Santorini Day Tour: Explore 'Lost Atlantis' from Heraklion with Sea Jets
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28 Ratings
Iraklio
Embark on a day tour to Santorini from Heraklion and explore the 'Lost Atlantis'. Visit the picturesque towns of Oia and Fira, learn about the island's fascinating history, and take stunning photos. Optional boat trip to the volcano available. Book now!
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Oia’s Main Street - Oia is a scenic village on the north west edge of the Santorini island within the Cyclades. It extends for almost 2 kms along the northern edge of the caldera that forms the island of Santorini, at a height of between 70 and 100 metres above sea level.
Oia typifies the white-painted houses of the Cyclades, in many cases built directly into niches which are cave houses used by crew of the ships, on the lip of the volcanic crater, between which are narrow alleys and blue-roofed churches with cupolas.
The landscape is stunning, Oia’s white houses are contrasting with the black and red volcanic rocks of the island.
- Three Bells of Fira - Fira is a capital of the island and a city of white-washed houses built on the edge of the 400 metres high caldera on the western edge of the island. You will enjoy 1,5 hour walk, during which you can see The Three Bells Church, White Orthodox Cathedral of Ypapanti, built on the site of an earlier church destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake. The infinite blue color of the sea merging at the horizon with the Mediterranean sky is reflected on the domes of the churches. The two main museums of interest that you may want to take a look is the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Prehistoric Thira.
From Fira there is a panoramic view of the 18 kilometres long caldera of the volcano.
What's Included
- Certified tour-guide in your preferred language
- English-speaking personnel available at the port
- Return tickets on Sea Jets’ fastest ship - only 2h15min per way to Santorini
- Hotel transfers included from the Heraklion region (excluding Heraklion city hotels)
- Air-conditioned bus tour across Santorini island
What's Not Included
- Pick-up from remote areas or hotels (we will notify you at the moment of booking).
- Pick-up from the hotels within the city of Heraklion (you should arrive to the port on your own).
- Entrance to the museums, other personal expenses.
- Lunch
Additional Information
Santorini, situated in the southern part of the Cyclades, sprawls across an area of 76 square km and has a 70 km long coastline. Several myths are linked to this island, often referred to as the ‘Lost Atlantis’ or the ‘Pompeii of the Aegean’. Around 1450 BC, the island got its unique crescent shape, due to a massive volcanic eruption that caused most of it to submerge into the sea. The consequent geographic features include a 300m high cliff along the western coast and gently inclining beaches to the east.
During your trip, you will explore the well-known towns of Oia and Fira, celebrated for their charming white houses and breathtaking panoramas. If you wish, you can also enjoy a boat ride to the volcano for an additional fee.
The tour offers a chance to familiarize yourself with the intriguing history of this extraordinary place, capture stunning pictures, and shop for keepsakes! You will spend a total of 6 hours on the island of Santorini. The trip includes comfortable bus rides with ample free time at each location. The to-and-fro ferry trip to the island will take approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes each way.
- If an infant does not sit on lap in the bus, It is necessary to pay a child ticket.
- Pick-up from the specific bus stops next to the hotels, no more than 800m. All the villages between Fodele, Agia Pelagia, Amoudara from the West Heraklion; and Karteros, Kokkini Hani, Gouves, Gournes, Hersonissos, Stalida, Malia, Sissi from the East of Heraklion city. Please, arrive 5-10 minutes before the departure time.
- If you cannot find your pickup location, please, contact us. When booking, always indicate the hotel/airbnb of your stay in Crete, and your contact phone number. Please, note, if you do not provide your pick-up details up to 24 hours before the tour, we do not guarantee the pick-up.
- If your hotel is located in the city of Heraklion, you have to arrive to the Heraklion port on your own (by taxi, walking or rental car).
- Upon arrival at Heraklion port, the staff of the SeaJets Kiosk will assist you in exchanging your voucher for a ferry boarding ticket.
Location
SeaJets Kiosk of Heraklion Port - Santorini Cruise
Participants staying in Heraklion city, have to arrive at the port on their own. The pick-up is offered only from the areas outside of the city of Heraklion.
At the SeaJets kiosk in the port, you shall exchange your voucher for a ferry boarding ticket.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(28 Ratings)
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Janer749
Oct 1, 2023
Great day out - Travelled from Rethymon. 8am sailing. Clean, comfortable. Maria great and booked me an excursion. Yannis bus 10 informative with humour. Live authentic Greek Music for entertainment great. Santorini busy, hot but spectacular views. Worth doing but expensive and long day out. Met people from around the World.
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Simona
Jul 2, 2023
First experience in Crete - A great trip! A great agency! Ricardo from Ammoudara is such a nice person, very professional. He offered us all the informations we needed and a very good price for two activities which we chose.
We will definitely recommend this agency!
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Behzad_f
Oct 3, 2022
Perfect, nice - It was a really nice experience, and also really well organized
We have very good and funny tour leader
Thank
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Daytrip64024416678
Aug 27, 2022
travel to Santorini - Iana he helped me to travel to Santorini it was very beautiful.
I strongly recommend this agency from creta heraklion iana is a wonderful person
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373adelae
May 30, 2021
Great service and experience - The trip to Santorini was really beautiful. Ricardo from the agency was very helpful and nice. He helped us with everything we asked for. Totally recommend!!
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Madalina9215
Aug 12, 2020
Nice experience in santorini - This place have the most cheep price for extra activities in the town.
Very seriously. I recommend to book any of your extra activity with them. This guys are the best !😊😊😊
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674estheri
Oct 25, 2023
Visiting Santorini - The tour guide was amazing and very informative. Everything was on time.
We visited the towns of Oia and Fira but we did not expect it to be this crowded for late October. When we were returning to the bus, one of us needed to go to the washroom, but we only had .80 of a euro in change (80 cents). These were public bathrooms. The man standing at the door told my friend he cannot use the bathroom if he does not have 1 euro, he was only .20 cents short of 1 euro. When he said he only had the .80 euro, he told him to walk up the hill, use the machine, and bring back 1 euro if he wanted to use the washroom. If it's a public bathroom, why is this allowed to happen? I realize this does not mean that all the people of Santorini are like that, in fact, the majority are very friendly and polite. This man however was extremely rude.
The island was as picturesque and beautiful as we see in the pictures. I don't think I would go again though, as it was far too crowed, but I'm very glad we went to see Santorini.
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Nubianqueen2019
Oct 4, 2019
Lovely day out - We decided to go to Santorin For the day to celebrate a 40th birthday and glad we did as Santorini is quite spectacular. The whole process was smooth, pick up from hotel was prompt, the ferry ride is 3hrs one way but is comfortable. However the food was not great at all, so if you like good food or are fussy definitely bring your own lunch/ dinner.
Santorini is very very busy as the ferries bring people over all at the same time. It's great visiting different places in one trip especially Oia!!! Would have wanted more time on the Island as felt rushed as a lot of day trips are but all in all worth it...
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Artyom_k
Nov 24, 2019
Beautiful Island - Beautiful place to visit, unfortunately one day is not enough at all!!!
They forgot to pick me up and I waited 2 hours than had to get a taxi to the port and bought my own ticket for the ferry fortunately later on they gave me that money back that’s why I’m able to leave more than one star review, also you can get the same tour at least 30$-$40 cheaper in Heraklion.
I would recommend buying the tour in Heraklion and not online to save money and avoid them forgetting about you:(
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