Santorini August 2014.

Last week i went on a family holiday to a small Greek Island called Santorini. It's the most beautiful and idyllic place i have ever visited. It's very peaceful and has the most spectacular views of the Aegean Sea. We stayed in a beautiful resort called the El Greco which offered us the choice of five swimming pools,spa,gym, pool side bar and two continental breakfast restaurants. The hotel was very clean and had a traditional Greek feel to it especially with all the white buildings. Every room had a baloney with a small table and two chairs so you could enjoy the evening outside watching the sunset over the sea.

We flew to Santorini with Thomson on a package holiday which included, flights, coach transfers from the airport and the hotel for a week. The flight wasn't too long, it took just over three hours on the way out and three hours and forty minutes on the way home and that's flying from London Gatwick. We've done a few Thomson holidays in the years previous to a few different places in Italy and we have enjoyed the thought of been able to relax as soon as you get on the plane. We like the hassle free feel you get with the thought of a holiday rep meeting you at the other end of the flight and taking you to a designated coach that takes you straight to your hotel or resort you really don't need to worry about anything. Thomson also provide you with a small welcome talk either on the same day or the following day to welcome you to your destination but to talk about the different excisions they have to offer, i would defiantly recommend going to the welcome talk as they provide with a lot of useful information. This time we booked two excursions with Thomson, we booked one that included a wine tour and an evening in Oia to watch the sunset and the other tour we booked was to the volcano island by boat and included a quick swim in the mud baths on the way back to the island.

I would defiantly love and suggest to anyone to go to Santorini it was such a beautiful peaceful island. I've come back home feeling very relaxed and recharged. Here's a few pictures from the week!