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Agia Theodosia

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 92 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8, ISO 64

We drove inland to the historic little village of Pyrgos to wander around and have lunch. The place that my prior research had come up with as recommended was a place called Cava Alta. The entrance and dark interior at street level didn’t look all that promising, but they had an upstairs area on the roof with shade sails which was very comfortable with excellent views. The food was also excellent so lunch was a win. These images were taken from my seat at lunch so easy peasy 🙂

Pyrgos Kallistis Castle

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 120 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 64

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Santorini Heart View

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 1/200 sec at f/8, ISO 64 x 4 Frames

Leaving the monastery we headed to one of the traditional wineries (Hatzidakis) to do a tour and tasting. Well we both did the tour but only Louise did the tasting :). It was very interesting and we learnt quite a bit (which wasn’t hard since we basically knew very little :)). Louise even bought a bottle to bring home

After the winery we headed to “The Heart of Santorini” – a heart-shaped hole in a rock, through which you can see the Aegean Sea, the sky, and the volcano

The view from where you park is pretty amazing (as shown in my panorama) tho you may feel a little exposed since like with most things on the Greek islands there’s no barriers, warning signs or anything – just a sheer dropoff literally where you park and walk

Heart of Santorini

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 43 mm, 1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 64

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Moni Profiti Ilia

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8, ISO 64 x 3 Frames

We went for a drive to visit some other parts of Santorini island

First was a crazy drive up the narrow switchback road that leads to the Profitis Ilias Monastery atop the highest mountain on Santorini. The view from up here is vast but the drive up to here was a little hair raising 🙂

Prophet Elias

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 70 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8, ISO 64

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Fira

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 43 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8, ISO 64

We went for a relatively early 9AM walk from our village of Firostefani to the nearby town of Fira (which is the main hub on Santorini). The path winds it’s way along the cliff edge with impressive views along the way. These are views towards Fira from the Firostefani side with the impressive Moni Profiti Ilia mount in the distant background. There’s a monastery (Prophet Elias) way up on the top of the mountain (which we’d visit later)

Fira

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 72 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 64

A vertical panorama taken inside the Metropolitan Church of Ypapanti Thira which is in the centre of Fira

Ypapanti Thira

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 1/25 sec at f/6.3, ISO 125 x 25 Frames

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Morning Santorini

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 64 x 8 Frames

Good morning Santorini! The low clouds certainly made the view towards Imerovigli interesting with the upper reaches disappearing into the clouds

Obscured

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 120 mm, 1/250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 64

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