Reflections #7-My Dream Holiday

We were told to pick a dream holiday destination, so here's mine!

It's Oia, in Santorini, Greece:

The place is well-known for the most beautiful sunsets,

and interesting architecture and charming shophouses.

Oia by night.

I first knew about the place when it was featured in a novel I read, called Since I don't Have You by Louise Candlish. It's about a mother who lost her child and went to Oia to find herself back, and later set up a shop of her own selling old photographs of Oia, which the picture above reminds me of.

Novel aside, I feel that this place is really fun and charming with its friendly locals and relaxed town pace. There might not be as much to do in Oia as places like Paris or Japan, but it still seems to me like a really good place to go for a short vacation. I could visit the beautiful shophouses in the day and watch the sunset in the evening, and revive myself a little before heading back here to face the bustle of the city.

I got all these pictures from VirtualTourist.com. Evaluating this website, I find that it is well presented and the arrangement is easy to understand. It has a clean layout with little graphics, which tends to make websites distracting. It provides good, comprehensive coverage as well. There is a lot of first hand tourist information and reviews from many tourists, and it covers everything from hotels, to trip planner, to travel deals.