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Best Of Santorini Private Tailor Made Tour

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Santorini, Greece
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Booked 5+ times last week!
  • 2 to 8 hours (approx.)
  • Pickup offered
  • Group discounts
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Getting a taste of Santorini couldn’t be easier with this private guided tour. As well as exploring popular sights like the village of Olia, with its blue-domed churches, and Red Beach, your local guide will show you hidden gems—including a traditional village and a monastery at the island’s highest point. There’s also the opportunity to swim and enjoy lunch (own expense) on Perivolos Beach.
  • Minivan pick-up from your chosen location is included
  • Visit two beaches, with time to swim and enjoy lunch by the sea (not included)
  • Panoramic views from Akrotiri Lighthouse and the hilltop Monastery oF Profitis
  • Explore locations only the locals know about

What's Included

  • Private transportation
  • Hotel/port/airport pickup and drop-off
  • English-speaking local guide
  • Bottled water
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Personal expenses & gratuities (optional)
  • Cable car tickets (10 EUR per person, per way) for cruise ship travelers
  • Entrance fees at museums (optional visits)
  • Lunch at a seaside restaurant (optional)
  • Any optional winery visit
    €30.00 per person

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will pick you up outside of your hotel or the closest accesible point. You will receive a message until one day prior to your tour date. Cruise ship passengers will be picked up at the top (exit) of the cable car in Fira town.

Itinerary

1

Oia

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

2

Three Bells of Fira

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

3

Megalochori

35 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

4

Pyrgos Kallistis

45 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

5

Perivolos Beach

1 hour Admission Ticket Free

6

Red Beach

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

7

Akrotiri Lighthouse

20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

8

Monastery of Profitis Ilias

25 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

9

Akrotiri Archaeological Site

1 hour Admission Ticket Not Included

10

Windmills of Emporio

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

11

Castelli of Emporio

30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

12

Santo Wines

1 hour Admission Ticket Not Included

Santorini (Pass By)

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infant seats available
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • Most travelers can participate. However, this tour requires a certain amount of walking (with areas only accessible on foot), some stairs, and slopes. Participants should have a moderate physical fitness level; however, we always find the best alternative solutions to accommodate each traveler's needs.
  • Meeting point for cruise passengers is top of cruise port's cable car
  • The rest of the time will be spent on the vehicle while moving from one place to the other
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews

5.0
based on 165 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

4 Hours exploring Southern Area of Santorini

Kathy_L, Nov 2025
We had an amazing 4 hours touring the Southern part of Santorini. Argyris was an excellent tour guide and wonderful driver. He took us to all the spots we wanted to visit and explained the history of each area. We never felt rushed, it was a wonderful experience.

Response from Host, Nov 2025

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island!

Best day ever in Santorini!

Dana_H, Sep 2025
Best day ever in Santorini!! If you only have one day here you should absolutely book this private tour, you’ll get to see so much more of the island and have time to do what you want! We had Dimitri & Billy as our driver and guide and they were wonderful. They picked us up in a newer BMW, and showed us all the highlights in our 5 hours, stopped for an amazing lunch and wine tasting at a winery with the most amazing views!!! It was fabulous!!!

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island!

Dimitri Is the Best!!

Debbie_W, Jul 2025
Dimitri gave us brilliant recommendations for food spots, picture places, sight seeing, and other activities during our trip! His knowledge as a local is top tier and during the tour he delivered excellent historical and fun facts about Santorini. He is very charismatic and absolutely delightful to have as a guide on the beautiful island of Santorini, Greece!

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island!

Amazing Santorini

Neeraj_a, Jun 2025
Amazing experience with the driver who was a perfect guide. He took us all places we wanted to go and helped us in every possible manner.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island!

Ask for Dimitri ("Jimmy")

Brad_P, Oct 2024
The real deal. 100/100. No. Really, the real deal. Dimitri ("Jimmy") was the best driver we had through our entire Greece trip (Nea Mark, Athens, Crete and Santorini). His attitude was even better than his English. Gave us plenty of information, but never smothered us. Incidentally, he says he plays a Heritage Cherry Sunburst Les Paul through a Marshall 30 tube amp and rides a '77 BMW cycle. How could you possibly go wrong with this guy?

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island!

Excellent tour of Santorini

Linda_C, Sep 2024
The tour of Santorini was outstanding. Our tour guide, Demetri, was very focused on ensuring we were able to see and enjoy Santorini in the time allotted. We had no specific desires of places to visit on the tour, other than the traditional blue dome buildings, thus, he curated a wonderful tour of the island for us, with attention on the Orthodox churches and detailed explanations about the history of the island. Demetri took us to beaches, a monastery overlooking the island, through towns, to a beach-side lunch, all with detailed explanations about Greek culture and the evolution of Santorini. He made stops, upon our request, for various photo opportunities and also made suggestions about the most photogenic spots on the island. It was a very enjoyable tour. I highly recommend this particular tour and Demetri as a guide. We do recommend that the tour company provide Demetri with a better microphone for the vehicle. It was difficult for all parties in the vehicle to hear Demetri at times, but he would always speak loudly when we asked. Please give him a new microphone so he won’t need to shout!

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for your kind words and your feedback regarding everything! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island!

Great tour with Dimitris. He is punctual and very knowledgeable, welcoming and friendly. Took us to

Olga_F, Aug 2024
We had an awesome time with our private tour guide Dimitris. We visited all the hot spots of Santorini and the beaches. Had a great food by seaside

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island!

Wonderful guide

Michelle_S, Jul 2024
Our guide Yiannis was great! Very patient as well, Since our tender from our cruise ship to the poor was very long. We reached him 1.5 hours late. He still made sure we hit the highlights of the island that we wanted to see. Very knowledgeable.

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island once again!

Fantastic!

Alexandra_R, Jun 2024
Our tourguide was excellent!! Knew a lot about the island, took us to lovely places and his restaurant recommendations was fantastic! We had a great time, he was incredibly nice and just a wonderful experience overall. Highly recommend!!!!

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island once again!

Best way to see Santorini in 1 day

Deanne_P, May 2024
Wonderful tour! Demetrius was an excellent guide, took us to all parts of the island. Excellent way to see Santorini

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island once again!

Fantastic day !

Dayle_S, May 2024
Our private guide, Dora, was amazing. She catered to what we wanted to see on the island of Santorini and did not disappoint. We learned so much about the islands history ! Definitely would recommend this tour !

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful island once again!

Argyis was an excellent...

Jason_S, Jun 2023
Argyis was an excellent guide. Very personable, great knowledge, and his communication throughout was spot on. Highly recommend and we will definitely tour with him again next time we are in Santorini.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a great review! I hope you had a great time at Vine restaurant as well.

Spectacular Santorini with our Guide Argyris!

kathryn_k, May 2023
We had a six hour tour of all parts of the island with a excellent guide, Argyris Nikou. We highly recommend him

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you very much for your feedback and your excellent review!

Adoramos o passeio e o guia Dimitris

Natlia_F, Jul 2024
Éramos um grupo de 7 pessoas. Fizemos um tour de um dia com o guia Dimitris. Calmo, explicou tudo, tivemos tempo de passear e fotografar. Foi muito melhor do que se tivéssemos pego excursão pelo navio do cruzeiro.

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Muito obrigado pelo feedback positivo. Ficamos felizes em saber que tiveram uma experiência agradável com o guia Dimitris. É ótimo saber que aproveitarem mais o tour conosco. Esperamos vê-los novamente em breve!

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