Santorini News

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Increase in Sea Temperatures

Researchers have confirmed that record temperatures were recorded in the summer of 2024 in the seas around Greece, making it the hottest in forty years. The researchers, studying data from satellite observations from 1982 onwards, found that during the summer of 2024, the warmest conditions in the last forty years occurred across the entire Aegean, […]

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Middle Eastern Troubles Affect Cruises

Due to the continuing threat to shipping using the Suez Canal and the conflicts in the region, cruise companies that until now included Middle Eastern countries including those bordering the Red Sea in their itineraries, are assessing the situation and may be forced to modify the destinations they offer, opting for greater safety in focusing […]

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Fees for Cruise Ship Passengers

The Greek government has confirmed the disembarkation fees at Greek ports for 2025. At the major cruise ship destination islands of Mykonos and Santorini, for the period from June 1 to September 30, passengers going ashore will be charged a fee of 20 euros per person. For the months of April, May and October, the […]

Greece Getting Hotter

A study by the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development of the National Observatory of Athens, supported by data from the European Copernicus climate change service, has confirmed that the average temperature in Greece has increased by about 1.5°C in the last 30 years, with a greater increase mainly in northern Greece, in areas […]

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Santorini to Restrict Accommodation

Santorini is expected to impose a strict accommodation ban as part of a crackdown on the increasing problems brought by over-tourism to the top holiday destination. The Greek government has proposed legislation that would impose strict building restrictions on hotels and holiday lets on the popular tourist island in an attempt to curb the impact […]

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EU Ban on Hand Luggage Reintroduced

Air travellers should be aware that from September 8, 2024, all airports in the European Union returned to the ban on any liquids above 100ml in volume being carried in hand luggage and the need for laptops to be independently inspected. In mid-June 2024, the UK government also announced that the ban including liquids above […]