Elounda: Spinalonga Prof. Guided Boat Tour w/ BBQ + Swimming

Crete, Greece

6 hours (approx.)
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Boat ticket and Bbq menu incl. pork chop, white gabbage salad with optional dressing, bread & fruit
Guided tour of Spinalonga in English and German every day
As well as a glass of wine or one glass of lemonade.
Boat transportation that is both relaxing & full equipped with shady places, bar & proper facilities
Liability insurance by Generali

Personal expenses
No Hotel Transfer and Pickup
Students with valid student card and EU citizens over 65 years old pay the half.
Entrance fee - Spinaloga

€20.00 per person

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Boat Trip Elounda
Windmill small port, Σχίσμα Ελούντας 720 53, Greece
Please arrive at the meeting point no later than 10 minutes before the start time: - The meeting and starting time for the tour is 9:50 AM on all available days, except Thursdays. - On Thursdays, the meeting and starting time is 11:50 AM.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Spinalonga (Kalydon)

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Elounda

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Κολοκύθα

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Mirabello Bay (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infants must sit on laps
Near public transportation
Not wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate

Transfer from/to port is not included. Clients go with VIATOR code to the boat, they don't need to have confirmation. Infants must seat with their parents on the bus and will not have their own seats. You will be notified by email from the local partner (please check your spam folder).
Take swimming suits
Minimum age requirement for alcohol consumption is 18 years of age
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews

4.1

based on 10 reviews

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Look no further - perfect Elounda trip ❤️

Gemma_O, Oct 2025

Absolutely fabulous. Perfect amount of time to explore the sea, swim and tour Spinalonga. The boat is large and spacious, the crew super friendly and food delicious!! Prices on boat not too expensive either. Met all our expectations and more. Thanks team!

Response from Host, Nov 2025

Thank you for the review

Well worth it but could be better

Katherine_E, Aug 2025

The information that Viator provided was confusing. We were told by the tour line to meet at Megaro but Viator suggests to meet at Elounda Marina, which is a 10 minutes walk away from Megaro. We suggest going to Megaro, ignore Viator’s advice. From there they will check tickets and guide you to the next stop. The boat trip itself consists of a short journey to a one hour swimming stop at Maribello Bay, which was lovely crystal clear water filled with fish. Then a bbq lunch of pork chop, salad, feta, bread and pickles with either a drink of Fanta or wine. The food was good and prepared and served well but there is limited space to sit to eat so I would suggest sitting in the dining area as soon as you board after the first swim to ensure you can eat easily. The second stop is Spinalonga Island. It costs €20 (in cash only) per adult to enter. We had Mary as our guide, who was well spoken and fluent in English. She helped us to understand the different era’s and infrastructure’s on the island and how this affected its citizens. She was fascinating and we thoroughly enjoyed her as guide. The island itself is a mish mash of Venetian, Turk, Arab and Greek building with a leper colony early in the 1900’s. Overall, Spinalonga is hot, dusty and mostly just very old bricks. You have to be really interested in history and architecture to enjoy the day and without a guide, it has very limited explanation as to what each area was. Also, if you choose not to go to Spinalonga there is a second swim location which we sadly missed out on. Now we have seen Spinalonga, we would recommend staying on the boat. Viator has advertised this as a whole day activity beginning at 9:50am and ending at 18:30pm. This is not true. We departed around 10:30am and were back at 14:00pm. Would I recommend? Yes for the boat, swimming and food. No for Spinalonga and the shortness of the day. The staff on the boat were fantastic. Super helpful and would definitely sail with them again but this tour could have been better.

Response from Host, Sep 2025

if you read the email we sent sent to you and follow the google map nothing will be confusing

Thoroughly enjoyable

stephen_r, Aug 2025

Great trip, lovely food. Superb beach stop with amazing swimming experience off back of boat. Spinalonga was good also.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

thank you for the review

Just go local in Elounda...this is not worth the money

David_C, Aug 2025

Was informed it was a tour totalling 6hours. However, the final part of the tour a trip to St. Nicholas and winery tour was only for people on buses. As we had drove to the boat we were left stranded even though we had paid the full amount for the tour. We had no problems on boat and swimming off boat at Mirabella but then to be told to pay 40 euros to get into Spinalonga which is rubbish and not worth it was a kick in the shins. Very disappointed with a tour that lasted 3 hours short of the 6 hours advertised.

Response from Host, Oct 2025

The tour you booked was for 25 euro for the boat trip and spinalonga. How can you ask to have something you didn't pay for?You say that spinalonga is rubbish!!so thousands of people who come to visit all over the world don't have the same opinion as you!