Photo: Thera Church
Greece Profile • Videos • Maps • Music • Photo Gallery
Photo: Thera church overlooking Nea Kameni
WALLPAPER
Photograph by Michael Melford
A church on Thera overlooks the lava island of Nea Kameni, in the center of the caldera. Only two Santorini islands are habitable: Thera, larger and busier, and Thirasia.

—From "Santorini: Greece's Sensuous Daughter of Cataclysm," September/Ocotober 1997, National Geographic Traveler
Greece Features
Photo: A musician in Greece
Discover Music from Greece
Browse by region, country, genre, or artist to watch music videos and download mp3s from around the globe. Listen to the world with Nat Geo Music.
Photo: Santorini fishers
Photo Gallery: Santorini, Greece
Get a taste of the Mediterranean with these images taken on assignment for the National Geographic magazine article "Santorini: Greece's Sensuous Daughter of Cataclysm."
Photo: A church on Thera, Greece
Expedition: Classical Greece
Explore this magical, mythical land where much of our cultural heritage was born with a National Geographic expert.
Photo: Ancient amphora
Greece's Golden Age Recovered
Go under the waters of the Aegean Sea to find the remains of a small merchant ship that sank more than 2,400 years ago.


SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
Photo: Puerto Escondido
Mexica via Pacifico
Find unusual vacation spots and take a visual journey through Mexico.
Photo: Road sign
Signspotting
Take a tour of the world's quirkiest signs and spread the laughs.
National Geographic Expeditions
Photo: Greek ruins
Travel with some of the most prominent specialists in the world.