Volcanology

In a feature piece on the Greek island of Santorini, Travel and Leisure editor, Erika Owen presents 8 secret things people might not know about the iconic island.

Pompeii’s Antiquarium Museum has reopened after 36 years displaying a new exhibition including a vivid audio-visual recreation of the moment the ancient city was destroyed in 79 AD, when Mount Vesuvius erupted burying Pompeii and its inhabitants under a thick carpet of volcanic ash.

What Europe lacks in size, it makes up for in style, says Conde Nast Traveller and we couldn’t agree more!

Staggering alpine views, fields of lavender and vine, limestone cliffs, and art and architecture threatening to upstage some of nature’s finest.

Conde Nast Traveller compiled a list with 50 of the most breathtaking sites across Europe.

For Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards survey, readers were asked to evaluate islands around the world, ranking individual characteristics like romance, food and even how friendly they are.

Researchers have discovered an interconnected series of subsea pools which contain high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the waters off the island of Santorini, Greece.

Elafonisi in Greece is among the 14 best beaches in the world and the second best in Europe for 2016, according to the leading travel platform TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards.

Moreover, another five Greek beaches are among the best 15 in Europe: Limnionas Zakynthos, Balos, Agios Pavlos Lindos, Sarakiniko Milos and Egremni Lefkada.

Santorini is among the 10 most popular destinations for couples, according to Travel Smart survey of global hotel reservation platform, Agoda (property of the Priceline Group).

The research is based on millions of bookings and reviews on Agoda taken from couples and singles.

Santorini ranked fifth in list of the most attractive destination for couples in the world.

Great tension prevails on the  island of Kos at the old military camp of Pyli where government has started construction works for the creation of a hotspot.

According to local media the residents have lit fires blocking the road and preventing anyone to pass through.

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano located 30 miles from the Sendai nuclear power plant has erupted spewing lava and ash 2Km into the sky.

The Meteorological Agency said the eruption began at around 7pm local time, while it banned entry to the area expanding an existing no-go zone around the crater to a 1.2-mile radius.

Two icy volcanoes may erupt at Pluto’s south pole, according to images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

The images show two mountains in circular shape and with deep depressions in their centers. One, Wright Mons, is 3 to 5 kilometres high and the other, Piccard Mons, is up to 6 kilometres high.