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Pour notre dernière journée sur l’île, nous avons pris le bus pour aller visiter Oia, le village dont tout le monde parle. Le trajet du bus d’une vingtaine de minutes nous fait voir l’autre côté de l’île à partir d’une route qui serpente en hauteurs.
Le village d’Oia mérite toutes les étoiles qu’on lui donne. Ici, tous les hébergements sont ultra luxueux et à flanc de falaise. La blancheur aveuglante des constructions rend le ciel d’un bleu encore plus profond. Comme sur les photos! Contrairement à Fira, toute l’architecture à Oia est en courbes. C’est vraiment d’une très grande beauté.
Ce billet termine notre série sur notre séjour à Santorini, la dernière étape de notre périple hivernal. Jamais depuis le 11 septembre 2001 (nous étions dans les Pays de Galles) avions nous vécu autant d’émotions en voyage.
For our last day on the island, we took the bus to visit Oia, the village everyone talks about. The 20-minute bus ride takes us to the other side of the island from a road that winds up high.
The village of Oia deserves all the stars it gets. Here, all the accommodations are ultra luxurious and on the cliff side. The blinding whiteness of the buildings makes the sky an even deeper blue. As in the photos! Unlike Fira, all of the architecture in Oia is curved. It really is very beautiful.
This post concludes our series on our stay in Santorini, the last stop on our winter journey. Never since September 11, 2001 (we were in Wales) had we experienced so much emotions while on a trip.
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Oîa est un trésor que j’adore et commencer votre série par la célébrissime cathédrale orthodoxe Panagia était une bonne idée. Mais j’aime toutes les églises d’Oïa et de Santorin, ses ruelles que je retrouve bien ici, son moulin restaurant magnifique aussi au coucher du soleil, bref cette série m’enchante et je vous dis un grand merci car j’ai été très gâtée aujourd’hui. Un beau final.
Merci Marie. Bien contente que cette dernière série ait su vous plaire. Oia est vraiment une belle ville qui mérite toutes ces étoiles et nous aurions aimé la visiter dans de meilleures circonstances. Malheureusement, il n’a pas été possible d’attendre le coucher de soleil que nous savons très beau… il nous faudra vraiment retourner un jour sur cette belle île.
Stunning. The buildings are indeed beautiful but it looks a bit crowded. Since you say it was the ultra luxurious perhaps each dwelling is palatial in its own right.
Thanks Jacqui. Yes, it would be a bit crowded as space is at a premium but I am certain the interior are very luxurious…we didn’t stay in Oia as we couldn’t afford it. However, we would have liked to stay longer to see the famous sunset but as there wasn’t much opened it made the wait a bit boring so we decided to skip the sunset and get back to our accommodation. I guess we will, one day, have to be back to finish exploring this beautiful island.
Incredible shots and amazing architecture! Lovely!
Thanks Donna. Glad you enjoyed this final post of our series on our winter trip.
Beautiful! On Sept 11, 2001, we had had just arrived back from Newark the day before. We missed being involved by about 36 hours. Our other horror was the London bombings of 7/7/2005 when we were in Singapore and took ages to contact our sisters who both worked in the city (and were safe).
Thanks Anabel. Wow, that was a close call. I didn’t know it at the time, but I had a very good friend who flew that morning to New York for a meeting. She saw the planes coming into the towers from the taxi. She never made it on Manhattan and had to shelter in a hotel at JFK Airport until she could find a way to get back to Toronto which she did in a limousine. She was traumatized by the experience and it took her a long while to be able to talk about it.
For us, we found out about it as we came out of a hike that took less time than we had expected and I turned on the radio in the car (which I never do) while we were discussing what to do to occupy the rest of the afternoon. As we listened to the radio distractedly we suddenly realized something big had happened and went back to our B&B to watch the news. When we got back to Heathrow for our flight back, flights had resumed though it was quite chaotic in the airport…
Oh my goodness, I’m not surprised your friend was traumatised. It’s one of those events you will always remember where you were when you heard it. I was back at work and it was the security man who came to collect the library’s cash who told us. We imagined an accident with a small plane …
Such a stunning set of photos! I’ve never been to Santorini but can well understand why it is so popular – I guess winter is a better time to visit to avoid the summer crowds?
Thanks Rosemary. Santorini is indeed a beautiful island well worth a visit. It is quite dead in winter so I would suggest going in the shoulder seasons (spring or fall). Summer is very crowded from what I hear.
Bonjour,
Magnifique cette série de photos ! Que de beaux bleus et blancs !
Bravo au(x) photographe(s).
Merci pour votre note. Bien contente que vous ayez aimé cette série de photos. Oia est absolument magnifique et mérite toutes les étoiles qu’elle reçoit. Elle est probablement un peu trop visitée en été mais hors saison elle est très jolie à explorer.