THE COMPANY HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED FIVE NEWLY RENOVATED VILLAS AND MANSIONS, WHICH ARE SITUATED IN THE VILLAGES OF MEGALOCHORI PYRGOS AND IMEROVIGLI. MANSION 1878, VILLA IO AND MANSION KYANI ARE INDEPENDENT PROPERTIES SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE PICTURESQUE VILLAGE OF MEGALOCHORI. THESE HOUSES HAVE A LIVELY HISTORY, WHILST VILLA IO SERVED AS THE LOCAL VILLAGE SCHOOL, MANSION 1878 AND KYANI WERE ONCE OWNED BY WEALTHY FAMILIES PRODUCING FINE LOCAL WINES AND FAMOUS VINSANTO. OUR PYRGOS PROPERTY HAS A PANORAMIC AND UNUSUAL VIEW OF THE CALDERA AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS, WHILST THE PROPERTY IN IMEROVIGLI IS SPECTACULARLY SITUATED ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF WITH UNINTERRUPTED VIEWS OF THE FAMOUS CALDERA. THE VILLAS HAVE BEEN SENSITIVELY RESTORED TO BLEND FUNCTIONALITY AND AESTHETICS WITH THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. EACH VILLA IS UNIQUE AND VARIES IN SIZE AND STYLE. ALL OFFER PRIVACY AND SPACIOUS ACCOMMODATION WHILST SOME OF THE VILLAS BOAST PRIVATE POOLS AND JACUZZIS. WE WISH TO OFFER VISITORS THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE TO HAVE A TASTE OF BY-GONE DAYS ON THE ISLAND WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON STYLE, HOME COMFORTS AND DISCREET SERVICE.

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Driving Directions: INFORMATION ON SANTORINI SANTORINI WAS ELECTED AS THE SECOND BEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD HTTP / / WWW.TRAVELANDLEISURE.COM / WORLDSBEST / RESULTS.CFM CAT ISLANDS THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF THE CYCLADES, SANTORINI, LIES 128 MILES FROM THE PORT OF PIRAEUS, AND PRESENTS A BREATHTAKING SITE FROM THE WATER WITH WHITE HOUSE PERCHED ON THE CLIFF TOP. IT COVERS AN AREA OF 75 SQUARE KILOMETERS AND HAS ABOUT 10 000 PERMANENT RESIDENTS. A BRIEF HISTORY THE FORMATION OF SANTORINI IS DUE TO VARIOUS GEOLOGICAL OCCURENCES, MANY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND EARTHQUAKES SO VIOLENT AS TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE ISLAND SEVERAL TIMES. DORIANS, VENETIANS AND TURKS OCCUPIED SANTORINI, BUT ITS MOST INFLUENCIAL EARLY INHABITANTS WERE THE MINOANS. THEY CAME FROM CRETE SOME TIME BETWEEN 2000 AND 1600 BC, AND THE SETTLEMENT OF AKROTIRI DATES FROM THE HEIGHT OF THEIR GREAT CIVILIZATION. THE ISLAND THEN WAS CIRCULAR AND WAS CALLED KALISTI OF STROGGYLIS *THE ROUND ONE*. AROUND 1650 BC A CHAIN OF EARTHQUAKES AND ERUPTIONS CULMINATED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST EXPLOSIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLANET. THIRTY CUBIC KILOMETERS OF MAGMA SPEWED FORTH AND A COLUMN OF ASH 36 KILOMETERS HIGH JETTED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. SO MUCH MAGMA WAS EJECTED THAT THE MAGMA CHAMBERS OF THE VOLCANO GAVE WAY AND THE CENTRE OF THE ISLAND COLLAPSED, LEAVING A CALDERA WITH HIGH CLIFFS-ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST DRAMATIC GEOLOGICAL SIGHTS. AFTER THE BIG ONE, SANTORINI ONCE AGAIN SETTLED DOWN FOR A TIME AND WAS RECOLONISED. IN 236 BC VOLCANIC ACTIVITY RESUMED AND SEPARATED THIRASIA FROM THE MAIN LAND. THE LAST MAJOR EARTHQUAKE ON THE ISLAND, MEASURING 7.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE SAVAGED THE ISLAND IN 1956. SHOULD YOU WALK AROUND THE VILLAGES, YOU WILL FIND MANY ABANDONED MANSIONS FROM THIS PERIOD. CLIMATE CLIMATE CLIMATE SANTORINI ENJOYS A TYPICAL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE WITH HOT, DRY SUMMERS AND MILD WINTERS. IN JULY AND AUGUST THE MERCURY CAN SOAR TO 40 CELSIUS *OVER 100 FAHRENHEIT*. JULY AND AUGUST ARE ALSO THE MONTHS OF THE MELTEMI, A NORT