Experience the villages looking the Aegean on a guided day trip to Santorini.Transfer from Heraklion to a luxury catamaran. Soak up the caldera views, see the painted houses of Oia & stroll at the streets of Fira.
Start Heraklion port marvel at the blue & white buildings typical of the island on your way to the harbor.
Climb aboard with speed catamaran & journey to Santorini.Arrive at the port of Athinios,take a tour of the island.Learn about the history of one of the most romantic islands in Greece from your guide.
Travel through the beautiful countryside en route to the village of Oia at the northernmost tip of the island.Built on the lip of a volcanic caldera of the blue & white houses along the hillside.
Then to Fira and get plenty of free time to explore the island's capital. Stroll down the picturesque alleys & take in the views of the architecture typical to the Aegean.
Depart for Crete in the evening for the return trip to the Port of Heraklion, where the tour ends.
Posted By : tonywA9265BG
Long day 6.30am start - got back to hotel in hersonissis at 8.30 pm - there is no doubt that Santorini is stunningly Beautiful but it is a manic trip - visited 2 towns on organised trip both were extremely busy to the point of being tiresome
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Posted On : 2023-09-15 14:03:38 
Posted By : S379SNjoel
Pros:
Chris (bus 2) - was very nice, funny and knowledgable.
Cons:
The tour felt VERY rushed!
The value for money was quite poor
No inductions given - I had to look at reviews to see which/where the bus was after the port!
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Posted On : 2023-07-27 12:14:32
Posted By : daisym804
Like all beautiful places in the world sadly Santorini is overrun with tourists ,, so the day trip is just long enough to battle the crowds and catch a glimpse of an Island struggling to breath. What was Santorini like before tourists it would be wonderful to have learnt about a unique way of life, it must be awful to be a permanent resident today watching the growth of dirty litter and people.
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Posted On : 2023-03-19 19:29:00
Posted By : miriambJ7925HN
Ok tour, basically the cost covered the price of the ferry tickets for that day and we only had the day to see Santorini. It was fine, but got back exhausted and hungry. It's a quick, rushed, run through the island. It is hard to see the cities when there are a dozen other tour busses of people at the same spot, in the se tiny streets. Maybe 1-2 hours each, not really time to wait in lines for pics, see the sites, appreciate and sit down for food, or shop, nice shops. The boat tour was an additional $20 euro not $16 as mentioned. The ferry was nice but filled mostly with people on this tour. Be prepared for massive lines, mobs, crowds to get on and off, which they herd people through quite quickly.
Next time, we would have opted to take the ferry at a less crowded time and stay on the island so we could be there without this tour influx.
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Posted On : 2022-09-25 04:18:46
Posted By : Sena N
Santorini is great. You should visit this plase. Everything was organised perfectly! The guide is very profesional..
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Posted On : 2022-09-18 14:29:57
Posted By : Rema_D
The tour was way too hectic and tried to compress too much in the day. The day began with a chaotic boat ride on Seajets. Our party was not on their list of passengers despite us having paid in full for the trip. They added our group to the list and issued us the boat tickets. Getting on the boat is chaotic - everyone climbs on the car deck and then there is a mass of people trying to enter.
The main seating area on the boat is comfortable.
Once we got off the boat, the bus tour began. It was very hectic. There was only one hour allotted at the main attraction - the city of Oia. The sound system on the bus was horrendous. The tour guide’s directions were confusing. The tour guide himself did not join us into the main scenic area, as a result of which we found ourselves trying hard to find his suggested spots. Finally we saw the place in a rush by asking different store owners the way. The tour then went to Fira, the capital city. Again, it was rushed, with the guide pushing us to eat at one specific restaurant.
The tour operators sold hard a boat ride to a volcanic caldera. We opted into that boat ride - it turned out to be just that - a boat ride. Since we did not know in advance that we would be able to swim in the hot springs, we just stayed on the boat.
Though Santorini was supposed to be the highlight of our visit to Greece, it was very underwhelming because of the way this tour was organized. We saw the main sights, took photos, but that was it. I think they should have restricted the bus ride to Oia, and eliminated the boat ride to the caldera. Perhaps they could have included a nice restaurant or bar in Oia for its view - even if we had to pay for the food consumed.
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Posted On : 2022-08-09 06:41:28 
Posted By : Brian_B
Oia ands Fira we’re both beautiful, would have liked more time in Oia….might just have to go back and stay 1 or 2 nights 😍
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Posted On : 2022-07-30 13:15:59
Posted By : Nadia_S
The trip was Not all what I paid for!!!
It was a horrific experience.
I will never use Viator again.
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Posted On : 2022-06-30 10:00:22
Posted By : Nicki_R
The logistics of this trip were pretty chaotic. It was confusing to figure out where to meet the bus pickup. Once we figured out that we were supposed to meet them at a public bus station, it was confusing to figure out which bus to get on. The bus dropped us off at the port without instructions. We waited in a very long line and were handed a packet of tickets, again with no instruction. We boarded the boat and rode to Santorini and when we got off, we had no idea where to go. There were 20 busses in the parking lot and nobody had told us which one was ours (nothing said “Platanos or Viator). It turned out there was a handwritten number on the top ticket in the bundle and, apparently, that was the bus number. Things went more smoothly once we were on the bus. Our tour guide, Bruno, was very knowledgeable and fun. He communicated instructions clearly and provided helpful tips for each stop.
Santorini was beautiful and did not disappoint. Oia was the better stop, the capital was not as picturesque and we didn’t know what to do there. I would have rather just spent the whole day in Oia.
We are experienced travelers and this trip was kind of stressful and frustrating for us. Things could have been much better communicated and planned. That’s being said, we did make it to Santorini and we enjoyed ourselves very much.
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Posted On : 2022-06-16 02:23:34
Posted By : Adam_D
Well organised tour and a brilliant way to have a busy day in santorini making sure to make the most of the time we spent there!
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Posted On : 2021-10-16 09:38:13
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