Santorini Highlights Private Tour
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Santorini, Greece
- 4 to 6 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Santorini is one of the most popular Greek islands and you’ll discover why when you explore it during this private day tour. Whether you’re arriving via cruise port, airport, or are staying the night in town, receive round-trip transportation for this exciting tour that covers everything from the Red Beach and Santo Winery to the medieval village of Pyrgos and hillside town of Oia.
- Stop for photos in Firostefani to see the Blue Dome Church
- Admire awesome panoramic views from the highest point on the island
- Explore the Akrotiri Archaeological Site, built in 2000 BC
- Great for cruise ship passengers with only 1 day available
What's Included
- Hotel or cruise port pickup (meeting point for cruise travelers is at the top of the cable car)
- Private driver - guide
- Private Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle
- Bottled Mineral Water
- Live commentary and information
- Lunch or Refreshments
- Cable car tickets for cruise passengers (€ 6 per person / each way)
- Entrance fees at museums and Akrotiri excavations (optional visits)
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
We provide pickup from all hotels and Airbnbs in Santorini. If your accommodation is not accessible by car, we will arrange the nearest available meeting point within short walking distance. Cruise ship passengers: The meeting point is at the top of the Cable Car in Fira, where your driver‑guide will be waiting with a sign displaying your name. Airport transfers: Pickup and drop‑off from Santorini National Airport are available at no extra cost
Itinerary
1
Firostefani
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Oia
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
3
Pyrgos Kallistis
35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Prophet Elias Monastery
35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Akrotiri Archaeological Site
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Red Beach
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Perivolos Beach
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
8
Santo Wines
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infant seats available
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Not wheelchair accessible
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Hotel Pick-up is available from all hotels & Airbnbs across Santorini. In case your hotel is not accessible by car due to restrictions your pickup will be coordinated from a nearby accessible location within walking distance from hotel.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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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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Featured review
Laurie_W
Nick was a wonderful tour guide. Worked around rain briefly in the morning and gave us a full island tour Listened to our interests and moved accordingly. Even added extra sites and time to the tour. His pride and knowledge of the island made this a not to be missed tour. Highly recommend spending a bit extra for the private tour with him!
Reviews
4.9
based on 628 reviews
Karen_U, Mar 2026
We had a complete introduction to Santorini , visiting Oia, Fira, Venetian Fortress, Akrotiri museum, black beach, lighthouse, vineyards, shops.
Angelos was a superb guide. We learned the history of the island and the current state of Greek events.
He is extremely enthusiastic about the island and was so knowledgeable. He was also very warm and we shared a superb lunch with him at the end of the day.
You really must request him as your guide.
He was an excellent guide with a very entertaining personality.
Response from Host, Mar 2026
Thank you so much for your 5star review! We are very happy that you enjoyed your trip with your guide Angelos! We hope to welcome you back again for more adventures in the future!
Gayathri_S, Nov 2025
We had a great experience with Nicholas on our all day tour. He tailored the itinerary to work best with the November Sunday date given many sites were closed and we still had a great time. He was very engaging and gave us great background about the history of Santorini (along with the villages we visited) and Greece overall. He took us to some great photo taking spots and made sure we were able to see all that we could during the 6 hour timeframe. Highly recommend!
Response from Host, Dec 2025
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear that Nicholas made your Santorini tour memorable, even with the November closures. It’s great that his knowledge, flexibility, and eye for great photo spots helped you make the most of your day. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back again!
Howard_L, Oct 2025
Tour guide Maria and owner/driver John
gave us a wonderful private tour.
We saw Santorini through the eyes of ‘locals’ and it really opened our eyes to the beauty and culture of the island.
Highly recommend…and you can customize your tour too!…just tell them what you’d like to see and do.
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you for your lovely review! We're so happy you enjoyed exploring Santorini with Maria and John and appreciated the local touch. We hope to welcome you back again in the future!
Teresa_D, Oct 2025
This activity takes you from one side to the other and to top to bottom of the island. Angelo was extremely helpful and so knowledgeable in history and we loved it.
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you so much! We're delighted to hear you enjoyed exploring the island with Angelo and loved the experience! We hope to welcome you back again in the future!
Sam_A, Oct 2025
We had an amazing day in Santorini with Sakis! He was friendly, engaging, and made sure we had a memorable experience from start to finish. Thank you, Sakis, for making our visit so special!
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you for your kind words! We’re thrilled to hear Sakis made your Santorini experience so memorable and enjoyable. We hope to welcome you back again for more adventures!
Kim_W, Oct 2025
We toured the island of Santorini with Sakis this week. He did an excellent job providing the many highlights of the island. We learned about the culture and the history of the island.
This tour is a must if you want to get a feel for different areas of Santorini from the beach community, popular tourist areas, and local areas. Sakis was friendly and a great guide!!!
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you for your wonderful review! We’re so glad you enjoyed exploring Santorini with Sakis. He’ll be delighted to hear your kind words. It’s great to know the tour gave you a true feel for the island’s diverse beauty. We hope to welcome you back again in the future!
Laura_V, Oct 2025
Maria was such a great guide. She showed us the best of Santorini and took us to local places avoiding crowded sports and picking great picture spots. She even helped us taking our pictures! Tks so much!
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you for your kind words! We’re so glad Maria made your Santorini tour special with local spots and great photo memories. We truly appreciate your feedback!
Laurie_W, Oct 2025
Nick was a wonderful tour guide. Worked around rain briefly in the morning and gave us a full island tour Listened to our interests and moved accordingly. Even added extra sites and time to the tour. His pride and knowledge of the island made this a not to be missed tour. Highly recommend spending a bit extra for the private tour with him!
Response from Host, Oct 2025
Thank you for your fantastic review! We’re so glad Nick could tailor the tour to your interests and make it memorable, rain or shine. Your recommendation means a lot!
Nicole_J, Sep 2025
Nicolas was our guide and truly gave us a wonderful day on the majority of the island. He was energetic, knowledgeable, friendly, professional, and a real joy to spend the day with. He took great pictures of is along the way, took us to a lovely winery, and was a great driver all day long. We HIGHLY recommend him and this tour.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you so much for your fantastic review! We’re thrilled to hear that Nicolas made your day so enjoyable with his energy, knowledge, and friendliness. It’s wonderful to know you appreciated the winery visit, his driving, and the great photos along the way. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you on another tour soon!
Brian_R, Sep 2025
Great customized trip. Guide was fantastic and now I’m being forced to write more when I do t have anything else to say
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for the wonderful feedback! We’re so glad you enjoyed your customized trip and that your guide made it fantastic. Your recommendation means a lot to us!
Dean_H, Sep 2025
Very informative, we learned alot and saw many different areas . The Guide took plenty of photos for us in prime scenic spots .
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your 5star feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed the tour and that your guide captured so many great memories for you.
Magdalena_S, Sep 2025
We had an amazing experience exploring all of Santorini with breathtaking views along the way. The tour included a wonderful wine tasting, and our guide was so accommodating—he adjusted the trip to suit us perfectly. One of the highlights was stopping for delicious local food right on the beach, which made the day even more special. Highly recommend!
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Hello Mrs Magdalena!
Thank you so much for your feedback!
Roslyn_C, Sep 2025
Excellent afternoon spent with Nicholas our tour guide who was friendly, funny and very knowledgeable on places to go in the limited time we had to spend in Santorini. Highly recommend this tour and if you are fortunate enough to get Nicholas as your tour guide you’ll be even more pleased.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your 5star feedback! We’re so glad Nicholas made your Santorini visit memorable, and we truly appreciate your recommendation.
Daniel_B, Sep 2025
Sakis was a wonderful guide. He gave us plenty of history as we toured all the places we wanted to visit on the island. Between areas we were seeing we enjoyed a comfortable ride and it was relief to have an experienced person driving us around the island. We highly recommend this tour.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you so much for your 5star review! We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed your tour with Sakis and felt comfortable throughout your journey. Sharing the island’s history and making sure our guests can relax while exploring is exactly what we strive for. Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we hope to welcome you back again for more adventures!
Luba_T, Sep 2025
Great day in Santorini. Angelo was an excellent tour guide. Took pictures, provided great background and history of Santorini. I was running behind and he accommodated my pickup. Great choice to have lunch by the water. I highly recommend this tour and Angelo made it that much better.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your 5star feedback! We’re thrilled you enjoyed your day in Santorini with Angelo and appreciate your high recommendation.
Sofia_D, Sep 2025
I HIGHLY recommend this tour. Our driver Nicholas was absolutely incredible! We had only one day here as we came by cruise so we decided to do this tour. He took us to everywhere we wanted to go & let us spend time in the places we wanted to. A fantastic day on the most beautiful island! Thank you Nicholas!
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your amazing feedback! We’re so glad Nicholas made your day in Santorini unforgettable and that you enjoyed exploring the island to the fullest!
Herb_M, Sep 2025
Angelo was an excellent guide. He was very knowledgeable and fun!! Tour showed us all of Santorini which was amazing. I wish there had been time for the Wine Tasting but otherwise fantastic tour, highly recommend.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your 5star feedback! We’re so glad you enjoyed exploring Santorini with Angelo and appreciate your recommendation. Hopefully next time you can also enjoy the wine tasting!
Roy_B, Sep 2025
Sakis is a wonderful guide. This was a marvelous overview of Santorini. We learned of the history of the island and explored mountains and cave houses. We were allowed to visit a monastery and a lovely chapel. The Greek Orthodox church we visited was beautiful. Sakis also led us to the best gelato in Santorini. Lola’s is awesome. The van was comfortable and clean. We truly loved the experience. We definitely recommend Sakis and this excursion.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your 5star review! We’re delighted you enjoyed the tour with Sakis and had such a memorable experience exploring Santorini, from history to gelato. We appreciate your recommendation!
William_C, Sep 2025
Our guide, Sakis, was absolutely incredible! He kept everything on schedule while being warm, accommodating, and full of knowledge. Every explanation at each site was clear, engaging, and memorable.
At his suggestion, we added a wine tasting at Art Space Winery, which turned out to be a great highlight—the, Mezzo wine was so good we even bought a bottle to take home. Lunch at Black Beach was also excellent, and the complimentary dessert was both beautiful and delicious: a tall creation of four layers of crisp, sweet thin dough with balls of cream in between, ice cream scoops around the base, and a dusting of sugar and cinnamon on top. Truly unforgettable!
My wife and I had such a wonderful experience and would highly recommend this tour.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience! We’re thrilled you enjoyed the tour with Sakis, the wine tasting, and the delicious lunch. We’re glad it was truly unforgettable and appreciate your recommendation!
Karen_F, Sep 2025
Nikolas was the best tour guide!! We saw all of Santorini on our 6 hour tour. He was so knowledgeable about the history, agriculture, wine and everything. Amazing day!!
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your 5star review! We’re so glad you enjoyed your tour with Nikolas and had an amazing day discovering all of Santorini.
Michael_B, Aug 2025
This was an excellent overall tour of Santorini. Nikos, our guide was very informative and knowledgeable. We that many delightful conservations. We recommend this tour as a starting point for visiting Santorini.
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you so much for your 5star review! We’re delighted to hear you enjoyed your tour in Santorini and that your guide helped making it informative and memorable. We hope to welcome you back for more discoveries in the future!
Anonymous, Aug 2025
We spent the afternoon and evening touring Santorini with Angelo, he took us to all the sites on the itinerary we requested, accommodated our interests, and was thoroughly professional. It was a lovely way to see the island from Oia to Perivolo beach!
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you for your kind words! We’re glad you enjoyed exploring Santorini with Angelo and that the tour matched your expectations.
Priscilla_P, Aug 2025
Nicholas was the most perfect guide! He was knowledgeable and super fun and know all the good spots in Santorini! My friends and I had great fun and this tour is the best way to cover all the best spots in Santorini in one day! Would leave a 10 star review if possible!
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you so much! We’re thrilled you had such a great time with Nicholas and enjoyed discovering Santorini’s best spots. We hope to see you again on another tour!!!
Amer_H, Aug 2025
We had a private tour for 3 people our guide Maria and driver Angelo were very kind and friendly they showed us most of the important area in Santorini and took every effort to make us comfortable. It’s a beautiful day
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you so much for your kind review! We’re delighted to hear you enjoyed the tour with Maria and Angelo. We hope to see you again on another tour!
Michelle_B, Jul 2025
Our tour of Santorini was beyond what we expected!
Our tour guide/ driver, Sakis, gave us a very welcome history lesson while driving us around to stunning locations and key stops on the island for first time visitors. He was also a great photographer, snapping photographs of our group of 7 so we have memories to last a life time.
Our story with Sakis didn't end with the tour either. After we had said goodbye to Sakis, about an hour later we realized we left an item in his car. Without hesitation, he located it for us and made arrangements to mail it back to us! Truly above and beyond. We highly recommend this tour, and Sakis as a tour guide!
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you so much for your kind words! We’re thrilled you enjoyed your tour with Sakis, and we’ll be sure to share your feedback with him. We hope to welcome you back to Santorini soon!
Stephen_D, Jul 2025
Sakis was a great tour guide, we had so much fun thank you for a great day learn all about the island.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Thank you for your 5-star review. We appreciate your feedback and we hope we will see you again in the future!
Katherine_T, Jul 2025
Saki was our wonderful tour guide who showed us around the beautiful sites of Santorini. We had the most amazing day learning about the island.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Thank you for your 5-star review. We hope to see you again in the future!!
Pamela_E, Jul 2025
Very high temperatures; but the breathtaking views make it a worthwhile experience. Definitely bring your camera along.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Thank you for your 5-star review. We hope to see you again in the future!!
Philip_L, Jul 2025
Sakis was excellent, very knowledgeable and personable. We had a great tour of the island and he was very professional. I would strongly recommend.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Thank you for your 5-star review. We appreciate your feedback and we hope we will see you again in the future!
steven_s, Jul 2025
We had a fantastic day with our guide Sakis. He meet us at the top of the cable car and quickly hopped in his car and proceeded with a tour of Fira and Oia before it was overly crowded. His knowledge of short cuts and secret view points helped get better pictures. We took a long drive around the island with stops at highest view point on the island, Prophet Elias that also had a monastery atop. Then a very quick stop at a red and black sand beach and final stop at a local winery for a decent sampling.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We’re thrilled you had such a great experience with Sakis and that you enjoyed the tour. We truly
appreciate your kind words and hope to welcome you again soon!
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