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AKROTIRI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

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2024
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Archaeological site preserving the Minoan city of Akrotiri destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

Evidence of the ancient Minoan population that once thrived can be found here. The Minoan city of Akrotiri was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption and covered with a thick layer of ash around 1500 BC. The impermeable pumice stone gangue provided outstanding protection for the partially cleared ruins (only 10,000 m² of the 200,000 m²) and they have been perfectly preserved. The inhabitants had time to desert the town before the disaster because no skeletons were found, and they would also probably have had time to take their furniture with them. The city appears as it was 3,500 years ago: the two- or three-storey houses decorated with frescoes (impressive, by the way), the streets paved with sewers, the shops filled with baskets that are now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Thira and the National Museum of Athens. Unfortunately, there are no real signs to give you an idea of what daily life in this vast city could have been like. The frescoes, an illustration of the period, have been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Thira.

Allow at least one hour to visit the site. A group ticket is also available for the archaeological site and museum of Thira, the old city of Thira, the prehistoric museum of Thira, the collection of icons and ecclesiastical objects of Pyrgos and the site of Akrotiri (valid for 4 days).

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cammmz
Visited in april 2018
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Très beau site et très bien conservé. Le tour du musée est balisé par un ponton traversant tout le site, seulement un petit bout du chemin se fait au centre des ruines. Il reste néanmoins que les murs des bâtiments et quelques objets, les autre étant dans les différents musée de l'île.
Visited in september 2018
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Vraiment fasciné et impressionné en visitant ce site antique qu'est Akrotiri, notre guide nous a appris tellement de choses sur cette civilisation disparue que ça m'a donné l'envie d'en savoir plus a mon retour.
C'est un incontournable lors d'un séjour à Santorin.
Mathys
Visited in may 2018
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Un séjour sur l'ile de Santorin sans visite de ce site serait un sacrilège. Mais il faut admettre que les mesures prises pour le protéger nuisent à l'esthétique de la présentation.
Visited in august 2017
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Les reste de cette ville ne sont pas très facile à décrypter faute de renseignements sur place. Mais on arrive quand même à imaginer la vie sous la civilisation Minoenne.
Très bel endroit.
Amandine22
Visited in september 2016
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Site magnifique et à ne pas louper si vous allez à Santorini
Impressionnant ! On en reste sans voix lorsque l'on connait l'histoire

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