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Spinalonga Island Day Trip: In-depth Historical Exploration with Lunch and Entrance fee
4.6
39 Ratings
Elounda
Interested in exploring Spinalonga from a unique perspective and delving into the island’s history? Join us as we take a journey through time, uncovering the intricacies of life on Spinalonga during its period as a Leper Colony.
Interested in exploring Spinalonga from a unique perspective and delving into the island’s history? Join us as we take a journey through time, uncovering the intricacies of life on Spinalonga during its period as a Leper Colony.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Spinalonga (Kalydon) - The journey leads through charming villages to the scenic, former fishing village of Elounda. A private fishing boat offers a serene ride across the azure sea to the island of Spinalonga, where there is an opportunity to delve into the island’s rich history.
Conversations with local residents reveal fascinating life stories…
- Spinalonga (Kalydon) - The journey leads through charming villages to the scenic, former fishing village of Elounda. A private fishing boat offers a serene ride across the azure sea to the island of Spinalonga, where there is an opportunity to delve into the island’s rich history.
Conversations with local residents reveal fascinating life stories and the destinies of those who lived or worked on the island. This insight into the island’s history and the personal lives of its people is shared. Following an informative tour with a knowledgeable guide, the next stop is the lovely village of Plaka.
Lunch is enjoyed in a tavern with a warm atmosphere, offering a view of Spinalonga Island. This is a perfect moment to reflect on the many experiences, and for those interested, a refreshing swim in the sea is possible. Finally, a visit to the charming town of Agios Nikolaos allows for leisure time at the famous bottomless lake.
What's Included
- Entrance fee Spinalonga (8,00 Euro)
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Boat to Spinalonga
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
- Entrance fee Spinalonga (8,00 Euro)
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Boat to Spinalonga
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Minimum participation 4 pax from Ammoudara - Agia Pelagia
- For lunch the default is fish, however if you want you can let us know if you prefer chicken.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Minimum participation 4 pax from Ammoudara - Agia Pelagia
- For lunch the default is fish, however if you want you can let us know if you prefer chicken.
Location
Spinalonga (Kalydon)
Elounda Bay
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(39 Ratings)
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Stefantp39cl
Sep 3, 2025
A unique experience for the whole family ☀️🌊🇬🇷 - I'm very pleased. It was a very nice, interesting and culinary day with many unique impressions and experiences 😊 is highly recommended this unique excursion 😍☀️🌊🇬🇷
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Meander276253
Jul 19, 2025
Visit of the island of the forgotten Spinalinga - Beautiful excursions interesting historically, typical meal with a very good sea bream, swimming possible at sea next to the boat.
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Niemandd2022
Jun 29, 2025
Beautiful trip highly recommend - Very informative well organized. Food was great. Great travel guide. The boat trip was very pleasant. Anytime again.
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Joelleb589
May 5, 2025
Nice day. - Very nice excursion, perfectly organized. Our guide spoke very well in French, and we were provided with headphones so that we would not miss anything of his explanations. The pick-up was only two minutes from our hotel. The day passed very quickly, punctuated by exciting discoveries. Spinalonga is a site full of history, really impressive.
Lunch at Maria's was excellent: we enjoyed an absolutely delicious sea bream. Visits are made freely, without pressure. And to end this beautiful day, a small gift from the company came to perfect the experience.
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L376sumaxk
Apr 30, 2025
An absolute must! - This day trip has been an asset to us and our holiday.
The guide team, consisting of Angelus the driver and excursion leader Irini, gave us a great and profound insight into the history of Crete. It was a “bouquet of flowers” about a little Greek mythology, small village stories and their naming up to an occupation and like an island, a village had to deal with the disease Lebra.
All of this was very vividly and colorfully dressed in words by the flight manager Irini during a always safe bus ride, on a very pretty boat and during a walk through beautiful small streets.
Thank you for sharing your story with us!
We would book this trip the same again!
Greetings
Marion&Max(Michael) Karp
from Bremen
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Janfa5471tm
Oct 29, 2024
Perfect excursion - Great tour, nice location.
The food was delicious and sufficient, the bus ride and the boat tour were also great. You can see and learn a lot about the island
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516fleurw
Oct 28, 2024
Spinalonga trip❤️ - This was an amazing trip food was great there were different interpreters my husband and myself really enjoyed it. From coach pick up to drop off for the boat was smooth. Then you get some time to get into the sea but carry you beach shoes as the water is a bit stoney but warmish👍🏽
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Felixsb4223pu
Oct 29, 2024
Spinalonga Tour - Entertaining bus tour. Informative e tour guide. Spinalonga with interesting history. Lunch good.
Plaka and Agios Nikolaos can be made.
We did the tour because we were in Crete for the first time and wanted to make an impression. You can recommend them for that. Everything was well organized
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Patrickrr4984se
Oct 23, 2024
Worthwhile day trip - We have had a nice drive with sunrise over several stations to Spinalonga Island. Our guide gave us the necessary information in German all the way through. There was also some general information about Greece and Crete. The tour on the island of Spinalonga was also done by herself. Lunch was served in a tavern in Elounda. At the end of the tour we still drove to Nikolaos. It was worth it.
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Scottishgirl52
Jul 21, 2025
- We went on this trip via Princess Majestic. The trip to Elonda from the cruise port was over 1 1/2 hours. Then we got on the boat for a 1/2 hour trip to Spinalaonga Island. This was an hour walking around the island and could have been a lot less but we had a very chatty tour guide. We had 1 hour to eat and enjoy the beach. We were supposed to have and 1 1/2 hrs. Unfortunately there was no swimming as promised.
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