Crete and the Island of Santorini

Massen, Alan R

ISBN 10: 0993559166 / ISBN 13: 9780993559167

Published by Rainbow Publications UK, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crete and the Island of Santorini
• Publisher: Rainbow Publications UK
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993559166
• ISBN 13: 9780993559167
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

A pictorial and descriptive journey through the history and beauty of the Greek paradise islands of Crete and Santorini which are set in the warm blue Mediterranean Sea. Explore the pretty beaches, villages and towns of these two picture perfect island of Greece. The Islands of Crete and Santorini are part of Greece which is a country in south-east Europe located between the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. In this book we will visit the great beaches, towns and the villages on the lovely Greek Islands of Crete and Santorini. Crete is the largest Island in Greece and the fifth largest Island in the Mediterranean. Crete is an Island with an exquisite 1,000 kilometre-long coastline dotted with numerous coves, bays and peninsulas, which afford a multitude of soft, sandy beaches along the beautifully blue Mediterranean Sea. Crete as one of Europe's most popular holiday destinations. The Island of Santorini is classically known as Thera, and officially Thira, is an Island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast of Greece's mainland. It is the largest Island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. The Minoan civilisation was an Aegean Bronze Age civilisation that arose on the Islands of Crete, Santorini and other Aegean Islands and flourished from approximately 3650 to 1400 BC. I hope you enjoy reading about these two beautiful Greek Islands.

About the Author

Alan was born in the city of Norwich in the county of Norfolk, England in 1949. When Alan was still a teenager he started painting whilst attending art classes in Norwich. In his mid-teens he had two paintings accepted for a National Art Exhibition held in London and other major UK cities. He rarely picked up a paint brush until Alan, his wife Susie and daughter Ginny (his other daughter Mandy is married and lives with her husband Adrian in Sheffield) moved out of the city of Norwich into the Norfolk countryside in 1993. They moved to a little West Norfolk village. The village was very peaceful and pretty. This helped inspire Alan to take up watercolour painting once again. In 2004 they moved to another small West Norfolk village near Downham Market where they still live today.