City guide Santorini
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- Affordable Shopping Spots Sklavenitis Supermarket or Lidl (near Messaria) for mainland prices. Lidl near Mesaria, and Sklavenitis in Fira, Mesaria and Perissa. Mini-markets elsewhere…
- Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Yes, Law 4758/2020 offers 50% income tax exemption for workers relocating to Greece. Half of employment or business income earned in Greece is exempt for seven tax years for…
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists Oia (Sunset views) or Fira (Nightlife and transport hub). Oia for the sunset over the caldera, and Fira, the capital, for buses, shops and the path…
- Best Hospital Santorini Central Hospital (Thira General Hospital) in Karterados. Thira General Hospital is the island hospital on the national list, with a new building…
- Best Taxi/Ride App Uber (Taxi version only) or 'Aegean Taxi' app. Minimum fare typically €25. Taxis are scarce in high season, so hotels suggest booking ahead, and fares are often…
- Bike/Scooter Rental Moto Panos (Fira) - Scooters from €20/day, Quads (ATVs) from €35/day. Scooters start at about 15 euro a day and need a driving licence. ATVs are widely rented…
- Bonfire-Friendly Spots Generally prohibited; use designated BBQ areas at Perivolos beach clubs. Campfires, bonfires and barbecues are banned across Greece from 1 May to 31 October. Call…
- Cashless Friendly Yes, cards accepted almost everywhere, though small kiosks (Periptero) prefer cash for… Cash machines are present almost everywhere, with MasterCard/Cirrus and Visa/Plus the most…
- City Santorini (Thera), Cyclades, Greece Santorini (officially Thira), southernmost island of the Cyclades, in the South Aegean…
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, Greece applies CFC rules to prevent tax avoidance via foreign entities. Yes. Undistributed income of a foreign company is taxed in Greece when the resident owns…
- Cooking Classes Petra Kouzina (Megalochori) - Traditional Greek cooking in a cave house. Kokkalo in Fira offers cooking courses in Cycladic food.
- Cultural Districts Pyrgos (Traditional village with medieval fortress vibes). Pyrgos is a medieval castle village. Its castle is described as the newest and best…
- Currency & Banking Euro (EUR). 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks include National Bank of Greece and Alpha Bank… Euro (EUR). On 22 October 2026 the European Central Bank rate was 1 euro = 1.1205 US…
- Cycling/Walking Paths Vlychada Beach cliffs - walking trail through unique 'moon-like' rock formations. There are no bicycle lanes, and the roads are steep, so bikes share the traffic. On foot…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 44% (for income over €40,000). 44% on employment, pension and business income above 60,000 euro. From 40,000 euro to…
- Highway Access Main north-south road connects Oia to Akrotiri; traffic is heavy in Fira. Driving from Exomytis to Oia takes about an hour. The roads are shared with tourists and…
- Historical Sites Akrotiri Archaeological Site (The 'Minoan Pompeii'). Ancient Akrotiri is a Bronze Age city buried by the eruption and visited under a canopy…
- Local Brewery Santorini Brewing Company (Try the 'Yellow Donkey' beer) near Messaria. Santorini Brewing Company, operating since 2011 in the island wine region.
- Local Heritage Canava wine tradition and unique 'kouloura' basket-woven vines. Canava cellars are cut into the pumice, and the vines are trained in low spiralling…
- Main Train/Transit Hub Local Bus Hub (KTEL) in Fira Square. Fira Bus Station is the KTEL hub. Almost every route starts there, so a cross-island trip…
- Museums & Art Venues Museum of Prehistoric Thera (Fira). Museum of Prehistoric Thera in Fira covers the Bronze Age city at Akrotiri. The…
- National Parks Nearby Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni (The volcanic islands at the caldera center). No national park is named for the island. Nea Kameni, the volcanic island in the caldera…
- Nearby Nature Escapes The Caldera Path (Fira to Oia hike, 10km of volcanic views). The signposted caldera-ridge walk from Fira to Oia takes about 2.5 hours, with steep drops…
- Population 15,500 (Permanent residents; swells significantly in peak season) 15,480 in the 2021 census, for the municipality of Thira, which includes Santorini…
- Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets (standard European) 230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
fix pass after the batch check. Aligned Tap Water, Power, Currency & Banking, Cashless Friendly and Tax System with the country prep and the other Greek city sheets, and set the Fira to Oia caldera walk at about 2.5 hours from the Fira guide page (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Fira).