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Spinalonga Island: Venetian Fortress Tour
3.6
16 Ratings
Iraklio
Explore Spinalonga Island’s rich history, swim in crystal-clear waters, and enjoy a BBQ lunch. Discover the charm of Agios Nikolaos.
Explore Spinalonga Island’s rich history, swim in crystal-clear waters, and enjoy a BBQ lunch. Discover the charm of Agios Nikolaos.
Duration:
8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Spinalonga (Kalydon) - Guided tour in English at the archaeological site
- Agios Nikolaos - Have a coffee our a nice walk to the bottomless lake, go for shopping or just enjoy the beautiful view at the mirabello bay
- Elounda - Visit the beautiful fisherman harbour
- Spinalonga (Kalydon) - Guided tour in English at the archaeological site
- Agios Nikolaos - Have a coffee our a nice walk to the bottomless lake, go for shopping or just enjoy the beautiful view at the mirabello bay
- Elounda - Visit the beautiful fisherman harbour
What's Included
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Guided tour at Spinalonga in English, French, German, Russian, and Polish
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Guided tour at Spinalonga in English, French, German, Russian, and Polish
What's Not Included
- Entr fee: 8 € to Spinalonga children till 18 y.o.free, 50%: EU Students, EU citizens over 65 years
- Boat + BBQ ticket 12€ per add/child 4-12 6€, mention if you prefer chicken over pork or vegetarian
- Entr fee: 8 € to Spinalonga children till 18 y.o.free, 50%: EU Students, EU citizens over 65 years
- Boat + BBQ ticket 12€ per add/child 4-12 6€, mention if you prefer chicken over pork or vegetarian
Additional Information
Elounda - a small fishing village on the shores of the bay of Mirabello
Spinalonga Island - Guided tour around the Venetian Fortress,
bay - swimming, sunbathing and BBQ lunch, Agios Nikolaos
Elounda is a popular holiday resort, often visited by VIPs for the luxurious beach resorts, situated in the area. From there, the boat is heading the small island of…
Elounda - a small fishing village on the shores of the bay of Mirabello
Spinalonga Island - Guided tour around the Venetian Fortress,
bay - swimming, sunbathing and BBQ lunch, Agios Nikolaos
Elounda is a popular holiday resort, often visited by VIPs for the luxurious beach resorts, situated in the area. From there, the boat is heading the small island of Spinalonga. The history and the culture of the island of Spinalonga became one with human tragedy in the course of time. This small isle carries within the history of Ancient Greece, as it served as a natural guard for the ancient city of Olous; the history of the Saracens as a hide-out for their pirates; the history of Venetians as their fortress; the history of Turks as their settlement. After the guided tour of the island, the boat will be anchored at one of the bays nearby. Time for swimming at the crystal clear waters, tasting the BBQ served on board. Last stop Agios Nicolas. Visit the picturesque town with a bottomless lake
- not recommended for travelers who has problems to walk
Location
Historical Museum of Crete
Leoforos Sofokli Venizelou
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
3.6
(16 Ratings)
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Dream06540094048
Jul 8, 2024
Great vfm. Well thought out beautiful interesting places visited. Lovely boat, not too large and comfortable. - Efficiently run. The tour guides were excellent. And the barbecue made for us on the beach was very good. The cost of food and drink and ice creams on the boat was very reasonable. I would strongly recommend and it’s not as expensive booking direct rather than through your travel company. All places visited were thoroughly worthwhile.
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Perfectpuppy
Jun 28, 2023
Great day trip - Interesting trip. We were collected at 08.40 and delivered back just after 1800. I thought the day would drag but really enjoyed it. Swimming in the sea, the bbq and then to the island. We then had time to explore the capital of the island.
I would recommend this trip and the guide was very informative pitching at just the right level.
Thankyou
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Kivx
Jun 7, 2023
Worth going on - Very nice day trip, got picked up and dropped off at the hotel. Went on a boat trip to Kolokitha island, with bbq. Boat staff were incredible, beach was beautiful, went for a swim. Then off with boat to SPINALONGA also nice to visit, such a remarkable historic site. Then off with bus to agios Nicholas. All in all a very nice day, well worth going and staff so very nice.
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Lukedg2512gu
May 26, 2023
Great day out, worth the money! - What a great time, currently on bus reviewing as tour guide (who has been super helpful and positive throughout) has said we can do so!
But you get to visit multiple locations with a variety of experiences at each spot (from beaches to a colony to an oil factory), beyond my initial expectations as one thought you'd just visit Spinalonga. Lasted the whole day, and you get to go on boats (boats are cool). Oh and the food, lovely BBQ food with an orange (tip: don't eat all of it if you're seasick)
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Matthiasn638
Sep 27, 2024
Beautiful tour in Crete East - unfortunately often too crowded and character of mass handling - In itself it was a really nice tour, but it often had the character of mass handling.
The bay of Kolokitha was also very nice, due to 5 boats and the corresponding number of people very crowded and full - probably cannot be avoided and the organizers are not to blame here.
One should only be aware of this.
The highlight of the tour was Spinalonga.
We were given the opportunity to join a guided tour or to explore the island ourselves after a short briefing and with a historical background. The history and the place itself are very interesting.
Also, you should be aware that you are traveling a lot in the bus to not only get to the places, but also to collect the tour participants, but also that is actually the standard- but wanted to be mentioned here again.
For those who are very interested in a beautiful part of Crete East and can cope with crowds and clocked schedule, this tour is recommended.
If you like it quieter, you should avoid a safari or your own exploration with a rental car.
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Sprout809f
May 8, 2024
Nice tour - Enjoyed our stops. Found more time was spent on the bus than expected. We came from Heraklion do lots of pick ups and drop offs
Ended up 8am -8pm.
We did enjoy our activities and it was well orchestrated. Lunch …the pork chop was very yummy. I liked the time we had at the beach to walk or swim
Spinalongo was cool place. Would have like for more details from the tour guide and more time here. The stop at Agia Nikolas was fine
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Kimleason89
Jun 8, 2023
Was so rushed it’s cheaper to rent a car and go then to get on this tour line - Good but not long stops only an hour snd 30 minutes at the beach it take 20 minutes to get to the sand and an hour shopping was felt so rushed which is only 30 minutes by the time you walk back to the bus then the lady said when we got back to the bus and on our way home “ sorry it was a short stop but you could have got the public-bus home if you wanted to “ spinalinga island is just a island with broken buildings and boring people got so fed up of the tour guide they all walked off
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Bobhk7998kr
Aug 12, 2023
Never again!!!!! - From the gum chewing tourguide, to the rocky beach and wrong information we were very dissapointed about our trip. The “BBQ” that was supposed to give us the option between steak and chicken was very poorly managed. We got pork instead, when we asked for chicken they told us that we needed to order this beforehand. Nobody mentionzd this to us, so we just went hungry. We had high hopes, but that was our mistake.
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Nsetschli
Aug 3, 2023
insufficient - We had booked a 4-hour tour through Getyourguide. The description said that unlimited water was included, so we didn't have much water with us. Unfortunately, it turned out that water on the boat was chargeable. We asked the tour guide about this, and the explanation was that only water during meals was free. However, we had to wait for the salad and fruit bar until two swimming stops were over.
The children were hungry, so we wanted to buy sandwiches (which were on the menu). But there weren't any because the group before us had used up all the sandwiches... We had to buy a bag of chips because there was nothing left except ice cream.
We also told the tour guide about this, but she said she couldn't do anything. 5 minutes later, the tour guide came and brought us (2 adults and 3 children) a bottle of water (2.5 dl).
The salad and fruit buffet later was sufficient and enough for all guests, and the water was also generously served. Unfortunately, it was in thin plastic cups that blew off the boat... it's incomprehensible these days that people generate plastic waste in the sea so carelessly.
We will definitely not book with Tourline again.
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C2546doalexanderh
Jul 14, 2023
NO LEOPARDS! - There weren't any leopards! Liars!
I would highly consider trying another island if you are looking for leopard's!
It's not fair.
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