Santorini's Minoan Excavations: A Full Day of Traditional Villages and Oia Sunset

Discover Santorini’s Minoan excavations, traditional villages, and ancient capital on a full-day tour. End the day in Oia and witness the breathtaking sunset from the island’s northernmost tip.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Akrotiri Archaeological Site - Begin your journey with a convenient pick-up from your hotel and travel in comfort by air-conditioned coach to the Akrotiri archaeological site (please note that the site is closed every Tuesday). Discover an ancient city preserved in time by a volcanic eruption 3,600 years ago. Enter with your guide to learn…
What's Included
  • Wine Museum entrance and wine tasting
  • Guide
  • Hotel pickup/Drop off from selected meeting points all over the island
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Personal expenses
  • Admission fees
Additional Information

Escape the allure of Santorini’s black sand beaches with a full-day excursion exploring its Minoan ruins, charming villages, ancient capital, and hidden settlements. Conclude the day at Oia, witnessing the sunset from the island’s northernmost point. After being picked up from your hotel, travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned coach to the Akrotiri…

Location
Akrotiri Archaeological Site
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Marnee_b
Jan 10, 2026
Sunset and Black Sand - I have mixed feels as the day was fantastic in the end but started off poorly as my ticket said I was to be picked up at the top of the cable car but this is a walking only area and there was no one to meet me. I don't speak the language and was unable to find clear directions to the actual meeting spot. Ultimately the tour left 10 minutes early and I was left behind. I paid for a cab to take me to the first stop, 30 minutes away. From there, the day was much better. Just be sure to get clear directions and leave lots of time to connect. The trip to the black sand beach in Perissa was definitely worth it and I enjoyed a delicious lunch seaside.
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Cindy_s
Oct 23, 2025
Great experience for great price! - This was an amazing tour. It was a full day packed with interesting information. All of our guides were well informed and able to add extra insights into our stops. This tour is well worth the money! Be ready to walk a lot up hill. Our only disappointment was how far the meeting point was from the cable cars where we arrived. It took approximately 20 minutes to walk to that point.
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Aida_b
Oct 11, 2025
Best tours - The experience was thoroughly enjoyable and ran smoothly. Our driver, Costa, was incredibly skilled—his driving was beyond words. Our tour guide, Mary/ Maria was amazing—knowledgeable, friendly, and engaging. Highly recommended!
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Cherieanne_m
Oct 8, 2025
Another beautiful day in Santorini - Our pickup had to change at the last minute, and Viator and NTA made it so smooth! Great variety to see and our guide Yannis helped everyone get great pictures and see the best vantage points. His suggestions in Oia to view the sunset made the perfect ending to a lovely day. It rained at the end, but we were treated well and had fun. Thank you so much! I am so impressed with the wonderful coach drivers on these road. So narrow, but they are amazing and accommodating. Thank you Nikos!
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Louanne_e
Sep 17, 2025
Perfect Day - Long day but amazing tour. Many stops make it interesting. Drove through many towns throughout the day. Winery was wonderful. Lots of opportunities for photos.
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Ivettej_c
Jun 30, 2025
This tour includes the... - This tour includes the most common places in Santorini plus wine tasting. It is very well organized leaving you enough time to see each place. Yanis was very knowledgeable and very accommodating to requests. He also provided good tips for each location.
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Tonia_r
Oct 8, 2025
The tour itself was very... - The tour itself was very well done. However, connecting with the Tour operator was difficult to find out the meeting place once we arrive to the airport. We were told from the ticket to meet someone at the airport. That was not correct. Please make this more transparent as it caused us some stress at the beginning of the tour.
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Geraldine_l
Jul 16, 2025
An outing full of history - Visit which was supposed to be very interesting but in English unfortunately not understandable for us.
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Jordan_b
Sep 21, 2025
Not the best… - Normally I find these tours excellent however this tour seemed to be the “one-off”. We got picked up which was great, then we were brought to a main spot where we were then informed once we were on the next bus that our tour was a combined French / English tour. Had I known it would have been like that when I signed up, I would have picked a different group. Iur guide even seemed surprised at the news as she was expecting a French only group. Our guide was very nice and with each stop she shared information in English and then in French. Half the time I didn’t know what was being said or felt very awkward being there as the other language was being spoken. It felt like we were moved into that tour because of overflow of the English only group. From now on I will be specifically asking to make sure we are on English only tours, as it significantly changed our experience for the worse. One stop of Akrotiri then delayed our other stops because the guide in Akrotiri was about 20 min late. Then when we got to the winery, it just felt rushed. I’ve taken a fair amount of Viator tours, and even did one similar to this during my last trip to Santorini 6 years ago, but did not get as much out of this tour as I normally do.
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Yustina_s
Aug 8, 2025
Wrong pickup and no care - Viator location was different from voucher and the driver simply left. Never texted before even though I texted many times prior with no response.
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From $65
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).