Local tip
Skip Fira, head to Imerovigli.
Fewer crowds, better views, and a fraction of the price. The locals call it the balcony to the Aegean.
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Vocabulary
Oia
/iːa/ · noun · Greek
The village at the northern tip of Santorini, famous for sunsets that draw 3,000 people nightly to a space designed for 300.
Insight
Sep
Best month. Crowds thin, water still warm, prices drop 30%.
Local insight
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Traveler story
The captain's wife made appam at 6 AM on the deck. I watched Oia wake up from the water. That was the trip.