How to Photograph Santorini’s Blue Domes Without Crowds

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How to photograph the Oia blue domes in Santorini without the crowds. Here’s the timing and the one direction tip that actually works. Oia is one of Santorini’s biggest cruise ship stops, so by mid-morning the whole town turns into a slow-moving penguin march and the famous blue dome is buried behind a hundred people lining up for the same shot. The real fix is timing: get there at sunrise before the ships unload, or wait for sunset after they pull out. And here’s the tip nobody gives you… everyone turns right at the Church of Panagia Platsani for the famous frame, so go left instead, where the domes are just as beautiful with a fraction of the crowd. Sunrise or sunset for the blue domes, which one are you setting the alarm for? Let us know in the comments. #Santorini #Oia #SantoriniTravel

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