Being that Oia is perched on the edge of a caldera, there must be some way to get down to the shoreline at the bottom, right? Actually, there are two ways. First, you can walk down approximately 350 steps. Now these are not your ordinary steps. They are approximately 4-5 foot landings that actually take about two or three steps per landing to cross. In other words, it’s a workout. The second way to get down is to go down these same steps, but have a donkey do the legwork while you perch yourself atop its back.
350 steps and counting
