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The old village of Oia is located at the northern tip of Santorini, high on a cliff-top. Oia boasts come of the most magnificent views on Santorini and a picturesque aspect, with cliffs on one side and the sea on the other. The square overlooks the sea and visitors are able to observe fantastic sunsets, many visitors specifically make the trip to Oia just to watch the sun sink into the Aegean.
Directly below Oia is the beach of Ammoudi, to the South you can see Fira and across the bay are the Burnt Volcanic islands. The small harbour and beach at Ammoudi is only accessible on foot or Donkey back!, the harbour is 214 steps below, and Armeni beach is a total of 286 steps!
The architecture of Oia is typical Santorini - with houses dug deep into volcanic foundations, whitewashed walls and blue domes which sparkle in the sunlight. In 1900 Oia had a population of almost 9,000. The inhabitants owned 164 seafaring boats and supported seven shipyards. In the area there were 79 churches.
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Oia steps at Dusk at Latitude 36.460207 / Longitude 25.371809.
We have visited Santorini on a number of occasions to produce this tour, this page was created on Sun, 8 Jan 2012 10:32:40 +0000.
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