Swimming Santorini – Open Water Swimming from a Volcano

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The Santorini Experience will be held for the 7th consecutive year from October 3rd to 6th on Santorini Island in Greece. It is one of the World’s Top 100 Island Swims.

Santorini has its breathtaking views, especially when viewed from its surrounding waters as swimmers look towards its dominating volcano and beautiful beaches. The 2.4 km swim held amid the Cyclades is one of a kind Aegean Sea archipelago, located southeast of the Greek mainland.

While swimmers look up towards the caldera, runners compete along the 5 km, 10 km, and 15 km trial runs overlooking the caldera and dryland views of the volcano.

Swimmers start from the volcano and finish at the old port of Fira in an average water temperature at 20-22°C. Swimmers can also enjoy free rides up and down the island’s cable car.

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Santorini Experience 2024 – Official Teaser Video (https://youtu.be/pkBN5XGfuG0)

Free Participation for Thira Municipality Citizens

The citizens of Thira Municipality (Santorini) can participate for free.

Thira Mayor Nikos Zorzos said, “We are especially pleased that the event we started in 2015 has laid strong foundations and continues dynamically, as an institution, to strengthen the sports tourism of our island. The global interest of professional and amateur athletes will turn once again to Santorini in October and will be the beginning of other major events. Santorini Experience will attract quality tourists who will be able to combine sports with the unparalleled beauty of our destination, get to know the local culture of the island, and of course, boost the local economy. We are proud that this unique path used in the event’s running routes is available to our visitors, and they can walk it all year round”.

Deputy Mayor of Culture and Sports of Thira Eleftherios Tzouros said: “Santorini Experience is an initiative of the Municipality of Thira that proves that sports can be a strong incentive for a tourist to travel, to obtain new and unique experiences, to create excellent memories, and to return to a destination that can offer them everything. We begin our sports activities with running and swimming, aiming to include many more side events in our schedule that will appeal to the residents of Santorini and the young people living on the island, and which will be attended by major personalities of global and Greek sports. After all, residents of Thira will be able to participate in the event for free. We are already working on offering special prices to visitors, facilitating their trip to Santorini”.