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Archaeological bus tour to Akrotiri excavations & Red beach
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Santorini is famous for its whitewashed houses and beautiful sunset, but the island is also home to a number of historical landmarks. Embark on a bus tour of the Greek island and see traditional villages, the Akrotiri excavations, and a notable monastery. You also stop at the Red Beach and black-sand Perivolos Beach, where you can participate in a wine tasting.
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$42.75
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$42.75

Santorini Sightseening Tour
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With steep, narrow roads and crowded parking lots, Santorini is no place to self-drive. Skip the stress and get the benefits of deep local knowledge when you join this native driver/guide for a door-to-door private tour by Mercedes. See the Akrotiri archaeological site (admission own expense), black sand and red sand beaches, the scenic villages of Pyrgos, Imerovigli, and Oia, and the Monastery of Profitis Ilias.
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$250.26
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$250.26
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6 hours - Semi Private Island Tour with Wine Tasting and Food Pairing
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Discover the sights and flavors of Santorini as you embark on an island sightseeing tour. Join a small group and visit the main attractions including the archaeological site of Akrotiri, Perivolos volcanic beach, and the villages of Pyrgos, Megalochori, and Oia. You also make a stop at a local vineyard where you enjoy a traditional Greek lunch paired with local wines.
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$161.62
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$161.62

Santorini Unique Experience - Road Tour
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Exploring Santorini independently can be tricky without a hire car. Make things smooth and simple, and add the insight and commentary of a guide to your explorations, on this small-group tour. Traveling by Mercedes minivan, cover the highlights with ease: visiting Oia, blue-domed churches, traditional villages, and a winery for wine-tastings. An effortless way to capture the essence of the island, with hotel, airport, or port pickup and drop-off included.
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$229.40
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$229.40

Santorini Customized Tours
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Our customized tours enable you to shape your experience of the island according to your individual preferences and desires.
Through our knowledge, experience, passion and huge respect for the island, you will explore highlights of Santorini with exclusively personalized customer service.
Private Tours / Concierge Services
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$156.41
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$156.41
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Full Day Santorini Highlights and Venetian Castles Small Group Tour
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With this full day tour, you won’t need a crystal ball (or a guidebook) to find Santorini’s historical and cultural highlights. Skip the crowded tour buses and strangers getting in your postcard-perfect photos; explore the island in a small group, getting around in an air-conditioned minivan. Visit remarkable Venetian castles in Emporio and Akrotiri, marvel at the ocean views from Firostefani and Skaros Rock, and watch the sunset over the picturesque village of Oia.
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$93.85
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$93.85

Santorini Day Tour with Sunset in Oia
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Enjoy a day of discovery on Santorini island on this tour from Fira. With an itinerary that covers all the must-see sights, the tour lets you find your own favorite spots on the island. Visit the volcanic Red Beach, Akrotiri Archaeological Site, a winery, the Prophet Elias Monastery, and then finish on a high note as you watch the sun slip into the sea from Oia village. A tasting of Santorini’s distinctive wine is included.
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$57.35
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$57.35

Oia Sunset and Traditional Villages Full Day Tour
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Experience Santorini’s nature and history on this all-day guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, explore Akrotiri, a well-preserved Bronze Age settlement buried in ash nearly 3,600 years ago in a volcanic eruption. Then head to the cliffside village of Oia and admire a magnificent sunset—along with the famous Blue Dome Church, Prophet Elias Monastery, and other sites.
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$62.56
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$62.56

Private Classic Santorini Panorama: Visit the most popular destinations!
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Explore Santorini’s most iconic landmarks on this private sightseeing trip. Visit the island’s highest peak, the Red and Black beaches, small villages and family farms, the Akrotiri Lighthouse, and the famous village of Oia. For the afternoon departure, spend the day soaking up the atmosphere of the island and admiring the views of the Aegean Sea before ending the tour with a beautiful sunset in the village of Oia.
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$198.12
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$198.12
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Santorini Volcano & Hot Springs Tour
350
Get off Santorini’s main island and explore the volcanic islets around it, which are home to unique volcanic landscapes. Visit two islets accessible only by boat. Sail to Nea Kameni to hike up to the crater of the active volcano (own expense) and to Palea Kameni, where you can soak in naturally-heated pools.
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$26.07
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$26.07

Santorini Volcanic Islands Cruise: Volcano, Hot Springs and Thirassia
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This tour provides a stress-free overview of Santorini’s natural and historic beauty, making it ideal for first-time visitors and travelers with limited time. Board your traditional Greek Caique boat and venture out to the volcano of Santorini. Climb to the top and take in the views before sailing to the warm, sulfuric waters where you can have a dip. Visit Thirassia and enjoy free time to explore before heading back to Santorini,
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$46.92
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$46.92

Santorini Highlights Tour with Wine Tasting from Fira (small group up to 10)
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See Santorini’s highlights quickly on this tour from Fira. See the charming village of Oia, with its white houses and scenic terraces set on the cliffside over the blue waters of the caldera, along with the picturesque towns of Pyrgos and Megalochori. First-time visitors can get an overview of the island, including a wine tasting, and because it’s a small-group tour, receive plenty of personal attention.
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$93.85
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$93.85
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Santorini Sunset Dinner Cruise Including Nea Kameni Visit
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Experience Santorini’s scenery, hot springs, and beaches on a cruise with onboard dinner and glass of wine included. After pickup from your hotel, settle onto your cruise boat, and sail around the caldera and island’s shores. Along the way, bathe in the Nea Kamini hot springs; explore the beaches; and savor a delicious 2-course Greek dinner while floating on the water as the sun sets.
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$99.06
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$99.06

Tailor Made Private Tours in Santorini (3 hours)
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With experience of over 10 years in sightseeing excursions on the unique island of Santorini, we will make sure that you experience all the beauty, see all the important sights but also discover all the hidden treasures. As our tours can be arranged according to individual wishes, we provide half day or full day tours or as many hours tours are required to meet your needs.
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$417.09
per group
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$417.09
per group

6 Hours Private Island Tour with Wine Tasting and Food Pairing
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Private Tour includes:
Visit to Pyrgos Traditional Village. Built in the 15th century by occupying Venetians, it’s one of the island’s five best preserved castle ruins
Akrotiri Excavation of the Prehistoric City of Akrotiri*. This archeological wonder is one of the most important prehistoric sites of the Aegean, and the very first settlement on Santorini, dating from the Late Neolithic period (from the 4th millennium BC).
Self-guided tickets to Akrotiri Excavations.
Vlichada Beach with its very distinctive white volcanic cliffs sculpted beautifully by the sea winds.
Drive along the 4km length of the Perivolos black sand beach
Visit to Megalochori Traditional Village. Dating back to the 17th century, when traders and wealthy landowner barons exported a famous wine of the island called Vinsanto.
Visit Oia village to explore on foot and enjoy unique photographic opportunities with exquisite cliffside views.
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$364.96
Price varies by group size
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$364.96
Price varies by group size

Half-Day Santorini South Coast and Akrotiri Tour from Fira
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Take in the highlights of Santorini’s southern shore on this half-day tour from Fira. Visit the Monastery of Prophet Elias and the traditional village of Megalochori; stroll the black sand beach of Perivolos; and explore the Minoan archaeological site of Akrotiri.
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$42.75
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$42.75

4 Hours Tailor Made Tour in Santorini
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With experience of over 10 years in sightseeing excursions on the unique island of Santorini, we will make sure that you experience all the beauty, see all the important sights but also discover all the hidden treasures. As our tours can be arranged according to individual wishes, we provide half day or full day tours or as many hours tours are required to meet your needs.
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$573.50
per group
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$573.50
per group

Explore Akrotiri Private Tour
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Step back nearly 4,000 years on a private 3-hour tour of ancient Akrotiri on Santorini. With a knowledgeable private guide, explore the well-preserved ruins of this one-time Minoan settlement, destroyed by a volcano in around 1450 BC. Inspect the excavated houses and buildings, see the remnants of kitchens and drainage systems, and hear about the vivid frescoes that once graced the walls. Learn about the long-ago inhabitants, how their town was buried under ash, and how Minoan society and culture was far ahead of mainland European civilization at the time.
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$364.96
per group
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$364.96
per group

Santorini Private Guided Full Day Tour
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Discover Santorini on a private guided tour covering the highlights and historical part of the island.
This is a beautiful island with plenty to see and plenty to do. So, if you want to truly immerse yourself in all we have to offer, the Santorini Full Day Private Guided Tour is the best option for you.
This tour combines fantastic views, local traditional villages, beaches with unique colors, and a visit to the highest point on the island Profitis Ilias.
You’ll see local life, taste the local food at the traditional tavern.
End your day with the unique sunset view in Village Oia.
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$886.32
per group
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$886.32
per group

Akrotiri guided tour
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Get an in-depth overview of Akrotiri, the 3,600-year-old Minoan city preserved by a volcanic eruption, on this time-saver private tour. You’ll get enriching historical context on the ruins of the ancient city, learning about the day-to-day lives of its ancient inhabitants as well as the 1967 discovery of the site.
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$158.53
per group
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$158.53
per group

Private Historical Santorini Day Tour
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Discover the history and myths of beautiful Santorini.
Why is Santorini interesting?
Some theories support that Thira was the site of the capital of Atlantis the lost civilization.
Discoveries made in an important city near Akrotiri and the famous Red Beach showed the existence of an ancient Minoan colony.
It has taken thousands of volcanic eruptions for the island to be formed.
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$255.47
Price varies by group size
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$255.47
Price varies by group size

Traditional Santorini Half-Day Guided Tour with Horse Riding
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Step away from the windmills and blue domes of Instagram fame and see a different side of Santorini when you book this half-day tour. Ride horses from the unspoiled village of Megalochori to the crater rim; visit the Tomato Industrial Museum to learn about the island’s canning trade; explore the museum at the Canava Distillery; and savor a 3-course restaurant lunch with a glass of red and white wine.
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$469.23
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$469.23

Akrotiri Excavations Guided Tour
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The Akrotiri Excavation Guided Tour will take you on a journey back to the island’s most significant time in history. Along with the licensed guide you will discover all aspects of the prehistoric settlement of Akrotiri where an important civilization thrived and was then destroyed by the massive eruption of 1612 B.C. Wonder around the alleys and the buildings that once housed the Pompeii of the Aegean Sea.
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$52.14
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$52.14

Guided Tour: the Myth of Lost Atlantis
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Visit Akrotiri, a well-preserved Bronze Age settlement on the island of Santorini. Listen to your official licensed guide explain how the inhabitants lived and point out the unique frescoes as you walk through the streets past 4,000-year-old buildings. Then explore the world's first museum dedicated to the legend of Atlantis disappearance. With the help of innovative technologies, learn about Santorini Minoan history and its connections to Atlantis. Join in a brand-new museum culture experience.
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$291.96
Price varies by group size
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$291.96
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