Day-trippers explore the raw lava of Nea Kameni. Eruptions began building this island in A.D. 1570 long after ash from the Bronze Age explosion entombed a wealthy city at Akrotiri, on what is now the island Thera.
—From "Santorini: Greece's Sensuous Daughter of Cataclysm," September/October 1997, National Geographic Traveler.
Take a tour to the capital of classical culture with Places of a Lifetime. Look through photo galleries, download walking tours, and discover the must-do adventures for anyone planning a trip to Athens.
Get a taste of the Mediterranean with these images taken on assignment for the National Geographic magazine article "Santorini: Greece's Sensuous Daughter of Cataclysm."
The Parthenon is among the greatest national treasures of Greece, but important parts of it have been displayed at the British Museum in London for two centuries. Should they be returned to Athens?
