Akrotiri archaeological site
Guide
Photo: unknown minoan artist · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$35MuseumAllow 1–2 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A Bronze Age town under a huge modern roof: streets, two- and three-storey houses, storage jars and stairways, preserved in volcanic ash.
A brief history
The eruption buried the town about 3,600 years ago; no bodies or gold were found, so people seem to have left in time.
Tips
- Best time
- Opening time or late afternoon; the roof keeps off the sun
- Cost
- About €20 in summer (check)
- Allow
- 1–2 h
- Free days
- Greek state sites are often free on the first Sunday from November to March and on some national days (check)
- Hours
- Usually 8:00–20:00 in summer, shorter in winter (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
