Reading book at the Atlantis Bookshop

Atlantis Books on Santorini has become a popular tourist attraction and one of Europe's most enchanting bookshops. Hideaway for a while in this enchanting bookshop, where tones of Greek mythology sit alongside rare first editions and dusty Mediterranean maps. A terrace overlooks the Aegean Sea. Bookshelves swing back to reveal hidden, lofted beds where the shop’s workers can sleep. Take a moment to sit on the scenic terrace, where the sweeping views and immersive pages will have you escaping into a new world – even if only for a few minutes.

This quaint literary haven on the main marble street of Oia is calling to bookworms with its wide selection of fiction and non-fiction works in every genre under the sun, as well as a vintage collection of classic mysteries and deep-dives into ancient Greece.

The owner started receiving emails from writers who wanted to stay at the world's most beautiful writer's colony, which was located on the island Plato thought to be the long-lost Atlantis, as news traveled along the road that visiting writers could also spend summer evenings there writing and sleeping.

Location: Nomikos Street, Oía 847 02.