OKAY! So we were feeling slightly worse for wear when we arose after our BIG (???) night out in Santorini. Too old for this stuff but we refuse to accept it - like everyone else we know!
I awoke early and caught my one and only sunrise shot
The gorgeous pinks and blues of the misty early morning.... ah, there is MUCH to be said for early risers!
Back on the road in the late morning to continue familiarizing ourselves with the glorious island of SANTORINI!! Took several small coastal roads enroute to OIA. As we all know, this is the BEST way to get the real feel for areas and islands like these which are constantly overrun with tourists. Just get OFF the beaten track for peace and tranquility - you may never want to come back!
Our destination was OIA - which like everything else on Santorini was unrecognizable to me but perhaps that's not a bad thing! Whatever... it is a beautiful location. Busy and pricey but somehow different from Thira - nicer in many ways. Smaller.... perhaps more exclusive?
Once again, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
We just walked around for ages, taking photos and loving the LIGHT of this place. Trust me, it's amazing - but we were also there at the most perfect time of the day!
We'd read about HOTEL PERIVOLAS which is written up in "100 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE - A Traveller's Life List" by Patricia Schultz. This is a FABULOUS book which we received as a Christmas gift from my cousin Hallie. When the book was published in 2003 the BEST rooms aat the hotel Perivolas were listed at USD350 per night. Now they are well over USD800/night. We would have LOVED to have stayed here - it looks incredible!! So of course we had to come and pay the hotel a visit. Some of these rooms have private infiniti pools and etc. I missed it but Karel tells me that a guard or someone came out and threw scathing looks our way just as we were leaving - which annoyed the hell out of me since I wanted to say to them "I'm doing a survey of this property for my next vacation - to see if it's adequate". EX- CUUUUSE MOI!
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