After playing in the water in the Blue Grotto, we made it to Santorini without stopping.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea is a necklace of pearls scattered across the Aegean Sea, then Santorini is the most dazzling diamond on the necklace's pendant.

However, in modern society, the famous Santorini Island is not called the Holy Island at this moment, called Sheila, and later changed to Santorini in 1207 in honor of St. Elaine, Santorini Island is located at 36°23'N-25°27'E, between the deepest trench of the world's two continental plates.

I couldn't wait to find out on my phone that Santorini is an island ring composed of a group of volcanoes in the Aegean Sea, 200 kilometers southeast of mainland Greece, and the largest island in the Santorini island ring is also called Santorini, also known as Thira.

Santorini is located at the southernmost tip of the Cyclades, with an island area of 96 square kilometers and a coastline of 69 kilometers, Santorini consists of 3 small islands, 2 of which are inhabited and 1 island in the middle is a sleeping volcanic island.

There have been many volcanic eruptions in history, most severely in 1500 B.C., when the center of the island collapsed and the original round island took on the current crescent shape.

The capital of Santorini is the city of Fira, located on the western shore of the island. 3,500 years ago, one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in thousands of years occurred here, leaving behind a large crater and hundreds of meters of ash, which indirectly led to the demise of the Minoan civilization in Crete.

We went to the volcanic island to have a look, because the catastrophic eruption was the most important historical event that occurred in the Aegean region before the fall of Troy, and the eruption could cause huge climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean, and it was also the largest volcanic eruption event on Earth in thousands of years.

It is said that the annihilation of the mysterious ancient continent of Atlantis was caused by a volcanic eruption on the island. This is the first time we see the volcanic island, we can't wait to go up, but the ground is full of volcanic rocks, uneven, very difficult to walk, we staggered on the uneven volcanic rocks, it is really unexpected for us, it is really very beautiful, like a cartoon so fantasy and dreamy, we can clearly see the colorful dignified black, red bright red, Pure white volcanic rock, which is the product of volcanic eruptions, is extremely thick, and there are white volcanic ash deposits about 60 meters thick on the island, and their bottom is the ground at that time.

This stratum can be divided into three distinct levels, corresponding to different phases of the eruption.

On the hills of this island, you can see several small craters, which still emit the smell of sulfur, and there is a sulfur gas of 80~85°C.

But what amazes us the most is that there are clusters of unknown yellow flowers growing here, which are very beautiful and moving, shaking their heads in the sea breeze, which is really lovely.

The wildfires are inexhaustible, the spring breeze blows vigorously, and the sea near the island is green and beautiful.

We casually walked along the southern side of the island and suddenly found a city covered in volcanic ash. It turns out that this is the ruins of Akrotili, its history can be traced back to the 16th century BC, we looked at it with great interest, and found that there are actually two or three storey buildings here, the walls are divided into many rooms, and there are many exquisite and beautiful murals in it, the murals show the life of the residents of the city at that time, with a high artistic level, including the picture of spring, the boy who fights boxing, the fisherman, the navigation chart and other works.

There are also rooms for ladies, and it seems that at that time there was a concept of separate rooms for men and women. There is also a complex system of canals, and it seems that these Akrotiri people more than 3,000 years ago really had an advanced culture.

After seeing the volcanic island, we took a look at the beach of Belissa, which made us feel the most incredible, the biggest feature of the beach is that the sand is all black, in fact, the sand of the island is black ash grains.

We usually think that this beach is golden, but we didn't expect that there are black, I heard Xiaofei say that there are red and pink beaches, think about it is wonderful, magical, it is really a big world, there are no wonders.

Then we hired a hospitable local donkey, this Greek donkey looks much the same as our Chinese donkey, but a little more foreign, looking at the blue sky and blue sea, blowing the wind of the Aegean Sea, the spirit of this donkey is also much better, it looks happy, elated, very friendly, big black eyes seem to be smiling, we slowly and leisurely, swaying and swaying step by step to the town of Oia.

Built on a cliff by the sea, it looks like it is the second largest town in Santorini and is considered the most beautiful place in the world to watch the sunset.

Oia is best known for its sunset views. Because it's almost dusk, we flock here, because it is said that only here can you enjoy the beauty of Santorini's most famous sunset over the Aegean Sea.

The blue-roofed churches and colorful cottages built on the cliffs stand out, as well as the numerous exquisite white houses scattered and densely packed, as well as the traditional old windmills with Greek style, unique style and classical tradition, which are enchanting in the soft sunlight.

Particularly commendable, unforgettable is those unique, ingenuity of the local stone cave houses, particularly colorful, beautiful, these mountains and built scales and sub-sections, high and low white cave houses are originally unique, plus the blue doors and windows and also dotted with red, yellow, pink and countless colorful, fragrant flowers, the trees are decorated with bright and bright, yellow-orange orange fruits, heavy pressed branches are bent, it is more beautiful, beautiful, white walls, blue windows, The red roof makes the island more and more unique and different, like a paradise on earth.

Leisurely donkeys carried us down the slender, clean alleys, swinging leisurely.

It's really a step by step, every angle looks like a beautiful landscape painting, and because of the high humidity, everything around seems foggy, and there is a kind of fairy fluttering, mirage feeling, which makes people excited, heartbeat, lingering.