Crete Village Tour: Spili, Agia Galini, and Matala

Discover traditional Cretan villages, explore historic caves, and relax on golden beaches with our Matala-Agia Galini-Spili excursion from Rethymno.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Matala Beach - At Matala, you can relax on the beautiful beach, wander through the village, and have lunch (not included).
  • Agia Galini Beach - We will stay here for 2 hours, giving you time to explore the village.
  • Folk Museum of Spili - You will have one hour of free time to discover the traditional village of Spili.
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

For this excursion, you will be picked up from your hotel area by our airconditioned bus. The first stop is at the Spili village. You will have a chance to see a 100% traditional village with its well know lion-head fountains in the middle of the village. Walking along its cobbled streets you can explore the tourist shops which are full of traditional…

Location
Matala Beach
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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89j_rgs
Sep 23, 2025
Great day trip with three beautiful places - Very good tour guide (Lazarus) and super bus driver (Jerry). We went on this tour on Saturday, 21.09.2025 and were really excited. Lazarus has been doing various tours for 32 years and knew a lot to tell in an extremely pleasant voice. All in English and German one after the other. The bus driver Jerry skilfully circled our 50-person bus around even the smallest corners, phenomenal! This tour is offered on the seafront for 25€ per person. Be sure to ask when Lazarus has the tour guide:-)
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Roam36040005222
Aug 17, 2025
Great service from Markidis - Great service from Markidis. We had Anastasia who was fab throughout. Thought we would have time on tge beach at Aghia Galini. But unfortunately not, but we were there on. Greek bank holiday do we did tge itinerary in reverse to avoid crowds. Matala's sea was beautiful, but beach very crowded, but again - Greek bank holiday, but had 3 hours there so can't complain.
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Canureadmymind
Jun 5, 2025
Beautiful day out - Couldn’t find anywhere to book at the last minute because of bad weather and Markidis came to rescue. The gentleman at the office was very helpful in booking our tour. Anastasia and Panos the driver were excellent. We had a lovely time despite a little rain. Highly recommend.
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Elkemy8111pb
May 30, 2025
Many beautiful impressions ,mountains and sea...what more could you want - A beautiful day with many nice impressions, we enjoyed it despite the somewhat mixed weather. And this was not only due to the beautiful destinations, but also to Panaiotis, the extremely confident driver and Anastasia, the incredibly nice and courteous tour guide, who again conveyed a lot of interesting things with a lot of charm. And as always, we went with the company for the third time in a row today, everything was just perfectly organized. We can highly recommend Markidis.
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Kenza2912
Aug 25, 2024
Go with confidence - Went as planned nothing to report a very nice and smiling Guide and a really clean bus with air conditioning that works perfectly
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246jeanmichelf
May 30, 2024
Awesome Beach! Caves are amazing to visit - Awesome Beach! Caves are amazing to visit! We were there in May and we enjoyed our visit. we were based in Heraklion, around 45 minutes away and are glad to have visited this beach
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Ackog
Aug 22, 2023
Great - Great agency, very friendly sales agents and the guide Anastasia is fantastic such a nice and dear person who will gladly listen and help with anything.
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852christianed
Jun 22, 2023
Informative and beautiful - Was a nice informative tour , our travel companion spoke very good German but also in English we understood everything .but what should be mentioned , should you book this tour , I would recommend taking sturdy footwear with you, at least if you want to see the caves of Matala . In my case I have to say unfortunately this was not the case and that is why I did not take this tour , as there is still a risk of slipping. But otherwise a great trip with many sights. Can only recommend this Enterprise
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175fabienned
Jun 20, 2023
Matala-Agia Galini-Spili - The coach picks you up in front of your hotel which is very convenient. Beautiful discovery of the 3 sites where there is enough time to make a tour, unlike other tour operators you are not stressed. One little regret the crowded Spili beach, and it was June, but if it tempts you, a nice little artery for shopping! Our companion Anastassia was as attentive as she was competent, and our driver Yanis was no less friendly, in the end a day to recommend
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418christell
Sep 4, 2022
Perfect - We really appreciated this trip with our guide Andreas and the driver Yanis. Everything was well organised and well explained, and Andreas has a good sense of humor. We had other trips with another agency but nothing to compare to Markidis Travel. Thanks a lot !!! We will Travel with you again if WE come back
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From $35
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).