Santorini, Greece

These photos come from several cruise stops in Santorini. Each visit starts the same way: the ship anchors in the caldera and you look up at white villages balanced along the cliff edge. I spent most of my time in Oia, walking the marble lanes past blue domes and bell towers. The rest of the time I was in Fira, looking down at the cruise ships and the volcano below.

What’s in the gallery

The blue domes of Oia stacked down the cliff, a pink bell tower framed by branches, and the church on the main square. Crowds at the castle ruins, the windmills on the ridge, and cave houses with a turquoise pool. A cruise ship in the caldera beside the volcanic island, sailboats far below the cliffs, a white bell tower above the sea, and yellow daisies growing on the rocks. And down at the waterfront, the old port at the foot of the red cliffs.

More from the Greek islands in Greece, and more cruise stops in Capri.

Cruise ship anchored in the Santorini caldera beside the volcanic island, seen from Fira
Blue-domed churches among whitewashed houses on the cliff in Oia
Visitors at the castle ruins in Oia above the caldera
Cave houses and a turquoise plunge pool carved into the cliff in Oia
Whitewashed village spilling down the caldera cliff in Santorini
White houses and domes perched on volcanic rock in Oia
Windmill and whitewashed houses along the ridge in Oia
Tourists on a marble lane beside a blue-domed chapel in Oia
Wooden door on a white terrace overlooking the blue domes of Oia
Blue dome and pink bell tower in Oia framed by branches
Tourists outside the white church on Oia’s main square, a Greek flag flying
Café terrace overlooking the cliffside town and the caldera in Santorini
Visitors on the waterfront at Santorini’s old port beneath the red cliffs
Yellow daisies on the cliff above boats in the Santorini caldera
White bell tower above the deep blue caldera in Santorini
Whitewashed steps winding down toward the sea in Oia
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