The Port

Although already described in the "yacht" in connection with a Trip reports, the new port of Santorini, so we met but many skippers, including locals who had only a vague idea of the location of this port. The notorious Festmachertonne in the crater basins and the worst stories to flit around and pay even let the thought of calling this island at Meltemi not at all. This can be especially with the new port Meltemi start easy and is in all directions completely calm. In the driveway, we have measured three meters and 2.5 meters in the inner harbor. . The offshore reefs of Cape Exomytis are good by day to identify and partly built on the rates recorded in the nautical charts underwater rocks the pier. It therefore makes sense to approach from the southwest of the pier and place them in a safe distance in an easterly direction to round, until you can see the entrance.The entrance to the east is open, but difficult to spot from the sea, as the very high breakwater forms with the sandstone in the background, an optical unit and see the boats in the harbor, only the masts. In addition, there are no lights on the pierhead. At night it would be difficult to call at this port, as well as in the port itself lacks any light

Santorini History

Already in the 3rd millennium BC, was the then

circular volcanic island populated.

Therefore, the then name Strongyle translated,

the round.

Then occurred around 1600 BC on the

tranquil island one of the worst

Natural disasters in living memory.

A volcanic eruption glorify riess Strongyle

formally apart and releases an alleged 100m

high tidal waves, which reached up to Athens and the

then almost completely destroyed Minoan civilization.


The town is a picturesque maze of narrow
Übermauerten streets and staircases. Interestingly, the
Museum with its famous collection of vases from the 7th and 6 Jh.v.Chr.,
Impressive is from here the view of the small black
Volcanic islands in the crater basin below, the "chamber" (Burnt)
were created by volcanic eruptions and to whom one with a
Boat can translate.

Santorini

Santorini is a small island at the southernmost end of the
Cyclades complex is located. Her name is officially Thera,
but they usually or Santorini Santorini is called.
The total area is 96 km2

and the length of the coast 69 km. The population is around 10.00 inhabitants.
The island lies between Ios and Anafi, 130 nautical miles from Piraeus

and only 70 nautical miles from Crete.

Coastal falls steeply at west side, the east coast contrast
flat with long sand ideal for bathing.
from port Skala reach the 300m higher up main place
Firá on either the famous Stairway with its
586 stages (walk or on donkey) or with a cableway.

Santorini is unlike any other Cyclades islands by

its strange shape and geological structure, the
devastating outbreaks of a now extinct volcano
are due. Overwhelming is the entrance to the port
The view of the steep crater wall, the ridge line of
white house is lined.