The volcano of Santorini created the most wondrous piece of art at Red Beach. The even more impressive thing is that nature itself continues to work on this piece of art, as sun, rain water, wind and salt keep “forging” the rocks and constantly give them new shapes. Depending on the time of day, Red Beach sometimes looks like fire red and sometimes like dark velvet. Red Beach, in addition to red sand (derived mainly from the rocks), has also at some points the distinctive black sand of Santorini, as well as white sand – which is very rare on the island. The small bay formed by the rocks is relatively calm, except when there are south winds blowing – and even then, the waves usually do not prevent visitors from enjoying swimming in this amazing beach.