Trip Advisor web site announced the best destinations in Europe and Greece for 2012.

In the first category Santorini Island is in 19nth place, and in the second at the 1st place.

Santorini Island is in the 1st place of the choice in Greece.

Trip Advisor says: "Black-sand beaches. Whitewashed buildings perched cliffside above an impossibly blue sea. Santorini is so beautiful we're having trouble finding words to describe it. Just look at a picture—we bet you'll want to catch the next flight."

Also in "Don't miss" section are: Ammoudi Bay, Open Air Cinema Kamari, Hike from Fira to Oia and many more.

Here are the results:

Top 25 Destinations in Europe

Top 10 Destinations in Greece

Greece remains on the top for Dutch tourists, gaining the title of best airline destination in Europe of the  Zoover Awards 2012.

zoover.nl is the largest travel portal in the Netherlands, both to book and to compare tourism destinations and enterprises based on the reviews of the visitors.

For more than 2 months over 140,000 zoover.nl users were able to vote for their favorite holiday destination based on service quality, natural environment and the friendliness, accessibility and security of the destination.

The emergence of Greece as the best airline destination shows that despite the negative publicity of recent months, Greece continues to attract the Dutch due the qualitiy caracteristics and remains a favorite destination for their holidays. The good news is that even in recent weeks, this preference is reflected in the number of bookings, giving an optimistic message about the tourist arrivals  from the Dutch marke for this year.

Source: news.travelling.gr

Wednesday, April 11, opens the archaeological site of Akrotiri, Santorini, after the completion of reception for use of the project 'Enhancement, Formation and roof replacement of Akrotiri Archaeological Site'.

'Akrotiri is a very important area, which attracts thousands of visitors. We want it open, accessible, safe and extroverted. The experience of visiting the Akrotiri is unique' said Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mr. Pavlos Geroulanos.

Santorini Mayor, Mr. Anastasios Nikolaos Zorzos set the staff of the Municipality of Thira to serve as guards, in odrer to complement the existing Ministry staff.

The site will be open to visit from 10 am until 5 pm.

Source: www.ethnos.gr