{"id":470,"date":"2011-09-12T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T13:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2013-10-20T00:12:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T00:12:31","slug":"september-12-2011-santorini-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"September 12, 2011    Santorini, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was so excited to visit Santorini! This is the Greek island that you always see pictures of in travel brochures &#8211; white-washed houses and blue-domed churches. The island is an ancient volcanic caldera and towns are perched on the edge of steep cliffs 900 feet above the sea. The port of Fira is located at the top of a cliff, so our ship anchored in the bay and we were shuttled to the pier. When I first saw the island it looked like there was snow on the cliffs, but it was actually the bright white buildings!<\/p>\n<p>There are three ways to get from the pier to the town of Fira &#8211; ride the gondola, climb 588 steps, or\u00a0ride a donkey. We rode the gondola up and donkeys down. We rented a car and explored the island on our own. There is one main road circling the island, so you can&#8217;t get lost if you keep the ocean on your left or right.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_519\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\" wp-image-519 \" alt=\"Cruise ships anchored in the bay below Fira\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-4-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cruise ships anchored in the bay below Fira, Santorini<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_520\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-520\" class=\" wp-image-520 \" alt=\"Oia, Santorini\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-35-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-35-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-35-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oia, Santorini<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_521\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\" wp-image-521 \" alt=\"Church and windmill on Santorini\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-41-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-41-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-41-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church and windmill on Santorini<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_522\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-76.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-522\" class=\" wp-image-522 \" alt=\"Fira, Santorini\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-76-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-76-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-76-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fira, Santorini<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_523\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-89.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523\" class=\" wp-image-523 \" alt=\"Church on Santorini\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-89-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-89-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-89-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church on Santorini<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_525\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-98.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-525\" class=\" wp-image-525 \" alt=\"Oia, Santorini\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-98-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-98-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-98-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oia, Santorini<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_526\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-526\" class=\" wp-image-526 \" alt=\"Morning commute\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-123-767x1024.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-123-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-123-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Santorini-123.jpg 1435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morning commute<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was so excited to visit Santorini! This is the Greek island that you always see pictures of in travel brochures &#8211; white-washed houses and blue-domed churches. The island is an ancient volcanic caldera and towns are perched on the edge of steep cliffs 900 feet above the sea. The port of Fira is located &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=470\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bos_mb_destination":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greece"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}