The single best sunset a boat can put you in front of. From the water you get the whole caldera at once, 300m of striped…The single best sunset a boat can put you in front of. From the water you get the whole caldera at once, 300m of striped volcanic cliff with white villages spilling over the rim, turning gold then pink then violet, while the sun drops behind Thirasia. Everyone ashore is fighting for a table; you have a 360-degree seat. The caldera is what remains of the Minoan eruption around 1600 BC, one of the largest volcanic events in human history, which buried the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri (a Pompeii-scale site, excavated and visitable) and may have contributed to the collapse of Minoan Crete and the Atlantis legend. Anchorage: Notoriously deep. A handful of shallow shelves near Ammoudi and Thirasia; most yachts hold station or take a buoy. Plan this one carefully. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally. More