Santorini Full Day Tour: Exploring Minoan Excavations and Traditional Villages
4.2
80 Ratings
Akrotiri

Embark on a full-day tour of Santorini, exploring Minoan excavations, traditional villages, and the island’s ancient capital. Discover the archeological site at Akrotiri, taste Santorini’s distinctive wines, and relax on the black sandy beaches. Book now!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Akrotiri Archaeological Site - Archaeological site of Akrotiri
  • Perissa Black Sand Beach - Continue towards Perissa Beach and enjoy free time to have lunch and relax at one of the longest black sandy beaches in the Cyclades and the most popular beach of Santorini.
  • Emporio - Walking tour in the traditional settlement of Emporio
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What's Included
  • Pick up from selected points across the island
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Admission to Akrotiri (12 Euros approximately)
  • Extension tour to Oia, Sunset
  • Drop off - tour ends at Fira town
Additional Information

Take a break from Santorini’s beaches and discover Minoan excavations, the island’s ancient capital on a full-day tour! With a friendly local guide at your side, explore the archeological site at Akrotiri (on your own expense) and wander along the town’s old main street while hearing its history. Enjoy free time to explore Santorini’s beautiful village…

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Location
Akrotiri Archaeological Site
Cancellation Policy

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

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Oliviaku5683yg
Jun 6, 2023
Awesome tour! - We had an amazing time on the tour! They picked us up and dropped us off at the end of the night which was very nice. We got to see some non-tourist traditional parts of town that were beautiful. Our guide Kim was knowledgeable and very nice. It was a packed day, but it went by fast and we enjoyed everything we did!
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Yvette_l
Jun 2, 2023
Great excursion - The locations, the tour guide Christina and the awesome bus driver. Very worth while. Would highly recommend
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Jia_m
Apr 24, 2023
Very good day tour! - Very nice day trip with Alicia. She is awesome guide to show us around the island. Very informative and interesting places to go. High recommended!
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Brittany_h
Oct 24, 2022
Great tour - Well organized tour. We enjoyed all locations. I would recommend this tour. Bus was clean and tour guides were good.
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Shiromas2022
Sep 10, 2024
Mathios Village Santorini - Family friendly small village based around a swimming pool and traditional restaurant. Well run, clean, helpful owner who'll arrange trips and give good local advice. Suggestion is to book room only and then eat some meals at the restaurant where local fish dishes were lovely. It's well situation near the archaeological site and museum so away from many of the more tourist places.
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George_a
Jun 14, 2023
Liked the Santorini tour but more time in Oia please - My wife and I enjoyed this Traditional Villages Tour In Santorini a lot - with the only caveat being that we’d have preferred to visit Oia First thing in the morning rather than a last stop on the tour. Oia is the main attraction and it’s super crowded late in the afternoon and early evening. As it was, we only had about 45 minutes in Oia before having to return to the ship. Recommend it - but more time in Oia would be appreciated.
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Linda_c
Jun 22, 2024
Value for money - This tour is value for money, however a few little tweaks would make it perfect. Going to a different village rather than Emporio would be more interesting. Four hours in Oia is way too long, I would also suggest the tour guide stay with the group to the end. Other than that it’s a great way to see Santorini!
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Irma
May 7, 2023
Disappointed - Sorry not sure what were really the highlights of this tour. Nothing memorable. Lots of energy missing from the group.
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Sabrina_h
Oct 1, 2022
Awesome Bus Driver - The tour was just ok. The BEST thing about the tour was the bus driver. Amazing driving through the small streets. Got us to our destination on time. Enjoyed talking to him. Thanks for safe travels Dimitri! Awesome driving!!!!
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Rhonda_w
May 18, 2023
Who said what???? - We arrived in Santorini at 9 am in the morning but our tour was not supposed to start until 10:30 am with us meeting at a local spot. We checked in with the guy who said he doesn't have anything to do with private tours. We hung around..(literally sitting there in the chairs inside the address) waiting. At 10:35 we contacted the tour via text (yes we have the text message time stamped) and asked if they were running late. They said they had already been there and had picked up someone else at 10:00 am. Our tickets clearly say 10:30 am pickup. We told them that we had been hanging out...right there for the past hour. They said we could take a taxi and meet them at the new place. The guy at the counter overheard our conversation and called them (at least that's what he told us) and said not to bother with the taxi and that another bus was coming. We waited for another 1/2hour and we called the tour place again and they said they had never spoke to anyone and thought we were meeting them via taxi. We were fed up at wasting our whole morning and decided to cancel.
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