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Santorini Bus Tour: Exploring Traditional Villages, Monasteries, Beaches, and Akrotiri Excavations
4.4
118 Ratings
Kamari
Monastery of Prophet Elias - Megalochori Village - Akrotiri Digs - Red and Perivolos Beach
This excursion takes you to scenic villages of Santorini, captivating monasteries, beautiful beaches, and the renowned Akrotiri archaeological site. Enjoy stunning landscapes and delve into the island’s past.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Megalochori - Traditional Village - Prophet Elias Monastery – Megalochori village – Akrotiri Excavations (with Guide, entrance fee 12,00 E) – Red Beach (approx. 45 min free time, approach on foot 10 mins approx, per way) - Perivolos Beach (free time swimming)
Start with the breathtaking view at the Prophet Elias Monastery and visit the picturesque monastery. Then follows Megalochori village, an extremely charming traditional settlement, almost abandoned after the big earthquake.
- Akrotiri Archaeological Site - We visit Akrotiri excavations, one of the most significant archaeological sites, that includes a vast structure, once inhabited by 200 families and preserved buried under the volcano’s lava.
- Red Beach - Then you will have free time at the Red Beach for swimming or simply enjoy the colorful formations of the mountain and/or visit Akrotiri Bay for coffee or lunch with Greek traditional mezedes and ouzo (not included).
- Perivolos Beach - Perivolos, with its black sandy beach comes next. There you will have enough time to enjoy swimming, explore the area and taste freshly cooked fish at the local taverns.
- Prophet Elias - Visit the picturesque monastery of Prophet Elias in Pyrgos Village.
What's Included
- English-speaking guide
- Complimentary pickup & drop-off service
- Free for children under 4 years old
- Air-conditioned transport
What's Not Included
- Excavation site entrance 14.00 E
- Children under 4 years old will not reserve a seat on the bus. They will sit on parents’ lap.
Additional Information
- COVID-19 Special information:
- Travelers must book this activity online and present mobile vouchers
- Antiseptics will be available on the bus
- Travelers must wear protective masks. Please bring your own masks. Driver and guides will wear masks too
- All customer touch-points are frequently cleaned
- To reduce crowds, the number of passengers is limited. There will be sufficient space between each passenger during transportation
- Social distancing is maintained in vehicles and during the tour (at least 1,5 meters outdoors and 2 meters indoors)
Location
Kamari Tours
PICK UP TIME: 10:30 AM
Bus Departure: Kamari 10:30, Monolithos 10:30, Messaria 10:35, Karterados 10.40, Fira 10:45, Perissa 10.30, Pyrgos 10:50, Imerovigli 10:15, Oia 10:00, Megalochori 10:45, Vlichada 10:40, Perivolos 10:35, Akrotiri 10:45
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(118 Ratings)
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Emily_f
Aug 2, 2024
Great tour!! - Fabulous tour showing casing Akrotiri, red beach, black beach and a traditional Greek town, Megalochori. Loved our bus driver Andreas and our full of personality and so sweet tour guide Tanya! Would definitely recommend this tour to see these sites whilst you’re in Santorini 😁
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Rashmi_m
Jul 13, 2024
Amazing Santorini tour with Tanya - What an amazing tour with such interesting stops, and our lovely, zany tour guide Tanya! We saw Akrotiri, Red Beach, stopped for lunch at Black Beach (Aquarius restaurant had the best food), and walked through the village of Megalochori! One of the best tours I did in Santorini! Tanya was wonderful and kept us so entertained!
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Carmelw
Jul 13, 2024
Akroti Archaeological tour & more ….. well worth doing. - Our tour was led by the amazing Tania! Probably the most fun guide I have ever toured with…. I hope you get her for your trip! We visited Prophet Elias Monastery (no photos allowed inside) stunning Megalochori village, Akroti archaeological site & Red Beach
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Angelamacnamara
Jul 5, 2024
An amazing family day out - best for children over 10-12yrs - We had the best day with the lovely Tanya! She can speak every European language fluently it seems, and is crazy about cats which was very entertaining! She took us to the Elias monestary, the historic village of Megalachori, a hike to the red beach and a guided tour of the ancient city of Arkrotiri. We finished the day with a late lunch and swimming at Perussia beach. A very good value tour, we have now done two Kamari tour trips and found them to be excellent.
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Valerie_c
Jun 5, 2024
Amazing! - Our guide for the bus tour on June 5th was amazing! So knowledgeable and kind and funny. The tour of the archeological site was wonderful. Seeing the 4,000 year old town that was preserved by the ash is unbelievable. Only wish would be that we could spend more time there.
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Adrian_b
May 18, 2024
Great tour but lunch stop too late. - All on time and good communication. Sights were great. Red beach a walk from Akrotiri car park so a bit of a let down
Lunch too late in the day and compromised pre booked evening meal
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Explore823787
Jun 18, 2024
Enjoyable, but too long - The day started with a visit to a local monastery, which was interesting to see.
The tour to the local village wasn't particularly valuable. We stopped at a local bakery and walked through the village, pausing fairly regularly for the group to be counted. However, we were unable to nip into local shops and otherwise, didn't have time to look around. There is also very little shade so it does get very hot!
We really enjoyed the visit to the Akrotiri excavation site and the guided tour provided. The guide was very interesting and knowledgeable.
Because of the heat we opted not to walk down to the Red Beach.
Our last stop was at Perissa beach where we enjoyed a nice lunch but decided not to swim due to time needed to dry off before boarding back on the bus.
Overall, we enjoyed the tour, but felt it could have been far shorter in length and the stops for return trips re-ordered. Please note, there is no free wine tasting included with this tour as is mentioned once in the description.
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David_c
Jun 15, 2024
Akrotiri excavations were... - Akrotiri excavations were amazing. Felt rushed and would have liked to see museum.
The best part of the tour.
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Mike_d
Jun 12, 2024
Find a smaller group tour - Covered a lot of interesting things but group size was unmanageable, particularly during the otherwise fascinating Akrotiri tour. Could not hear much of what was said. Group leader difficult to understand at times.
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161mjg
Jun 23, 2024
Terrible Experience with them in Santorini - My wife and I have been on over 100 excavations in our lives while on vacation. The tour booked with Kamari Tours was one of the worst ever.
First, it was a 95 degree day and the bus they used had no air conditioning. Everyone was a miserable sweaty mess.
Second there was no assigned seating so after every stop other people would move our stuff around. This forced us to move each time and an older gentleman on the bus ended up screaming at myself then a small child because we took his seat. The tour guide did nothing. She just watched as this man went off on a child for 5 minutes.
Lastly, the information wasn’t good and most the time it was get off the bus for 20 minutes, look around and hurry and get back on.
We ended up Ubering to the final destination as it just wasn’t worth it.
I would get a smaller tour when you’re here from a different company.
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