Megalochori (or Megalohori, Megaloxori, meaning big village in Greek) is the first village we meet if we arrive at Santorini by boat, after climbing Athinios port caldera. It is located between Pyrgos, Emporio and Akrotiri at a distance of less than 10 km from Fira.
It is made of hundreds of small white painted houses built the one upon the other and it is characterised by its beautiful churches. It combines traditional architecture with vaulted houses and calderimia (stone-cobbled narrow pathways) and a lively community with a fairly large permanent population.
Visit the Church of Virgin Mary with 365 miniatures of saints.
Megalochori is the center of the wine industry of Santorini and it is surrounded by vine yards.
The harvest is the best time. The roofs of the houses are covered with grapes, to be sun dried to make raisins sweet wine of Santorini.
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