Greece has its own Pompeii: Thera buried Akrotiri in ash 17th-16th century BCE

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by derbOac

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zetazzed

an hour ago

The museum of prehistoric Thera is also worth a visit if you make it there! It is fairly small but contains some incredibly well-preserved artifacts. The frescoes are stunning.

I found Fira (nearby "large" town on Santorini, very close to the sites) miserably crowded, but seeing Thera was very cool. This is all about 1500 years older than Pompeii, so a very different experience IMO.