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| The six-wine tasting platter at Santo wines - delicious |
Up early for a very nice buffet breakfast and then meeting our
Tui rep, Tanya, at 9 am. We are with a German group, naturally. Tanya explained all the trips we could go on, in rapid German. Afterwards she spoke to us in English and persuaded us to book a boat trip to the volcano and dinner on the boat at sunset, and a minibus trip to the picturesque south including excavations. Both with a special guide, Christina, who is Austrian but has lived in Santorini for 24 years.
Then we walked uphill beside a busy road to the
Santo winery for a tour and tasting. We learnt about the six grape varieties in Santorini and that Santo is a cooperative which collects grapes from wineries all over the island. We saw the whole wine production process from pressing to fermentation and storage in barrels or bottles. Then in the bar we tasted three whites and three reds, with snacks. All very nice. We bought some
Nykteri white wine and some plump capers, another island product, but weren't tempted by the
fava yellow spilt peas as they are cheaper in Migros. Then we got a taxi back.
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| Dolmades at the hotel restaurant |
In the evening we took a stroll and had dinner at the hotel's Caldera Restaurant. I chose
dolmades and pork tenderloin. We tried to access WiFi in Reception but couldn't get in. Had an early night. Our bed is very hard.
