Nikolaou Nomikou is Oia’s crowded main street and is lined with shops, cafes, galleries, hotels and boutiques. It’s also where you find the path to the Instagram-famous blue domed churches. We had trouble at first finding the spot where everybody goes to get that classic shot. It’s not immediately obvious. When we finally got some directions, it turned out to be very easy. Here’s how we found it. From the Panagia Church, we walked (with the church at our backs), around to our right, towards Nikolaou Nomikos St. As we walked down the main street, we very quickly saw a large white church on our left (the Gold & Silver shop at #49 was on our right). We turned left immediately after the church into a small, narrow path that lead us to a strange door that looked like it could open right onto the cliff edge. From here, we right, to the very popular viewing point for the domes. Had we wanted to get a chance at the prime photo-taking position, we would have had to wait in line. Returning to Nikolaou Nomikou, I found the rest of the street chaotically crowded and we didn't linger long and made our way down to the end of the street to the old castle lookout point.

The “classic” blue domes of Oia in Santorini. It was very busy when we visited but we were able to get some great photos of the domes and the view. Worth the time invested to visit; walk along the top of the hill as there are some neat shops and you can find other spots to enjoy the view that are less crowded.

Beautiful view but very crowded, can take 30-35 minutes to get to photo spot . You can go left at fork in road to see the blue domes , this is what we did do to line. The streets are very crowded and have to walk single file through town.