Pyrgos & inland

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Pyrgos & inland and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Kamari & Perissa (beach)9 min taxi3.0 km
• Fira & the caldera rim12 min taxi3.9 km
• The black-sand beaches13 min taxi4.3 km
• The volcano & hot springs15 min taxi5.0 km
• The Fira to Oia caldera walk17 min taxi5.7 km
• Skaros Rock18 min taxi6.0 km
• Oia's blue domes32 min taxi10.8 km
• The Oia sunset32 min taxi10.8 km
• Amoudi Bay34 min taxi11.4 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 6.Santorini wine tasting — The volcanic soil and sea mist make Santorini one of Greece's great wine islands — its crisp, mineral Assyrtiko whites and sweet Vinsanto grown on vines coiled into low baskets against the wind. Tour a caldera-view winery for a tasting at sunset; the setting is as good as the wine.
• 10.Ancient Akrotiri — A 'Bronze Age Pompeii' — a remarkably preserved Minoan town buried under volcanic ash 3,600 years ago, with multi-storey houses, streets and frescoes, all under a modern roof. A genuinely astonishing site and the island's deep history; small, cool and a fascinating hour away from the beaches nearby.
• 12.Pyrgos village — The prettiest of the inland villages and the old island capital — a tangle of whitewashed lanes and churches winding up to a Venetian castle with a view over the whole island to the sea. Quiet, authentic and blissfully un-touristy; climb to the top at sunset for a caldera-free panorama.
• 14.Santorian food — The volcanic soil gives the island a cuisine of its own — sweet cherry tomatoes fried into tomatokeftedes fritters, creamy fava (yellow split-pea purée), white aubergines, capers and the freshest grilled fish. Eat it at a village taverna or an Amoudi harbour table, with a cold Assyrtiko.
• 16.Profitis Ilias — The island's highest point, crowned by a monastery — a 360° view taking in both coasts, the caldera and, on a clear day, Crete. Above even the sunset crowds.
• 17.Emporio village — The largest of the inland villages and a maze of whitewashed lanes, arches and a little kastro — real Santorini life, minutes from Oia's crush and free of it.
• 18.Megalochori village — A sleepy old wine village of bell towers and blue doors, canava cellars turned tavernas — the Santorini of before the cruise ships. Come for dinner.