Spinalonga Island Exploration: Full-Day Guided Boat Tour with BBQ and Swimming from Elounda
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Embark on a full-day guided boat tour to Spinalonga Island from Elounda. Explore the island’s rich history, swim in crystal-clear waters, and indulge in a delicious BBQ lunch on board. Don’t miss this unforgettable adventure!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Spinalonga (Kalydon) - Discover the seaside village of Elounda and walk amongst history on the island of Spinalonga.
  • Elounda - 10:30 Departure from Elounda with the boat
    10:50 Arrival Spinalonga
    12:30 Departure from Spinalonga and time for swimming
    13:30 Arrival Elounda
    Enjoy a walking tour of the island of Spinalonga during a full-day…
What's Included
  • Glass of wine or lemonade
  • Liability insurance by Generali
  • Comfortable boat transportation with amenities
  • Guided tour of Spinalonga in English and German
  • Boat ticket and BBQ menu with various options
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
  • No Hotel Transfer and Pickup
  • Students with valid student card and EU citizens over 65 years old pay the half.
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

Embark on a full-day exploration of the island of Spinalonga with this walking tour that begins in Elounda. Discover Agios Nikolaos and Elounda and relish a refreshing swim in the pristine waters of Kolokytha, where a delectable BBQ lunch awaits you.
Travel along the coast via the St. George Gorge towards the peaceful coastal retreat of Elounda, and…

Location
Boat trip elounda
Please arrive at the meeting point no later than 10 minutes before the start time: - The meeting and starting time for the tour is 9:50 AM on all available days, except Thursdays. - On Thursdays, the meeting and starting time is 11:50 AM.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Stephen_r
Aug 21, 2025
Thoroughly enjoyable - Great trip, lovely food. Superb beach stop with amazing swimming experience off back of boat. Spinalonga was good also.
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Jimbq8547rk
Jul 23, 2025
- Excellent Service, Boat trip and swimming on Beach were awesome. Nice food on the boat too. Good Value. Staff on the boat were friendly.
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Jessicaa8734kw
May 21, 2025
Great day out - It was a lovely day out for my hubby and I. Friendly boat staff who took us to the island from the harbour at Elounda. Yummy bbq food on the boat and a nice swim in the sea. Very interesting tour from the guide we had at spinalonga too. We recommend this day trip.
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Sandrah9723gz
Jul 24, 2025
Unbeatable Price quality ratio! To do! - For the price, it’s really a great excursion! Affordable drinks on board 2 euros the soft.....I recommend.
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Nina
Jul 17, 2025
Spinalonga boat trip - Nice trip and good food. It would have been nice to know that the entrance to Spinalonga is not included (20 euros per person).
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Folkpourtous
Oct 15, 2024
to do - small boat ride from Elounda to reach this leprosy island , 8 euros the entrance ( 4 euros) for the over 65s . many people (even mid-October ) we stayed 1h30 with a Guide , deserve to stay longer
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Berchris1234
Oct 1, 2023
difficult journey - The visit was very well organized, and the guide perfect as well as the BBK On the other hand, there was no information concerning the boat to take, we had to look for it ourselves and again the sailors, including those on the boat which was finally allocated to us, did not know if we were with them or not. moreover the location given by GPS was false and gave another quay where other boats were parked a short hour of walking and struggling on the other hand after treatment nothing to say but this detail should be improved for the future
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Katherine_e
Aug 22, 2025
Well worth it but could be better - The information that Viator provided was confusing. We were told by the tour line to meet at Megaro but Viator suggests to meet at Elounda Marina, which is a 10 minutes walk away from Megaro. We suggest going to Megaro, ignore Viator’s advice. From there they will check tickets and guide you to the next stop. The boat trip itself consists of a short journey to a one hour swimming stop at Maribello Bay, which was lovely crystal clear water filled with fish. Then a bbq lunch of pork chop, salad, feta, bread and pickles with either a drink of Fanta or wine. The food was good and prepared and served well but there is limited space to sit to eat so I would suggest sitting in the dining area as soon as you board after the first swim to ensure you can eat easily. The second stop is Spinalonga Island. It costs €20 (in cash only) per adult to enter. We had Mary as our guide, who was well spoken and fluent in English. She helped us to understand the different era’s and infrastructure’s on the island and how this affected its citizens. She was fascinating and we thoroughly enjoyed her as guide. The island itself is a mish mash of Venetian, Turk, Arab and Greek building with a leper colony early in the 1900’s. Overall, Spinalonga is hot, dusty and mostly just very old bricks. You have to be really interested in history and architecture to enjoy the day and without a guide, it has very limited explanation as to what each area was. Also, if you choose not to go to Spinalonga there is a second swim location which we sadly missed out on. Now we have seen Spinalonga, we would recommend staying on the boat. Viator has advertised this as a whole day activity beginning at 9:50am and ending at 18:30pm. This is not true. We departed around 10:30am and were back at 14:00pm. Would I recommend? Yes for the boat, swimming and food. No for Spinalonga and the shortness of the day. The staff on the boat were fantastic. Super helpful and would definitely sail with them again but this tour could have been better.
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David_c
Aug 8, 2025
Just go local in Elounda...this is not worth the money - Was informed it was a tour totalling 6hours. However, the final part of the tour a trip to St. Nicholas and winery tour was only for people on buses. As we had drove to the boat we were left stranded even though we had paid the full amount for the tour. We had no problems on boat and swimming off boat at Mirabella but then to be told to pay 40 euros to get into Spinalonga which is rubbish and not worth it was a kick in the shins. Very disappointed with a tour that lasted 3 hours short of the 6 hours advertised.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).