The Chinese love the beauty of the iconic island of Santorini and wanted to make a miniature of it in the Yunnan province in south-western China. They built a resort, a replica of the iconic island of Santorini even though far from the original scenery in the Aegean without sea and a volcano.
Built in a mountain settlement called “Dali’s Ideal State”, on the side of the Cangshan mountain range, the …Chinese Santorini overlooks the lake Erhai.
There may be no deep blue sea, a volcano, the famous caldera and the unique sunset light of the Aegean Sea but there are overall scenery may be ideal for …wedding photos for locals who can’t afford to travel abroad but always wanted an exotic experience.
“This resort town features beautiful landscapes and Santorini-style buildings, attracting many couples to take wedding photos,” as chinatoday.com.cn recently wrote.
The resort offers tourist inns, boutique hotels, businesses, apartments, all in white and many with cyclades-blue domes, small winding streets adorned with blooming bougainvilleas and other Mediterranean plants, a panoramic view of the water and the famous Greek iced-coffee Frappe.
It has become the focus and destination for many social media influencers in China.
Pictures by cherstravelsposted on social media in August 2023
The Chinese Santorini resort covers an area of 3700 acres, a total investment of 8 billion yuan or one billion euros.
For the Chinese it is the aspirational high-end tourist destination, appealing to a population that cannot travel abroad but can afford an “international experience” locally, noted Greek state broadcaster ERT.
As those in the know argue, the Chinese will never copy a place unless they truly admire and respect it, ERT added.
There is one in Colombia also ☺️
Do people in Greece still drink Frappe? I swear I haven’t seen anyone drink it in years
Frappe declined in popularity as the new coffee drink Freddo cappuccino’s have become more popular