The ultimate sports experience can be enjoyed at Santorini from May 1 through to May 3 when the Santorini Experience takes place. Participants will be able to enjoy the unique paths outlined by the organizers while enjoying the island’s beauty. The events kick off with races for students at Perissa. A 1.5-mile swimming race will be implemented from the volcano to the old port on May 2, while a program will be fulfilled on Sunday, May 3, giving people of all ages the chance to run along the magic path connecting Oia with Fira in routes of 21.1km (half marathon), 10 km and 5km races.

Thira Mayor Anastasios-Nikolaos Zorzos, stated: “Sports is an activity inspired by nature, so it is important to be placed within it. So what would be better than an experience that can combine sports with the beauties of nature, especially when they are unique, such as Santorini’s Caldera and the volcano view. This event is an opportunity to discover the island, to meet its unknown aspects, to engage with the natural landscape and enjoy its own special beauty, through an internal need of exercise and relief, such as sports. We would like to welcome you to Santorini Experience and wish you ‘faster, higher, stronger for this and for every race … in your life’.”

Deputy Mayor Roula Bellonia highlighted: “Every participation in a sporting event revitalize not only the physical but also the mental health of human. Santorini Experience, this unique sports experience is in harmony with nature and combines the messages of fair play and welfare. The target is, not only to experience these values, but also to leave them as a legacy for the future. This legacy can be ensured with your participation in the sport activities that will take place and through which a remarkable amount will be gathered to help building a track on the island. We believe that sports should always be part of our priorities.”

DAPPOS President Eleftherios Tzouros underlined: “The event Santorini Experience after the coordinated efforts of the Municipality of Thira, DAPPOS and the Group of Active Media is now a fact. For the first time in our island there will be organized such a grand sporting event and we hope it will become a significant annual event. Santorini, once again is ready to host such an important sports event, highlighting the unique and wild beauty of the island, while at the same time the message “healthy mind in a healthy body” is more apposite than ever.”

Swimming coach at Greek National Swimming Federation Nikos Gemelos stated also: “With great pleasure I undertake the general supervision of the swimming competitions of the event, in an overall effort which is made to spread “swimming” in Greece and abroad. It is important to support such activities, which promote our seas, an element which is inseparable from our country.”

It is worth noting that the organization will offer part of each participation fee to the concentration of a total amount to be given to Thira Municipality for the construction of an athletic field in the Santorini island. For your registration, please visit the official website of the race: www.santorini-experience.com

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