals and two museums of Fira, then down to the old port and by boat to Nea Kameni, the volcanic island in the middle of the caldera.
Santorini: The Caldera Path from Fira to Oia
From Fira to the church of the Three Bells, past Skaros rock and along the rim of the caldera to Oia and its museum of musical instruments.
Santorini: Akrotiri and Ancient Thera
A drive across the south of the island: from the Monastery of the Prophet Elias to Panagia Episkopi, then Ancient Thera and Akrotiri, the Bronze Age town buried under ash.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Fira
Firá is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island of Santorini (Thera). A traditional settlement, "Firá" derives its name from an alternative pronunciation of "Thíra", the ancient name of the island itself.
Oia
Oia or Ia is a small village and former community in the South Aegean on the islands of Thira (Santorini) and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece.
Ancient Thera
Ancient Thera is an archaeological site from classical antiquity on the island of Santorini, which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno.
Akrotiri
Akrotiri is a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement site on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini. The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri, the name of the site in antiquity is unknown.
Museums
Archaeological museum of Thera
The Archaeological Museum of Thera is a museum in Fira, Santorini, Greece. It was built in 1960 to replace an older one which had collapsed by the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
Museum of Prehistoric Thera
The Museum of Prehistoric Thera is located in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was built on the site of the old Ypapanti Church which was destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments
The Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Musical Instruments is a museum in Oia, Santorini, Greece.
Places of worship
St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Santorini
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Fira, on the island of Santorini, in the South Aegean region of Greece. The cathedral church serves as the seat of the Bishop of Santorini.
Cathedral of Candlemas of the Lord
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Ypapanti in Fira is an Orthodox church and the seat of the Metropolis of Thera, Amorgos and the Islands.
Three Bells of Fira
The Three Bells of Fira, officially known as the Catholic Church of the Dormition, is an Eastern Catholic Greek Byzantine church, located in the town of Fira, on the island of Santorini, in the Southern Aegean region of Greece.
Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini)
The Monastery of the Prophet Elias is a men's monastery on Santorini at an altitude of 567 metres; construction began in 1711.
Panagia Episkopi
The Panagia Episkopi is a middle-Byzantine Greek Orthodox former cathedral, now church, on the island of Santorini (Thira), in the Cyclades region of Greece. It is also called Panagia tis Episkopis or Church of Episkopi Thiras.
Nature
Nea Kameni
Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited Greek island of volcanic origin located in the Aegean Sea, within the flooded Santorini caldera.
Skaros
Skaros is a headland in the municipality of Thira on Santorini.
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