Day 12 - Santorini, Part 2

As opposed to sitting around the pool or beach, the next 2 days in Santorini we took to exploring the island (truth be told, part of the reason is that we had to switch hotels, and the new hotel we stayed at did not have a Caldera view).

On the first day of adventure it took a while for us to wake up, eat breakfast, check out of hotel 1, and check into hotel 2, so we didn't get going until about 1pm. The first thing we did was try to go to one of the museums in Fira, but as it was a Tuesday, it was closed (who knows why they close on Tuesday...)

From here, we hopped on a bus and went to Akrotiri, which is an ancient Minoan Archeaological site. Akrotiri dates back to 1600BC, but even a bit further than that, because it was actually built on top of other Minoan ruins, spanning back even further, as there were 2 earthquakes that decimated the settlement twice previously. The site, thankfully, was under cover, so we were sheltered from the sun. That being said, it was VERY stale, hot air in there, so after an hour and nearly passing out, we left.  We probably would have stayed longer if we were able to get a tour, but the unmotivated tour guides were not able to gather up enough people to make it worth their while, so we were left to the poor signage to guide us.

We went back to Fira, taking pictures throughout the city. For dinner we stopped at an Asian place and had some noodles, and then went back to the hotel and watched a movie and prepared for our long hike the next day.