Overview: the route consists of about 0.5 km, and takes to complete between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on the stops that are made to rest and take photos. It is important to wear sunglasses, hat, sneakers, sunscreen and water.
Here you have a link where you can see the route on a map with detailed photos: See route
Not far from out of town on the main road to Megalochori (Thera – Megalochori), you can find a great hiking trail. Right on the main road, you have to go left for 100 meters to find a small group of hotel rooms and then go right into the small street leaving the hotel to the left. At the end of the road (after 70 meters), you’ll go right to find a column of white cement that is used for measurements of war and geography. It is not easy to find, as advised.
Church of Agios Nikolaos, Santorin
Following the road, a few minutes later, you will meet a road paved with stones that would lead to scenarios that seem to come out of a sci-fi. The road runs parallel to the volcanic wall and quickly, you’ll reach the top of a staircase with wide steps and cobbled stones of volcanic lava black. There is a staircase that leads to the low cliff of the caldera.
Church of Agios Nikolaos, Santorin
Then you’ll see the steeple of the chapel of Agios Nikolaos that appears slowly, a whitewashed chapel that seems to be born from the bowels of the rocks. The road continues until the edge of the cliff where the view is breathtaking. There you will find the experience of a wonderful sunset.
