I wrote about choosing our honeymoon destination in Dear Diary... Tale of our honeymoon.
We stayed in Perissa which is a lovely little resort - highly recommended for the beach, restaurants and tavernas. People staying in other parts of Santorini travel to this resort to visit the dark, hot, volcanic sandy beaches.
On our first fortnight away as husband and wife, we visited Oía. It is a bustling, busy little town with the majority of buildings built along and up the cliffs. We found it extremely busy; tourist-heavy and not as quaint as we'd pictured when we'd ached to visit it. Peering over the edges; you see swimming pools on the cliff face. These, I feel, looked almost claustrophobic and not somewhere I'd relish having to stay for two weeks! We were very relieved we hadn't booked to stay here! The sunset views are well worth seeing though - with such a beautiful backdrop of the caldera.
We visited the earthquake-ravished old village of Messa Gonia where we both turned into professional photographers and took lots of shots of the torn town. We loved hearing the history of this island. We visited a museum and the highest point of the island in Pyrgos which provided great views over the rest of the land. Santos Winery was interesting and the wines in Santorini are second to none that I've tried. We are usually Mythos people - the wine here; even the house wines in all restaurants are so easy to drink and taste amazing! We were converted on our two week break! And are dreading having to either have English wine now back or not have it at all. Santorini wine... You will be missed! The views from the Pyrgos Winery are stunning; the tip of the island, the Caldera; it provides images you can do no justice by clicking your shutter.
One thing I've always wanted to do is parasailing over a vast blue ocean. Where better to do this than alongside Mount Elijah with views of the caldera and the deep blue? On our honeymoon seemed like the perfect excuse to try this fun water sport! It was so windy out there, we were swept over from side to side with the water spraying up! What an experience!
We wined and dined under the stars of most of the restaurants Perissa has to offer. We tasted their wine and didn't look back! Sharing a karafe each night whilst sitting under a palm tree's vast feather-leaves. We spent most of our honeymoon days moving between plush sun-loungers and the vast swimming pool. My favourite time of day being early evening; when the sun is less harsh but still so warming on your skin. We took great delight in getting dressed up and venturing down to the beach-side where many restaurants invited us to taste their food (and wine!) We already know how delicious Greek food can be so we sought out some delicacies.
One evening, during a rainy, very overcast day of our trip, we ended up in Oía. We ate at a restaurant a little way down the cliffs. The food there was absolutely amazing! We since found out it's in fact one of the best in Oía and we can see why!
Was it exactly how I pictured our honeymoon when I committed my expectations to paper (blog post Heavenly Honeymoon Hunting)? No, of course it wasn't! There wasn't only us two walking hand in hand down narrow cobbled streets - it was busy. Other people played in the pool. We got splashed! But do you know what?! Who cares?! We were together - that's all that matters. We had a brilliant fortnight away and I experienced things I'd only dreamt of. Besides... In 33 degrees; who wouldn't welcome the odd splash every now and again anyway?!
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