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2. 7 Travel Destinations Retirees Should Avoid This Spring - AOL

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   However, visiting NYC in the spring can be expensive and tiresome for retirees. ... March through May is the perfect time to explore Santorini without summer crowds and winter chills. The sunny ...

3. Sultry Santorini without the crowds? How to enjoy a Valentine ...

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   Santorini’s archaeological sites, like the ruins of the Ancient Thira, can be explored peacefully without the hordes of crowds when visiting in the off-season (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

4. Schools shut as tremors shake Greece’s ‘Instagram island’

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   The Greek island of Santorini is being rattled by dozens of tremors, ... But the risk of tremors does not deter as many as 3.4 million people from visiting Santorini each year, dwarfing the 20,000 ...

5. Akrotiri (prehistoric city) - Wikipedia

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   The earliest excavations on the island of Santorini were conducted by French geologist F. Fouque in 1867 after some local people found old artifacts at a quarry. Later, in 1895–1900, the digs by German archeologist Baron Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen revealed the ruins of ancient Thera on Mesa Vouno, which date from the archaic period ...

6. Tourism in Greece - Wikipedia

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   Tourism in Greece has been a key element of the economic activity in the country, and is one of the country's most important sectors.Greece has been a major tourist destination and attraction in Europe since the 1970s for its rich culture and history, which is reflected in large part by its 19 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, among the most in Europe and the world [1] as well as for its long ...

7. Santorini - Wikipedia

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   Clockwise from top: Partial panoramic view of Santorini, sunset in the village of Oia, ruins of the Stoa Basilica at Ancient Thera, the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral of Ypapanti (it) Cattedrale della Presentazione di Cristo (Fira) at the town of Fira, the Aegean Sea as seen from Oia, and view of Fira from the island of Nea Kameni at the Santorini caldera.