Santorini like most of the Cycladic islands has a great history.

Santorini has plenty of archeological sites which prove the first man presence on the island back to the Neolithic Period. Santorini history had the same evolution that in the other islands of the Cyclades. An important civilization seems to have existed at Akrotiri, at the south of the island, next to the famous Red beach, dating back to 3600BC. It was proved that Akrotiri was a Minoan city, like those found in Crete. The houses were plenty of frescos and pottery showing naturalistic landscapes or animals or humans. In ancient time, Santorini , then called Strongili means rounded in Greek language , was the victim of an enormous volcano eruption dating back to 1500BC and what remained to day are Thera Therasia and Aspronisi.

Santorini history says that the explosions created huge waves which washed the shores of the surrounded island and Crete. The consequence of the explosion is that a part of the island sank and the earthquakes destroyed all the rest of the island. Many people relate the sinking of the island to the mythical Atlantis. Santorini history says that around 1300BC, Phoenicians settled for five generations. Around 1115 BC, the island was colonized by Lacedaemoniann.

Around 825BC, the Phoenician alphabet was imported on the island, in Milos and Crete and the Hellenic language was created. In the 7th and 6th centuries BC, Thera shared relations with most of the trade island of Greece, Corinth and Attica.

In 300 -145 BC, during the Hellenistic Period, Thera, for its position in the Cyclades, became a important strategically naval base.

From 197 BC to 726 AC , Santorini history says that the volcano exploded four time. Between 1200AC and 1579AC, the islands saw the occupation by the Byzantines and the Venetians. From 1579 to 1821AC Santorini was occupied by the Turkish until the Greek Revolution