For our last few days in Greece, our visit to Santorini forced us to take it up a notch in terms of food prices and dinner views. Our eating experience was different from our time in Crete mainly because it was so centered around getting the best seats for sunset.
I managed to find ways to balance out the price of our view-centered dinners. Alas, we could not have experienced the best of what Santorini had to offer without recommendations from our villa stay host. We ended up taking up several of his suggestions and they were all excellent.
The best part was the last night when I finally got to eat one, single vegetable that he insisted we must not miss: a Santorini cucumber.
The original source of inspiration for my trip to Santorini was photos of the sunset from Oia. Like so many tourists, those photos are what drew me to Greece and the Greek Isles in particular.
As a budget traveler, I wasn’t interested in or able to stay at the luxury resorts overlooking the caldera sunset right there in Oia—and I didn’t need to! The castle in Oia provides the perfect perch from which to get an expansive and “rich” view.
But if you don’t know where to go, or more importantly when to go, you could be cheated out of the experience. You’ll be battling crowds for an optimal view and standing uncomfortably as people shove into you. Yes, the tourists are a bit much here!
You may not be able to avoid the pushy tourists entirely, but this post gives some insight into the experience of getting optimal, no-cost sunset views in Oia!
