Greece Summer 2025 - Part 3 Santorini Oia

 It’s our second day in Santorini! 

That morning I woke up with DH gone from the room. I figured he went out for a walk, and sure enough  he came back not long after. It turned out that he got up really early and took hundreds of steps down to the old port, and hundreds of steps up back to the hotel. This is the port that people actually take cable cars down and up. So thumbs up for that!

We then went up to the terrace/balcony to have breakfast. It was included in the hotel price, and it was a lovely spread. We had omelette, fresh fruits and veggies, Greek yogurt, and a little pastry called Tiropita. It’s similar to the more commonly known Spanakopita, but instead of spinach it’s plain cheese inside. Yum!

Al fresco breakfast

Tiropita

Tiropita

All the way up to this point, I hadn’t decided on whether I wanted to do the famous Fira to Oia walk. I read that it was a must-do, but I wasn’t sure if I could do it. However, after talking to the staff who helped us yesterday I made up my mind and decided to do the walk. I had known that it wasn’t going to be easy but we were doing it.

We got ready, slapped some sunscreen on, grabbed a hat and shades, and dressed myself in Greece colours. A white T-Shirt, and a blue flowy skirt. This outfit turned out to be really suitable for hiking, as the white shirt repels the heat from the sun, and the skirt flows letting the breeze through making the 5-hour walk/hike more pleasant. Not to mention it gave me a satisfying coordinated colours with the surrounding in photos!

So we started walking from our hotel, along the cobblestone walking path right by the cliff facing the caldera. We passed some of the spots we visited the day before, and some more. During this walk, we made a few stops for pictures. The first one was the famous Three Bells of Fira, with the iconic blue-domed church right next to it. 

After the Three Bells of Fira, we had a little break and enjoyed coffee and some snacks that we brought with us. And then, we continued walking to our next stop, another blue-domed building at the Firostefani Square.

We continued walking from this spot and the surrounding areas started to change. The path turned to gravels, there were less and less buildings on the side,  but we were still treated to nice views of the caldera at this point.

About halfway from Fira to Oia, the scenery completely changed. No more caldera in sight, the gravel turned into rocks, and the path went up and down hills that seemed like mountains at the time. The sun was super bright, but we got lucky that it was a very windy day and the wind was cool. I think that made a huge difference. We made a few stops along the way, most of the stops were at churches in the middle of nowhere. 

We finally made it to Oia! The area had a more refined and expensive feel compared to Fira with more shops and boutiques selling more quality products. After that long walk, I rewarded myself with an outer made from Greek cotton :)

It was a little past lunch time and we were getting hungry. I had a restaurant marked to try in Oia, so that’s where we went. It was a gyros place called Pitogyros. We each ordered a pita and they were all good. Our favorite was the sausage pita. After lunch we scooted over to a cafe next door to have some baklavas with coffee. The cafe was called Phyllon and the baklava and coffee was pretty good. After all that, Miss Kiki wanted some Greek Frozen Yogurt (‘cause why not!) so we walked over to Chillbox where they sell frozen yogurt and ice cream with toppings, and charge you by the weight. Careful when piling up the nuts and candies, you’re paying premium for them!

Having taken a little break, we were ready to explore more of Oia. We walked around, went in and out the shops, took pictures, saw more blue domed churches, and finally used up most of our energy and finally took the bus back to Fira.

That evening, we enjoyed Santorini sunset from our hotel balcony again and it was perfect. I highly recommend staying in one of the hotels with a view of the caldera so you won’t have to pile up with the crowd to enjoy sunset.

After the sun had gone down, we were contemplating on whether to have dinner or not. We were tired and not that hungry. We did end up going out for a bite at a random restaurant in Fira and it was actually not too bad :D And that was our second and last night in Santorini. Up next, is our adventures in Paros. Please look forward to it!