amari is a coastal settlement which has literally grown from nothing and has developed at an amazing rate. Now it is a large village of some 600 inhabitants, which grows larger and more developed every year.

amari owes this burst of development to its sea and its beach. It is a long east facing beach, with coarse black sand with its south end protected by the perpendicular mass of Mesa Vouno. The water is crystal-clear. More or less anything one could possibly want is to be found here: a large hotel with swimming pool, rooms for rent, hosts or restaurants, fish tavernas, a cinema, disqoteques, and space to put up tents. It is a pity, though, that the beach itself cannot be made any bigger.

Photos and text taken from "Santorini - Today and yesterday" (Toubis Editions)

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