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What's changing on the ground — ferries, rules, openings, closures.

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Totally Santorini is live — here's what we're building

A new independent guide to the island, starting small and adding new pages every week.

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Ferry disruptions in Greece: how to check before you travel

Strikes, weather cancellations and schedule changes happen — here's how to stay ahead of them, not just react.

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19 new guides added: Places department complete, six others expanded

This week's update fills in every village on the homepage grid and pushes six other departments forward.

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Itineraries, comparisons and 14 more guides added

Ready-made 3-day and 7-day itineraries, an Oia vs. Fira comparison, and new coverage across Wine, Culture and Food.

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Two more villages, a second comparison page, and 15 new guides

Firostefani and Emporio join the village index, Fira vs. Imerovigli joins Oia vs. Fira, and six other departments grow further.

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Accessibility, currency, etiquette and 8 more guides

Practical, logistics-focused guides added this week, plus a honeymoon itinerary and deeper wine context.

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Real winery profiles, current entry rules, and two more villages

This week's batch is our most research-heavy yet — verified 2026 entry requirements, six named wineries, and two villages most guides skip.

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Named hotels, restaurants and a summit hike — plus a Crete comparison

This week: six named hotels, five named restaurants, the Profitis Ilias hike, quad-bike routes, honey, a film-locations myth correction, and Santorini vs. Crete.

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Drone rules that actually matter, vineyard stays, and a worked budget

This week's headline: the caldera rim is a legal no-fly zone for drones, and most visitors don't know it.

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Site news · Languages

German is live: Totally Santorini startet auf Deutsch

18 pages, the same start-small philosophy that launched the English site — plus an honest look at what still needs a native speaker's review.

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Cycling, plain-language geology, and a new content-checking tool

This week: five new guides, plus a behind-the-scenes fix — the duplicate/broken-link check we kept doing by hand is now an actual script.

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Craft beer, cooking classes, and beach rules worth knowing

This week: Do gets its biggest single-batch expansion yet, plus a researched look at Santorini's small but real craft beer scene.

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A proper FAQ, private sailing charters, and the physics of the Santorini sunset

Batch 11 focuses on depth over count: one page that answers 25 questions, and several that go further than the equivalent topic is covered elsewhere.

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