Of around 6,000 islands in Greece, 227 are inhabited—so, yes, there are less crowded islands to explore. In the 1950s, some 180,000 people in total visited Greece each year—today, Santorini has more than two million visitors a year.
But Santorini still casts a mythic spell. The caldera view and looking at the depths of what the earth’s fire created somehow makes you question why we are here more than an average day does. The answer is impossible but at least one reason is clear: the wonder of t...
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