To Santorini flight information
Arrival airport |
Santorini (Thira) National Airport |
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Time zone |
UTC+3 |
Currency |
Euro (EUR) |
Low season |
May |
High season |
August |
Spoken languages |
Greek |
Arrival airport |
Santorini (Thira) National Airport |
---|---|
Time zone |
UTC+3 |
Currency |
Euro (EUR) |
Low season |
May |
High season |
August |
Spoken languages |
Greek |
Santorini is an island in Greece with a population of 13 500 inhabitants.
The airport serving Santorini is Santorini (Thira) International Airport (JTR).
Santorini has a Mediterranean climate with warm, sunny summers and mild, rainy winters. The average temperature in summer is 30°C with highs of 33°C. In winter, average temperature is 9°C with lows of 5°C.
Santorini is well known for its whitewashed, cube-shaped buildings adorned with blue accents, steep cliffs and tangerine sunsets that light up the sky and sea, with popular tourist attractions including Firá, Caldera and Sunset in Oia. Famous local dishes include Tomatokeftedes, fried tomato balls served as an appetizer on the Greek island of Santorini, and generally Cyclades. The dish is made from crushed or pureed tomatoes fried in oil. Other famous local dishes include Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolma), which is a family of stuffed dishes common in cuisines of regions and countries that once were part of the Ottoman Empire, that can be served warm or at room temperature.