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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Brianna_l
Apr 19, 2024
Great day trip! - A fabulous day!! Tour Guide was amazing and provided a lot of interesting facts about the island! We really enjoyed this tour, it is a great way to see Santorini in a day! Very organized
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295julianeh
Apr 18, 2024
Well organised trip with a good tour guide - The whole trip is clearly well rehearsed and they have it done to a point. Ticket collection was fast and efficient. When I come off the ferry in Santorini it was was to find the bus! Always a plus. The tour guide was very nice and made sure everyone remembered where the meeting points were and when to meet again. They gave enough time to explore both places, Oia and Fira.
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Jasdeep_r
Apr 15, 2024
Most scenic views - Great experience with the most scenic views! Very polite and knowledgeable tour guide, tour was exactly as expected - thank you
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Janr_j
Apr 13, 2024
Bloody amazing - Fabulous trip great tour guide with lots of information and history
Loads of time to explore eat great food and experience total luxury shopping was great highly recommend this tour
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Miakw9072ty
Nov 15, 2023
Santorni with the PERFECT guide is excelent small trip :) - This tour was excellent, it was really well managed and executed. The busses were comfortable and the GUIDE was the BEST of the best. He was real Santorini guy, who really wanted for us to see the island, as it should be seen. I have never like guide tours in my life, but this one was special and you wanted to hear everything he said. He made Santorini very interesting, even the crowds. I do not remember his name but he deserves raise. The trip we took was from Heraklion on 19th of October it was bus 77 in Santorini. Santorini itself is beautiful, but if you want to visit it in quiet time, you need to make trip directly for few days. Santorini needs to be seen in full, and not for few hours, where 10 busses or more full of people go into town. But I would recommend this trip for those who just want to see Santorini especially with our TOUR GUIDE he was fantastic.
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S8159vgnicoled
Apr 16, 2024
A long exhausting day but worth it! - Although our tour started with a bit of confusion as we were given the incorrect pickup point, the tour operators were very accommodating and sent another driver to pick us up. The tour guide was friendly, spoke four languages and was very clear with the instructions throughout the day. We then jumped on the SeaJet ferry for the 2 hour journey to Santorini which was long but comfortable. Over the next 4 hours, our bus and guide then took us to visit both Oia and Thira, which were both beautiful but felt slightly rushed as we were allowed 2 hours at each (time for a quick lunch, some shopping & photos) before having to go back to the meeting point to return to the ferry. We had our 2 year old with us so it was a bit flustering having to rush along with him but still enjoyable and a great experience! Oia was busy but not as bad as during the high season. A long exhausting day but worth it!
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Secondsisterkc
Nov 9, 2023
Worth The TREK - 2 1/2 hour ferry ride was very relaxing and worth the trip. Blue domed whitewashed builds are a beautiful sight, up close and personal. The sea view is overwhelming. Rugged rocky landscape to walk, wear very comfortable shoes. This place is known for being overcrowded but during my visit.
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D1426ovleok
Apr 8, 2024
Too many tourists - The tour was very nice indeed, but the tour guide was speaking in a very weird manner so I didn't understand a lot of what he was saying. The island is beautiful, but filled with brainless tourists doing everything for that ''perfect instagram picture''. It is really annoying. It would also be better, in my opinion that the tour included archeological site of Akrotiri instead of two tourist packed but virtually the same towns.
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X5561evcristiang
Oct 31, 2023
There should be a guide in Spanish - Excellent opportunity to get to know the island
The hydrofoil trip is very pleasant and the bus excursion is great
I lowered the rating a lot because they don't have a guide in Spanish.
This UNJUSTIFIABLE omission is incredible!!!!
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Kelysar
Oct 30, 2023
Santorini - you can do it... - The organization of the tour worked excellently. At the port, you get your ticket with the corresponding bus number on Santorini at the ticket booth and the bus stays the same for the rest of the day. The guests are assigned to the buses in advance so that the guides can communicate in the language of their choice. We thought the price-performance ratio was good, especially since it was not cheaper to book the crossing directly at the time of our trip.
The crossing there and back was with the Seajet and took about two hours. Each guest has a seat and the seats are comfortable. There were very few toilets and they were fairly OK. For smokers: in the rear area of the Seajet you can go on deck and smoking is allowed there. The on-board bistro offers coffee and cold drinks as well as snacks.
I found the island itself a bit disappointing. Yes, the towns are made up towards the coast and there is something like a promenade. In the capital there are also very cute alleys with lots of shops. In terms of landscape, Santorini is not a gem and the further you go from the coast, the more dilapidated the buildings are.
For us, Santorini was on the to-do list because of its fame and it was OK, but I wouldn't go there a second time.
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