If you’re looking for the Best Tours in Santorini, our list has them all!
One of the best things to do in Santorini is to book an amazing guided tour with an expert (or even a local guide) who will explain to you everything related to your specific tour (cultural, natural, or just a photography tour).The truth is that Santorini is probably the place in Greece with the most organised and with the largest variety of tours: photography tours, cooking tours, volcano tours, boat tours, hiking tours, wine tours, you name it!
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- The best custom-tailored tour in Santorini is the one offered by Santo Luxury Escape. Use the code SANTORINISECRETS at booking to get 10% off your booking at checkout.
- There are mainly 3 types of tours you can take in Santorini: boat tours, wine tours and island-overview tours
- The best sunset tour is: Catamaran Sunset Tour with Meal
- The best wine tour is:Santorini Half Day Wine Adventure Tour
- The best tour you can do alone is the famous hiking path between Fira-Oia (2.5 hrs of hiking…better do it early morning)
- The best website to book a tour is Get Your Guide, with hundreds of available tours that you have to book online
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So, here are the best tours in Santorini that are all instantly bookable and verified:
1. Best Catamaran and Sailing Tours in Santorini
If you stay anything more than 2 nights in Santorini, I highly recommend you do (at least) a 5 hr catamaran cruise. You get the opportunity to see the island from a completely different perspective, and if you love the sea, you won’t be disappointed.
The great thing about almost all catamaran tours in Santorini is that they offer food (amazing Greek food…not just any food) and drinks on board! The prices range from around 50 euros to 150-200 euros, depending on the food and the services (some of them can pick you up from your hotel).
Let’s take a look at the best catamaran and sailing tours that the island has to offer :5-Hour Small Group Catamaran Cruise
The crew is fantastic, and this is one of the most value-for-money experiences you can get in Santorini. The tour lasts 5 hours, and if you do the afternoon one, you will get to see the famous sunset too.
The Santorini Sunset Catamaran Red Cruise
This is another amazing catamaran sailing tour in Santorini. The tour is similar to the one above, but the boat is probably more impressive, and the vibe is more fun. The fantastic crew will take you to the famous Red Beach and also to a secluded White Beach to swim and snorkel.
However, you don’t get fresh fish on the boat but a selection of Greek delicacies. This tour also lasts 5 hours.
1-Day Boat Trip: Santorini Volcano, Thirassia & Oia Sunset
Another really good tour to the volcano and also the small, cute little island of Thirassi, which was part of Santorini before the volcano erupted. The tour is longer than the other ones, and you don’t get food on board (that’s why it’s cheaper, though).
Tania, your guide on board is very knowledgeable and helpful. This tour is 9 hours long.
Catamaran Sunset Tour with Meal
You may pay a slightly higher price for this one, but you do get a much more luxurious and unique experience with fewer people on board.
These guys also come and pick you up from your hotel! The food on this 5 hrs cruise is probably the best of all the Santorini cruises!
2. Best Wine Tours in Santorini
Santorini wine and Santorini wineries are amazing. You are missing out if you are not visiting a winery in Santorini or if you don’t try (at least) the amazing Assyrtiko variety of dry white wine.
But apart from just tasting the incredible wine or visiting just one winery, some really good tours can take you to different wineries at once, while allowing you to do some wine tasting on…steroids! Also, in most of these tours, you will visit the famous Santorini Wine Museum.
I prefer to call these amazing tours: Wine Tasting Roadtrips!
Let’s take a look at the wine tours of Santorini (you can always visit any of the wineries by yourself though, but make sure you don’t drive obviously…:) ):Santo Luxury Escape Wine Tour
This is a semi-private tour from one of the most well-known and respected tour operators in Santorini: Santo Luxury Escape. During this tour, you will visit 3 wineries (including the famous Wine Museum) and you will taste 12 different varieties of wine. This tour lasts about 4 hours and can accommodate up to 7 persons.
Santorini Half-Day Wine Adventure Tour
Santorini 4-Hour Sunset Wine Tour
I guess this one is one of the tours that can easily be the highlight of your trip to Santorini. A bit similar to the above wine tour, this is a 4 hr tour that will take you to 3 wineries where you will taste at least 9 different local wine varieties, and your super cool guide will explain to you why wine production is a big deal for Santorini.
Oh…I almost forgot…there is always a yummy selection of snacks, cheeses, and fruits to accompany your wines! And of course, at the end, you can buy any of the wines that you tasted at the shops of the wineries.
BOOK IT HERESantorini Cooking Class and Wine-Tasting Tour
You will learn about the amazingly fresh ingredients of famous Greek plates, and of course, you will eat what you cook! You will also be allowed to taste the famous Greek aperitifs ouzo and raki. I am not exaggerating here: this can also be one of the best days of your holidays in Santorini! Don’t miss it!
3. Best Overall Tours in Santorini
If you are not really into wine or you are a bit afraid of sailing (or the weather is not allowing it…), Santorini has many more tours to offer with a variety of activities like hiking, photography, museum and cultural visits that will easily be the highlights of your trip to this amazing island. Here is a selection of the best of these tours:
Santo Luxury Escape Customized Tours
I highly recommend the team at Santo Luxury Escape, as it is one of the most well-sought-after and fully customizable tours on the island, with possibly some of the most knowledgeable local guides and some of the best vehicles on Santorini. You can Book Them Here as they offer lots of bespoke tours.
Traditional Santorini Sightseeing Bus Tour with Oia Sunset
This a complete overall 10hr sightseeing tour of almost the whole island, and it does include wine tasting. So, a bus picks you up from your hotel early morning and it takes you to the amazing Akrotiri ancient ruins (the one which is kind of like Pompeii), you then see the famous Red Beach, Perissa beach, Emporio village, and you end up visiting Oia at sunset.
After, of course, visiting a few wineries for wine tasting. If you are in a rush and you don’t have that many days on the island, this is the perfect value-for-money tour that will show you Santorini within a day!
Best of Santorini Experience: 6-Hour Private Tour
This is a really unique private tour from some of the best guides on the island (not to mention in Greece). We are talking about a private experience here with a very small group of people (max 6). You will visit Akrotiri, Imerovigli, and Pyrgos towns, while you will also be taken to the famous blue dome church of Santorini.
You will also visit the Venetsanos winery, where you will have a wine tasting. I think this is the best private tour you can take in Santorini. Hands down!
Highlights of Santorini: 5-Hour Photo Tour
You don’t have to be a professional photographer to capture Santorini’s magnificent landscape beauty, but what will happen if you are guided by a professional photographer on how to take amazing pics while in Santorini?
There is only one way to learn! Take this amazing photography tour with Olaf (what a guy…) that will take you to some of Santorini’s best spots for amazing photographs. A trully unique and different experience.
So…there you have them! The best tours in Santorini!Santorini is probably the Greek island with the best guided tours all over Greece, and if you are missing a lot if you should try at least one of them. A guided tour is the best option if you don’t have that many days on the island, but you want to gather as much info about the place as possible.
But if you don’t want to do that, then you can just hire a car and try to visit some Santorini wineries by yourself (just try not to drink too much and drive…).
You can also visit all of the other areas by yourself but it will just take more time to be honest. Google Maps is always your friend! You can find all the famous places (Red Beach, White Beach, Akrotiri) with the GPS on Google Maps. Easy peasy!