{"id":16020,"date":"2023-08-22T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=16020"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:37:32","slug":"azura-med-cruise-day-6-santorini-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=16020","title":{"rendered":"Azura Med Cruise – Day 6 (Santorini, Greece)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A little more relaxed day today and headed down to the Meridian Dining Room at 9.30am. Santorini was a tender port meaning everyone needed to catch a tender ashore.  MSC Divina and another smaller cruise ship were in port so it was going to be busy ashore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santorini was built on a old volcanic island with steep sides and the town built on the top. The iconic white houses synonymous with the island were very visible.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When we were ready to go ashore, we were directed straight down to the tender docking platform.\u00a0 It was the local boats that were taking us ashore and they could hold 200 or so passengers.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a nightmare! There were four cruise ships anchored off Santorini today bring around 14,000 passengers to the small island. When we got ashore, we were told the queue for the cable car was 90 minutes – more likely 2 hours. It was incredibly hot so we decided to head back as the queues would be lengthy to come down in the cable car and none of us fancied walking down the path shared with the donkeys! Callum bought a fridge magnet and an ice cream before we caught the tender back to the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n

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