Santorini owes its shape to geological phenomena from millennia ago. The island is famed for its caldera – a bowl-shaped crater caused by a volcanic eruption – which was formed by one of the ...

Santorini took its present crescent shape following ... blue-domed churches clinging to the rim of the caldera, the flooded crater left behind by a volcano that erupted and then collapsed.

Known for its spectacular volcanic crater or caldera, Santorini is also part of a volcanic arc with two underwater volcanoes near its coast, Nea Kameni and Kolumbo, which last erupted in 1950 and ...

It docks at the heart of the caldera, which is the huge volcanic crater set beneath towering ... and resident DJs. But the Santorini I'm really mad about is the one that few tourists see.

Its sweeping, sea-filled crater gives Santorini its sense of magic, propelling the isle onto many a bucket list. Beyond iconic views, Santorini appeals for its wines produced on the island’s ...