The film « The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants » (2005) was partly shot in Santorini, notably in the village of Oia and at the small fishing port of Ammoudi below it. Oia's main square, in front of the Greek Orthodox church, also serves as a backdrop for the character Lena.
The island's spectacular crescent is merely the rim of a vast caldera, left by the Minoan eruption some 3,600 years ago, one of the most violent ever recorded. That catastrophe buried the prehistoric city of Akrotiri under ash, and some scholars have seen in it a possible source of the Atlantis myth.
To escape the sunset crush in Oia, walk down the steps to Ammoudi Bay and dine on grilled fish almost at the water's edge. Keep your eSIM active to book boats and taxis in advance, as a connection saves you long queues in high season.