Santorini Island: Guided Tour From Heraklion Crete

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  • Duration:12 hours to 14 hours (approx.)
  • Location: Crete, Greece
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Santorini is the southern island of the Cyclades, with an area of 76 km square and a coastline of 70 km long. Many legends take place on this island, as it is called the "Lost Atlantis" or the "Pompeii of the Aegean". Around 1450 BC, as a result of powerful volcanic explosion, most of the island sank into the sea, shaping the island as warped crescent, with a steep cliff (altitude 300 m) in the western part and gently sloping beaches in the east.

You will visit the towns of Oia and Fira, famous for its beautiful white houses and stunning views. Optionally, you can take a boat trip to the volcano (extra charge).

You will have the opportunity to learn the fascinating history of this amazing place, take unique photos, and buy souvenirs! You will spend 6 hours in total on Santorini island. The tour will be by air-conditioned bus with free time in each of the stops. You will spend 2hours 15 minutes on the ferry each way.


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Posted By : Abdul_S
Nice boat, on time. Guides were knowledgeable with tips on pics and shopping. It was a long day but we'll worth it.
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 13:00:51 full ratings


Posted By : Afro M
This tour is a nice way to be able to see the two main places of Santorini in the same day. Our tour guide, Elena was excellent, she was fluent in her English, German/Deutsch and was upbeat & positive throughout the whole day from start to finish! Of course the driver was great too.

If you’d like to see Santorini in one day then definitely choose this tour. Oia is the place where you see all the blue & white houses, tight cobbled streets and picturesque views. Depending on when you go it can be pretty crowded though, to the point where you’re queuing to take photos or to shuffle through the tight streets. Obviously the tour can’t do anything about this, it’s just something to keep in mind as you’ll only have around 1 hour 30 to explore Oia, depending on the traffic getting up there. Really is worth it to see it though.

As for Fira, you may have more time there depending on traffic & id recommend getting lunch here rather than Oia as it’s the capital, more spacious and you have more time. The only reason I didn’t put a 5/5 rating was because the format is a little rushed but that’s just the way the tour is. If you want to take your time to explore Santorini properly & in your own leisure then I’d recommend staying there in a hotel. This tour is good to see a taste of Santorini as you have transport arranged in the ferry & the coach to and from the two towns in Santorini whereas you’d have to organise this yourself or negotiate with taxis to navigate between the towns if you went yourself.
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Posted On : 2024-06-14 17:16:02 full ratings


Posted By : Ben N
Great experience from start to finish. Elena our guide was a lovely woman with lots of knowledge of the island and could recommend beautiful places to visit while on our free time. Oia and Fira were beautiful towns with lots to explore. Would definitely recommend to others.
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Posted On : 2024-06-11 02:20:06 full ratings


Posted By : Y9838NYsebastiane
All in all, everything went well.
The tour bus on the island was a bit too small, there was very little space in the heat.
The tour guide was very nice and explained everything to us in great detail.
You just have to be aware that you are not alone on the island.
Everything is very crowded, but the view is worth it.
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Posted On : 2024-06-08 04:31:15 full ratings


Posted By : Ellie_C
The only reason I could score more than one star is that most of the trip wasn’t the tour operators fault. The boat journey to Santorini was well organised and comfortable but other than that it was pretty hellish. Once arriving to the destinations of Oia and Fira there was so many tourists that it was pretty unbearable to walk around, especially in the blazing heat with pretty much no shade. The coach used to transport us around Santorini had terrible air con that barely worked. Granted it was very hot outside that day but I couldn’t even sit back in my seat as it was so unbearably hot in the coach. The coach said it was 40 degrees outside and I would say I felt cooler outside of the coach. The boat trip on the way back was also pretty horrific. It moved off before we had even been allowed upstairs to the seating area so we were all just standing in the dingy lower deck with the vehicles. Once arriving back to Crete it was also pretty unclear where to go for your bus back to your hotel. Overall for £300 for 2 people I would certainly not recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-06-06 12:52:05 full ratings


Posted By : bengP7369RY
Great tour of Santorini, all instructions that were sent across from the tour operator were very clear and easy to follow, it's a long day but well worth it. 10/10, thankyou!
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Posted On : 2024-05-28 05:06:40 full ratings


Posted By : alexial460
I've never seen an agency care so much about its clients. The visit to Santorini was wonderful from the beginning. As my English is not that good, the company was willing to find a guide who spoke Spanish to guarantee a better experience. However, due to the limited time left on my trip, it was not possible to get a guide at the last minute, so I opted for an English-speaking guide. It was amazing! I was able to understand everything about the trip and I even had support via WhatsApp in case I got lost. I highly recommend MLB Travel Agency.
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Posted On : 2024-05-25 10:23:45 full ratings


Posted By : 555brucej
Amazing trip well worth the money the experience was amazing and the tour guide thorough loads of time to explore
And not rushed at all highly recommend remember to take 1 euro coins for toilet just do it it’s amazing
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Posted On : 2024-04-13 11:26:26 full ratings


Posted By : 674estheri
The tour guide was amazing and very informative. Everything was on time.

We visited the towns of Oia and Fira but we did not expect it to be this crowded for late October. When we were returning to the bus, one of us needed to go to the washroom, but we only had .80 of a euro in change (80 cents). These were public bathrooms. The man standing at the door told my friend he cannot use the bathroom if he does not have 1 euro, he was only .20 cents short of 1 euro. When he said he only had the .80 euro, he told him to walk up the hill, use the machine, and bring back 1 euro if he wanted to use the washroom. If it's a public bathroom, why is this allowed to happen? I realize this does not mean that all the people of Santorini are like that, in fact, the majority are very friendly and polite. This man however was extremely rude.

The island was as picturesque and beautiful as we see in the pictures. I don't think I would go again though, as it was far too crowed, but I'm very glad we went to see Santorini.

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Posted On : 2023-10-25 07:31:25 full ratings


Posted By : janer749
Travelled from Rethymon. 8am sailing. Clean, comfortable. Maria great and booked me an excursion. Yannis bus 10 informative with humour. Live authentic Greek Music for entertainment great. Santorini busy, hot but spectacular views. Worth doing but expensive and long day out. Met people from around the World.
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Posted On : 2023-10-01 05:20:26 full ratings