Perissa Beach at the base of Mesa Vouno Mountain is Santorini’s longest black sand ... As you trek up the black lava ...

The sand itself is made of basalt from lava that cooled rapidly ... Another gem in Santorini, Kamari Beach, is a long stretch of black volcanic pebbles that offers a more upscale, resort-like ...

Santorini had lived in my imagination long ... There, we disembarked and walked around the black lava rocks of Tholos ...