We rented a tiny cave house tucked into a cliff. Every morning I'd push open the blue shutters and there it was — that impossible postcard view, the caldera dropping into the sea. We ate tomatoes the size of fists and drank assyrtiko like it was water.
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Oia, golden hour
Highlights
Worth remembering
Stay
A cave house on the Oia cliffside — small, white, with a view that didn't quit.
Eat
Long lunches at Metaxi Mas: tomato fritters, fava, grilled octopus.
Do
Catamaran around the caldera, swim in the volcanic hot springs at golden hour.
Skip
The Oia castle sunset crush — find a quieter terrace one street over.
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Notes
Jun 04
First sunset on the cliff steps. Total silence in a crowd of two hundred people. Strange and beautiful.
Jun 06
Boat day. The sea was so calm it looked solid. Jumped off the side anyway.
Jun 08
Last evening. Cried a little watching the sun drop. Don't tell anyone.
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Banff
Canada · February 2024