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Day Tour to Santorini Island from Heraklion Crete Santorini, the gem of Cyclades
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Santorini, the jewel of the Cyclades. This globally recognized island is celebrated for its Caldera views, charming white buildings perched on its cliffs, and renowned volcanic sand beaches. Being just 2 hours from Crete adds to its allure, making it a must-visit attraction when you’re in Heraklion.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Heraklion - We will start collecting participants from pick-up points in the morning.
Depending on the place of your hotel/apartment the bus drive to the port of Heraklion will differ. -
Sailing In Cretan and Aegean Sea - Enjoy a 2.5 hours journey by a high-speed boat from Crete to Santorini.
On board you can enjoy drinks and snacks from the snack bar (not included) -
Athinios Port Santorini - Arrival on Santorini after about 2 hours boat trip.
Embarkation on the buses for the guided tour. -
Oia - Bus Drive to Oia: 40 minutes
Visit the beautiful blue and white village built on the cliffs of Santorini, providing amazing views of the volcanic Caldera.
Participants will enjoy about 1 hour and 45 minutes of free time, to photograph the Aegean architecture and the unique view over the caldera and the Aegean sea. -
Fira - Bur Drive to Fira: 30 minutes
Fira is the capital town of Santorini. Enjoy 1 hour and 20 minutes of free time there.
Then, there are 2 options for the next 1.5 hours:
- take a cruise to the volcano and hot springs (extra charge - ask your guide because this option is available only in high-season months and when the weather approves)
- stay longer in Fira and enjoy lunch in one of the restaurants overlooking the breathtaking Caldera of Santorini.
- Athinios Port Santorini - Return to the port, embarkation on the boat and return to Heraklion port.
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Heraklion - Embarkation in the buses and drive back to the hotels where we gathered participants in the morning.
Depending on traffic and on the pick-up places of each one, the time of journey back to the hotel will differ.
What's Included
- Liability Insurance Coverage by ALLIANZ
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Professional Driver
- Expert Tour Guide
- All fees and taxes included
- High-speed boat Ferry Tickets
What's Not Included
- Snacks
- Cruise from Santorini to the Volcano
Location
SeaJets Kiosk of Heraklion Port - Santorini Cruise
Please go to the desk where participants for the tour to Santorini are waiting, in order to exchange Vouchers with ferry tickets.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Daniel_e
Jun 1, 2024
Great value - Well worth the cost for an adventure packed day. I really enjoyed everyone who worked hard to create a memorable experience . Highly recimmended ! Also go to Santorini in Saturday .. no cruise ships !!!
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Lucyanne_d
May 26, 2024
Stunning - Once in a life time trip. Stunning place with breathtaking views. Lived up to every expectation. Our tour guide Elenor was brilliant. She was very informative, patient and accommodating. A great experience which will always be remembered.
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Vilhelmt2019
Apr 29, 2024
Beautiful Santorini - A full amazing day with a professional Gide her name Tania all was very well organised spot on in all ….Tania was so professional explaining a lot of historical and geographical details .was in many tours but this one was amazing
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Nathaliekm9579pd
Jun 8, 2024
Postcard landscapes but timed visits - Transport and guide very good - To do - Superb landscapes - already lots of people and you have to queue to photograph the domes - shocked by the garbage outside the cities
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Gavinb860
Jun 2, 2024
Awesome Tour - Great well organised tour, nice guide and bus driver. We looked up cruise ship schedule and choose a day where no ships were in. Good choice as it was crowded even without the thousands of cruisers! A must see in your lifetime beautiful place!
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Samuel37000
May 26, 2024
Superb but too many tourists! - Everything is well organized, from the bus pickup to the ferry and the island excursion with a perfect guide. The visit and the view are superb but you have to accept this huge crowd! Even waiting in line to take the photo of the white houses with blue roofs... A tiring day and a bit of speed but it's worth it overall... according to the guide, you have to spend a night there to avoid the rush of buses and cruise ships which all arrive around 11 a.m.... To do at least once anyway!!!
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Adrian_t
May 10, 2024
Good value as a one time thing - Trip itself was very well organized, the guide was very professional and added a lot of information to the trip which otherwise I would not have had. The price is very good considering the standalone ferry tickets are basically as expensive.
The bad had nothing to do with the trip organizers, rather with the design of Oia in periocular. Even in pre-season (Early May) the small streets were completely full and you basically had to push yourself through if you wanted to get forward in a decent speed. If you did not, because of the time constraints you could only get to far into the town...
Fira was much more capable accommodating the insane amount of people but Oia was just not designed with tourism in mind.
Overall can recommend it but I definitely only needed it once in my lifetime.
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Réglisseland
Jun 8, 2024
Santorini in June - Santorini is a beautiful destination. But a lot of travel for a short time there. We were lucky not to go there on a day when the cruise passengers disembarked. We didn't take the iconic photo of Santorini...waiting in an alley in the heat when we only had an hour and a half visit...knowing that we had no interest in being late for the bus ...and the very chaotic return by boat...20 minutes in the hold to wait in the noise and heat without a guide...not recommended for people with mobility problems.
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Glenn_s
Jun 13, 2024
Very very hot and nearly missed ferry home - santorini too hot and too pavked with tourists to be enjoyable and all prices were 50% higher than most other islands. Tour guide whilst lovely got times muddled for meeting and regrouping then coach was stuck in coach park and blocked in so when out eventually driver went a different way and we were stuck in traffic luckily the sea jets ferry waited 10 minutes after launch time so we and other coaches could board.
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528jolantas
Jun 11, 2024
Couple wedding anniversary - Very disappointing, waist of money.
We felt like we have been travelling the whole day and we only had 3h of free time on the island. It was very busy, crowded and certainly not enough time. Running to take few pictures as we had to be back on a bus with very rude with bad manners driver called “Dimitris” who’s obviously not Greek so doesn’t know Greek hospitality.
Our guide Elena was very knowledgeable and nice on the other hand.
Overall it was a long day, we didn’t see much as it was to busy and not enough time. We have been told when we were buying the exclusión we will have 6h on Santorini, 2h in Oia 4h in Thira but we barely had 1,5h in each place.
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