Semi-Private Island Tour: Explore Santorini's History, Villages and Wine Tasting Experience

Embark on a semi-private island tour of Santorini, discovering its rich history, picturesque villages, and indulging in a wine tasting experience. Visit ancient ruins, traditional villages, and stunning Oia village with cliffside views. Includes lunch and a designated driver.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Castelli of Pyrgos - Visit to Pyrgos Traditional Village. Built in the 15th century by occupying Venetians, it’s one of the island’s five best preserved castle ruins.
What's Included
  • Tour exclusively in English
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Wine tasting experience
  • Lunch included
  • Liability insurance and designated driver
  • Hotel pick-up and return transfers
What's Not Included
  • Tickets & expert guide for Akrotiri NOT included. Self-guided tickets 12€ per person.
  • To the beaches we do not have time for swimming.
Additional Information

Take a trip to the historic village of Pyrgos. Constructed in the 15th century by the Venetian invaders, it is among the top five best-preserved castle remains on the island. Visit the Akrotiri Archeological Site, one of the Aegean’s most significant prehistoric locations, and Santorini’s first settlement, which traces back to the Late Neolithic era….

Location
Pharmacy Irini Maria Lignou
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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391lettyv
Sep 7, 2024
The Perfect day! - We had the best time on this trip with our guide. He was timely, thoughtful and joyful the whole day. He took us safely all around Santorini and was very knowledgeable.
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Ngaire
Sep 3, 2024
An awesome day! - We had a fantastic day doing the semi private 6 hour tour with wine tasting and food pairing. Our guide Spiros was superb, able to answer any questions we had and making sure we had the best experiences at each stop. The semi private tour was still small enough that you were not one of many but a great opportunity to meet a small group of other travellers. The winery was excellent, the wine was great but the food was outstanding. Overall we were so impressed with Spiros and Blues Shades of Greece!
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Jamescz4332pb
Jun 28, 2024
Great service - My family and o had a great experience using Blue Shades to show us around Santorini. Our tour guide, George, was very friendly and made sure that we had a great time on our tour.
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346jackier
Jun 18, 2024
Wonderful experience - We had an amazing tour of Santorini with George! This was one of our activities on our honeymoon, and we had the best time! George was knowledgable, funny, and fun to spend a day with! We went to a prehistoric village, a winery, the villages of Oia and Pyrgos, and had a blast. He is a great driver and has lots of fun stories and introduced us to the best gelato!
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Timd847
May 11, 2024
Santorini six hour tour with wine tasting - Great tour to the places you wouldn't normally get to on Santorini. Spiros comfortably and expertly guided us to all points on the island, from Akrotiri to Phyros to Oia, and the charming village of Megalochori. We finished with a wonderful wine tasting with food at Vassaltis vineyard and winery. Highly recommend.
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165jackied
Aug 12, 2023
Very fun day - This tour was amazing and Zach was a wonderful tour guide. We saw areas of Santorini that we probably would not have found on our own. It was a very enjoyable day and we have a lot of fond memories of it.
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Vickytat2023
Aug 6, 2023
Excellent Tour - Turned out to be a private day for my husband and I. Had the most amazing day with our super fantastic tour guide Zaharias (Ζακαρια). He explained everything and took us to places we would never have seen. A must do tour…. The wine tasting and food pairing at Vassaltis Vineyards was awesome. A must do tour with Blue Shades of Greece Santorini 2023 Aug. 🇬🇷🌻🍷🤗🥳🇦🇺❤️
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Johannessr8312xd
Aug 2, 2023
Great Tour - We had a wonderful tour with our Guide Zach, a really nice guy with lot of knowledge about the island and its city's. We saw everything what needs to be seen on the Island, and had a great wine tasting with some delicious regional food. Great experience!
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Dngdxb
Jul 27, 2023
Awesome Views, Awesome Eats and Drinks and Awesome Guide - Awesome tour of the Island with delicious food and wine on top. Zak our tour guide was not only knowledgeable of the history of Santorini, he was also very entertaining and quite fun to spend the day with. He spent a good amount of time in between the sites analyzing my energy and was quite accurate with his conclusion. We had a very fun day on this highly recommended tour with Zak.
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Stephaniess4412va
Jul 26, 2023
Spiros - Spiros was our tour guide on this tour of Santorini with Blue Shades of Greece. He was knowledgeable, kind, fun, and an awesome person all-around. We were in Greece a few weeks ago on our honeymoon and wanted to get a full scope of the island. Spiros had a wide variety of knowledge about the island and the history. My husband had many questions for him about the island and he had answers for all! Spiros also has a knack for photography and was able to show us some of the most beautiful spots in Santorini and snapped amazing photos of us at each location. It was breathtaking to see the different villages within Santorini and we even got to go into a cave! He has a great relationship with other locals and was very likable. The winery at the end of the tour was a very nice touch and had fantastic wine and homemade food. We would DEFINITELY recommend this tour and if you are lucky you will have Spiros as your guide!
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