Santorini Highlights and Wine Tasting: A Small-Group Tour Exploring Quintessential Villages
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Oia
Explore the secrets of Santorini on a small-group tour, visiting picturesque villages, the famous village of Oia, the archaeological site of Akrotiri, and the Prophet Elias Monastery. Customize your itinerary and discover hidden gems with a private driver-guide.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Oia - Tour starts from your hotel at 09:15 a.m. You will show you ONE unique place where you can take the famous picture you see on virtually every Santorini postcard, the famous BLUE DOMES. There you will enjoy the famous village of Santorini. A wonderful village in the most romantic corner of our country, somewhere in the white streets of Santorini. It is the time when the creeks of Oia are filled with people from all parts of the earth.
  • Santorini - Enjoy a wine tasting in a traditional winery will take place where you will have the chance and get to know the bottling and the maturing process of Santorinian wines. Try 4 types of volcanic wines accompanied by local snacks.
  • Monastery of Profitis Ilias - Enjoy scenic views of Mt. Prophet Ilias, the highest point of the island, above Pyrgos village.
  • Megalochori - Traditional Village - Then you will walk in the small narrow streets into a beautiful and traditional village, Megalochori.
  • Akrotiri Lighthouse - Admire the last rock of Santorini, the lighthouse.
  • Perissa Black Sand Beach - The most famous and distinct beach of the island. The beautiful beach full of black sand.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Wine tasting
  • Driver/guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Explore the mysteries of Santorini on a 6-hour journey, complete with a high-end private air-conditioned minivan/car and a personal driver-guide. Customize your itinerary to suit your preferences, explore at your own pace, and take in everything the island has to offer.
Journey through Santorini’s scenic villages with your personal driver-guide. Take time to enjoy the renowned village of Oia/Ia, a beautiful location tucked away in the country’s most romantic corner, nestled in the white streets of Santorini. Here you can capture that iconic image that graces nearly every Santorini postcard, the acclaimed blue domes.
Explore the archaeological site of Akrotiri, a prehistoric settlement preserved under volcanic ash.
Visit the Prophet Elias Monastery, situated at the island’s summit.
Request your driver-guide to show you Santorini’s hidden treasures, often overlooked by tourists, allowing you to experience the charm of Santorini to its highest degree.

  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
  • The pickup point of cruise ship passengers will be on top of cruise port’s, close to cable car in Fira.
  • This is a small group (shared) tour, that can accommodate up to 8 people
Location
Oia
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Vacationer817800
Oct 8, 2023
Authentic Santorini - Raphael gave us a wonderful tour of the island with insights into the history and culture. We got a great appreciation of Santorini. Highly recommend!
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Marcusln7738zi
Oct 3, 2023
Amazing experience - Amazing tour and very informed guide (he timed all our stops perfectly to avoid a lot of the crowds). I highly recommend doing this early in your Santorini vacation as it will help you understand where all the spots worth visiting are located.
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L6353vqmatthewr
Oct 3, 2023
The most amazing tour of Santorini - The tour guide was kind, insightful, thoughtful, and very knowledgeable about everything in Santorini. We had such a great experience and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to see all of the island and enjoy great wine.
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Irvinejax
Sep 30, 2023
Best tour ever! - Fantastic tour - saw so much of the island and learned so much about the history, culture and about the wine companies as well as population details and so much more. Great photo’s and views and George our guide was so good and pleasant to talk too. Thoroughly recommend this tour!
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Curious32617391411
Sep 30, 2023
Best tour in the island - Fantastic tour! We were driven around the whole island, explained a lot about its history, culture and wine. We have seen both ends of the island. We have been able to see north, south, east and west coast which is pretty impressive and varied. George has been very attentive and friendly, has a lot of knowledge of everything and wine also! He is a knowledges person. And fantastic tour guide. It has been a lucky find and we would definitely recommend it!
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Q9708cmcolinr
Sep 30, 2023
Santorini wine and views - Great views. Loved the wine tour and all the wines we tried were great. The tour guide , George , was helpful and informative and good company. I would recommend this tour (and George) to anyone visiting Santorini. Colin & Jax
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Marysv7362zc
Sep 27, 2023
Best of Santorini with Raphael and Wine! - We were able to see the best of Santorini. Raphael was an excellent tour guide. We had an amazing time!! 🍷 was awesome! Highly recommended!!
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535happ
Sep 26, 2023
Great intro to the entire island of Santorini! - Raphael was awesome, entertaining and knowledgeable. We really enjoyed our tour. We got a great overview of the entire island. The wine tasting was very yummy.
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R6044pdlisat
Sep 26, 2023
Nice highlight of the island - The tour was a very nice highlight of the key places of Santorini. The private car and driver were great in the heat, a nice break from each location. George was very patient!
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Michael-anastasia
Sep 24, 2023
Excellent Experience with George - George took us to all best places. We had amazing experiences looking at sites, tasting wine and asking George questions - he is very knowledgeable about Santorini! Thank you 🙏
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