Holiday visitors to the Greek island of Santorini this summer will now be able to see one of the most important archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. Greece has reopened the Akrotiri archaeological site on the holiday island of Santorini, which was closed nearly seven years ago when the roof collapsed, killing a Welsh holiday visitor. The bronze-age town at Akrotiri will open this week. . .

Visitors on holiday in Santorini in 2007 will recall the sinking of the Sea Diamond cruise liner in the caldera when two French tourists died. Now a total of 13 people are set to stand trial in connection with the sinking of the Sea Diamond off the holiday island of Santorini. Prosecutors have recommended to a court in Naxos that the 13 be tried for manslaughter through negligence . . .

Anger is mounting on the holiday island of Santorini as the impressive Akrotiri archaeological site remains closed the public even though restoration work is complete. The Akrotiri site on Santorini was shut down more than six years ago when a newly installed 'bioclimate' roof collapsed, killing one UK tourist and injuring several more. Tourism leaders in Santorini are angry at the delay in opening the site despite an assurance by the excavation leaders that the rebuilding work is now complete

Few visitors to the Greek Island of Santorini will be unaware of the island's volcanic birth in a cataclysmic eruption. Santorini's spectacular sunsets, a hot draw for thousands of holiday visitors, are a result of fumes from the smouldering volcano that lies in the heart of the flooded caldera. More than 3,000 years after the super volcano blew Santorini sky high in a violent explosion, the island may hold clues into how scientist can forecast future eruptions.

Santorini donkeys have always been a big hit on Greek island tours but their welfare has often been a problem. Now the first fines have been imposed on Santorini donkey owners for breaching Santorini island animal welfare codes. Fines of €200 have been imposed on 10 donkey owners who breached the code of practice set up some years ago to protect the Santorini donkeys from ill treatment. A spokesman for the Santorini

The volcanic holiday island of Santorini joins the pyramids of Giza, the temples at Machu Picchu and the Parthenon in Athens as a place you must see before you die.

According to an article published by the American magazine Smithsonian, Santorini, is one of '43 places you should see before you die '. The author was 'perched on the edge of the world' when on a Santorini holiday at the Greek

Holiday visitors to Santorini island can enjoy music and painting at one of the island's most renowned cultural events. Seven music concerts and a painting exhibition make up the programme for the Megaro Gyzi Festival 2011. 
The festival runs throughout August at the Megaro Gyzi Cultural Centre, near the cable-car entrance in Fira, Santorini. Highlights of this year's Santorini island arts festival include jazz interpretations of works by composers Messiaen, Bartok and Ligeti

Prison sentences have been imposed on eight defendants following the death of a Welsh tourist when the roof collapsed at the archaeological site of Akrotiri on Santorini. The 'bioclimate' roof collapsed in 2005 leading to the death of the British tourist while six others were injured, three seriously. The accused faced charges of manslaughter through neglect, causing bodily harm, damaging a monument and violating building regulations. The 12 defendants included civil engineers and architects

Volcano watchers plan to plant more sensitive seismographs to check earthquake 'rumbles' on the holiday island of Santorini. They are to install new earthquake detecting instruments on the islet of Kameni in the caldera, along mountain ridges and on a beach. The sulfurous fumes that linger in the air around Santorini help to create highly colourful sunsets that are a major tourist attraction.
But in recent weeks the characteristic rotten egg smell typical of the area has got worse.

Santorini is world famous for its dramatic setting, live volcano and astonishing sunsets glimpsed from white cubed hill villages perched on the steep walls of the caldera. It is less well known for its cherry tomatoes, a product of Santorini's volcanic soil.  But the Santorini tomato has become so renowned in the horticultural world it is about to get its third conference. Experts arrive from around the world for Tomato Conference to be held on the holiday island of Santorini.