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Day Tour to Santorini Island from Heraklion Crete

Name: Day Tour to Santorini Island from Heraklion Crete
Brand: Cretan Odyssey
SKU: 341652P9
Price: 187.57 USD
Rating: 4.0 (40 reviews)

Crete, Greece

From $187.57

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

11 to 12 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the beautiful island of Santornini on this guided group tour from Heraklion. All your transportation will be organized by your guide, starting from hotel pickup, to the speedboat to Santorini. You’ll have a bud tour around the island, where you’ll have plenty of stops where you can explore at your own pace. Options for extra excursions to the volcano are available, too.

Round-trip hotel or port transfers provided for you
Choose an optional cruise to the volcano (additional cost)
Keep costs down by booking this group tour
Enjoy plenty of free time in addition to guided tours

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Ferry Tickets by high-speed boat
Tour Guide
Professional Driver
All Fees and Taxes
Liability Insurance Coverage by ALLIANZ for our tour participants

Snacks
Cruise from Santorini to the Volcano

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

SeaJets Kiosk of Heraklion Port - Santorini Cruise
Heraklion Port - Pier 1, Iraklio 712 00, Greece
Please go to the desk where participants for the tour to Santorini are waiting, in order to exchange Vouchers with ferry tickets.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Ticket Redemption Point

SeaJets Kiosk of Heraklion Port - Santorini Cruise, Heraklion Port - Pier 1, Iraklio 712 00, Greece

Pickup details

We pick up travellers from specific points in the areas of Sisi, Malia, Stalis, Hersonissos, Anissaras, Agkisaras, Gouves, Gournes, Kokkini Hani, Karteros, Amoudara, Agia Pelagia. As soon as you make the booking we will contact you in order to let you know the exact place and time of the Pick-up which is closer to your place of hotel, please check your email.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

Operated by Cretan Odyssey

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Jasdeep_R

Great experience with the most scenic views! Very polite and knowledgeable tour guide, tour was exactly as expected - thank you

Reviews

4.0

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Good value as a one time thing

Adrian_T, May 2024

Trip itself was very well organized, the guide was very professional and added a lot of information to the trip which otherwise I would not have had. The price is very good considering the standalone ferry tickets are basically as expensive. The bad had nothing to do with the trip organizers, rather with the design of Oia in periocular. Even in pre-season (Early May) the small streets were completely full and you basically had to push yourself through if you wanted to get forward in a decent speed. If you did not, because of the time constraints you could only get to far into the town... Fira was much more capable accommodating the insane amount of people but Oia was just not designed with tourism in mind. Overall can recommend it but I definitely only needed it once in my lifetime.

Perfect amount of time on Santorini

Allison_B, Apr 2024

This excursion was exactly as advertised! We were able to go to Santorini for just the day and see the 2 biggest tourist areas - Oia and Fira. It was very crowded so this was the perfect amount of time to spend on the island to see the highlights. We liked Fira better so we were glad to spend more time there. Our tour guide Tonya was great. She was giving the tour in both English and French at the same time. Disclaimer: the ferry ride back to Crete was VERY choppy and windy if you get seasick. There were several people around us vomiting the whole 2.5 hour right back…

Too busy too expensive

David_B, Apr 2024

We went on this trip as a family of 5 and it cost £807 no food or drink included in this, on the island we were warned about pick pockets and we came across a lot of locals begging for money, we wasn't asked if we would of liked to visit the volcano like the tour operator advertised, santorini is far to busy and far to expensive with as many as 10 cruise ships all docked at the same time with up to 4000 people per ship then you have all the buses visiting from the other islands. The Greek government and tour operators are being very greedy here not limiting the amount of tourists and not sharing this huge wealth with the people that live on the island.

Great day trip!

Brianna_L, Apr 2024

A fabulous day!! Tour Guide was amazing and provided a lot of interesting facts about the island! We really enjoyed this tour, it is a great way to see Santorini in a day! Very organized

Most scenic views

Jasdeep_R, Apr 2024

Great experience with the most scenic views! Very polite and knowledgeable tour guide, tour was exactly as expected - thank you

Bloody amazing

Janr_J, Apr 2024

Fabulous trip great tour guide with lots of information and history Loads of time to explore eat great food and experience total luxury shopping was great highly recommend this tour

Memorable tour

Satish_S, Oct 2023

It was an awesome experience. Guide was very knowledgeable and helpful this made our tour a memorable one.

Did not like tour

gabemace, Oct 2023

The views were the only positive. We should have realized this tour was not for us because it consisted of a ferry ride devoid of any information including assigned seating and santorini info. After arriving at port, the ferry or port staff was yelling loudly rushing people off. Then a mad dash to buses. We were told the schedule and some info about santorini on our way to the first town. A nightmare arrival ensued in a terribly organized and dangerous bus parking lot. Hundreds of people were trying to make their way up a narrow stone staircase. The guide told us some info, make pictures and go shopping for an hour. Much time was lost already and the streets filled with people. We sat ourselves at a rooftop bar because moving was so difficult. Back to the bus again and to Fira. Less busy and disorganized there. Again little time, especially if going to the hot springs. We sat in a rooftop bar again and bought a few small trinkets and that was that. At the hot springs, no idea we couldn’t get to them off he boat without swimming to at least dangle our feet in the warm water. Our faults thinking we could. The purchase of the ticket was a waste of money. Back to the ferry we went. In hindsight we should have taken our rental car on the ferry and drove to less tourist filled villages and we think we would have enjoyed santorini much more! I cannot recommend this tour. It was a way to get to santorini only, and to the two main towns.

Beautiful

Pat_B, Oct 2023

Ourr tour guide was very helpful 🥰 the trip was exactly as you advertised. Highly recommend booking through Viator!

Misleading Description

Sandra_H, Sep 2023

The description of this tour was VERY MISLEADING!!! It did not fully explain that we would be riding on the public ferry from Crete to Santorini. And when it said 50 people maximum, we assumed that would be for the entire trip. We were completely disappointed.

Worth a hop over if you're short on timr

Gabriel_T, Sep 2023

Santorini was absolutely beautiful and lives up to its picturesque expectations - it's unique geography of high cliffs and volcanoes is quite unlike other islands in the cyclades. Our guide Elena was great and her bubbly personality helped draw us into the history and specialties of the island! If you wanna see Santorini without breaking the bank by staying on the island itself, this is a great way to experience it for yourself and still go home with your own postcard views

Beautiful, breathtaking views !

Trena_P, Aug 2023

Really didn’t see much of the island. Would have been nice to have a place to swim in the gorgeous blue waters.

expensive

mwfbsxdm24, Aug 2023

I think Santorini is very beautiful, but very expensive. We did not expect that it is so expensive expensive expensive expensive expensive expensive expensive. Kuss geht raus an die Frau die gesagt hat dass ich das nicjt schreiben soll

Oia is magical.

MarcyCruz, Jun 2023

The day trip was fun. The only thing I would change is the length of time at each location. We would have preferred that 2 1/2 hours in Oia and the 1 1/2 hours in Firá.

Nice tour to a beautiful island!

Rhonda_M, May 2023

Great tour but very confusing on exactly how everything works and where to go for pickup back to our hotel. It would be nice if we were given a sheet explaining the process so there would be no confusion. We did enjoy the tour but be prepared for lots of other tourists!

Wonderful

Thomas_T, May 2023

The man who pick me up was great! Very friendly and helpful. Very thing was in time, the guide on Santorini was very knowlegable and give us good suggestions.

Well worth it..

Nico_V, May 2023

Well worth it. From pick up to drop off, everything was organised. A few setbacks on delays and rain but that did not discourage us to enjoy Santorini. Our tour guide Cristo, has much knowledge… and sense of humor to keep us engaged while making our way to Oia and Fira… the driver Anton knows what he’s doing keeping a smooth drive while going up and down on that cliff. Highly recommended..

Santorini Island

Debra_V, Apr 2023

It had beautiful cities. The island was very arrid and desert otherwise. Interesting that it was a volcano.

A great little day trip

Madison_L, May 2022

We had a great time on the day trip, Oia was beautiful, we got some amazing pictures and had a wonderful time exploring and shopping. The second half of the day in Fira was also very fun, though we thought just being in Oia for the day would have been just fine, there was nothing to do in Fira we couldn't have done in Oia.

Response from Host, May 2022

Dear Madison, It was a pleasure to serve you during your recent trip to Crete. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are delighted to hear you enjoyed the tour provided by our team. Regarding the visit to Fira, kindly note that it is something the day tour includes as it is the Capital of Santorini and the place with the direct view to the Volcano. However, we value our guests’ feedback and your comments have been shared with our director so we may continuously improve the experience in Santorini. Hope to see you again soon!

Wonderful DayTrip to explore Santorini

NadineFabienne_F, Apr 2022

The Trip was amazing you will see a lot of great places in the beautiful island of santorini during this daytour. The village Oia is the most beautiful one in my opinion but fira has also breathtaking sea views with a spectacular scenery. Its really the best way to see santorini in just one day.

Response from Host, Apr 2022

We are incredibly grateful that you took the time out to leave us a 5-Star review! We take pride in knowing our customers are happy with their experience. Thanks for your support, we really appreciate it!