ORION HOTEL Santorini Island **, Greek Islands, Greece, Santorini Island, hotel, hostel, apartment

:: Location
Orion Hotel is located in a peaceful location on the mountainside of Mesa Vouno. The hotel provides a spacious terrace at the swimming pool with a view to the sea and the village Kamari (sunbeds and umbrellas at the pool area are free of charge). The bright and cleverly designed hotel offers its visitors the opportunity to have a swim in the clean blue sea of the black sandy beach of Kamari, just 250 m. away.

There are also many restaurants, bars and shops close by.

reception
lobby
lounge with satellite TV
pool/snack bar
swimming pool
sunbeds and umbrellas
safety box
garden and laundry – ironing service.

:: Equipment

air-condition
satellite TV
fridge
direct dial telephone
private bathroom
balcony

:: The Volcano
The last huge eruption of the volcano was 3.600 years ago, in the late bronze age. Millions cubic meters of ash and pumice were blown to a height of up to 36 km above the island. The removal of such a large volume of magma caused the volcano to collapse, producing a caldera. Ash fell over a large area in the eastern Mediterranean and Turkey.This ash buried the ancient city at Akrotiri and is feeding the myth of lost Atlantis.The Kameni Islands, Palea and Nea Kameni, formed after the caldera. Eleven eruptions since 197 B.C. have made the two islands. The most recent eruption at Santorini was in 1950 on Nea Kameni, the northern island. The eruption was phreatic and lasted less than a month. It constructed a dome and produced lava flows..