Daily Cruise from Paros to Delos Mykonos
Description
Our cruise will start with a transfer Naoussa Port form where we will depart. After sailing the Aegean Sea, we will arrive to Delos Island that is actually a floating archaeological site. There you will have around 3 hours to discover and admire the archaeological findings, of one of the biggest and most organized settlements of Ancient Greece. If you wish you can also visit the Museum. After Delos time to explore Mykonos! You will have to opportunity to enjoy and walk at the beautiful backstreets, the irresistible Little Venice, the Windmills and many more famous points.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The departure of the day cruise to Delos and Mykonos is located at Naoussa.
In the ancient times Delos was widely known as the birthplace of Apollo.The entire island is designated as an archaeological site, to be precise, a UNESCO world heritage site. It’s an ark of history, floating lazily on the waters of the Aegean Sea, just a few miles away from cosmopolitan Mykonos. It’s a chance to walk around the revival of the glory of the Greek civilization. It’s the head priest of the Cyclades, the birthplace of the immortals. It’s Delos.
Delos Archaeological Museum was created at 1904 The present exhibition is arranged in nine rooms. Six rooms contain the statues and reliefs found on Delos (one of the best collections in the world), two rooms contain pottery ranging from the prehistoric times to the Late Hellenistic period, and the last one contains various objects of everyday life, found in the private houses of the site.
Mykonos was one of the first Greek islands, which developed tourism in the early 1960's and until now remain one of the most known and cosmopolitan islands in the world. Some of the most know places of the island are Mykonos Town, Little Venice and of course the Windmills.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The pick-up and drop-off, with a shared bus, from certain points in Paros to Naoussa port & v.v. are included in the price of the ticket. Please be 10 min prior at meeting points. You will receive an email with the exact pick-up details before the activity. If you have not received anything at least 24 hours before, please contact us.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Full names as per passports are required at the time of booking from port Authorities
- The pick up and drop off with a shared bus is from certain points in Paros. For all the hotels/ Airbnb and other properties located in Naoussa area pick up/ drop off service is not included and you can meet us directly at the departure port.
- Please be at the pick up location point 10 min earlier from the designated pick up time.
- The latest 24hours prior to your activity date you will receive by email your pick up details: location and time. If for any case you have not received these data please do contact your local supplier.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
Reviews(18)
Friendly and helpful staff, good old fashion day trip to the islands, long day but worth the money and the effort.
The "tour" was basically just transportation. Nothing more. They were unable to pick us up at our hotel (although we are unsure why as we were picked up in a van & its 5 min up the road. We arrived at port 30 min early.) We walked the 10-15 min, which was fine. We found the tour representative by accident, literally asking around. She scanned our tickets, gave us our ferry passes, told us where to get the ferry & that was it. We never saw her again. We got to Delos & expected 4 hours (3 at the site & an hour at the museum. We had less than 3 hours total. We had to ask the ferry crew the return time. Nothing was communicated with our "tour". There was no tour around Delos, which I knew, but I really wish we'd gotten an actual tour of the site. We got to Mykonos & enjoyed our wander. Again, we had to figure out on our own return times. What we didn't know was how to get back to our pick up point. Again, nothing was communicated. We actually found the same 3 people who shared our van going in to the port, & they didn't know either. I had sent a message through Viator, as we were leaving Mykonos asking how to find the transport back, I have yet to hear from them. We eventually were told, because we asked around, that there was a bus. The driver was a friendly soul but spoke very little English, which is fine, we are un Greece, but there was a struggle to know if we were on the correct transport. In all, poorly organized. We got exactly what we paid for, which were ferry rides, nothing more, with no communication on return. If I were to do it again, I'd most likely book an actual tour through Delos & a day to ourselves at Mykonos.
Very easy trip but might want to hire a guide. Delos is worth way more than the price of admission, but the Mykonos part I could have done without. Beautiful boat trip overall. Lovely crew.
Thank you for sharing your feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed the boat trip and found the crew lovely. Delos is indeed a remarkable site—your suggestion about hiring a guide is a great tip for future travelers. We appreciate your insights and hope to welcome you on another trip soon! — MTM Travel and Tourism
This trip was a good way to see 2 islands in one day ! The boat was comfortable and had restrooms and refreshments.
We were not informed that we had to pay to enter the island of Delos. The museum was closed and even the only cafe was closed. The total time between Delos and Mykonos was shorter than described in the booking as well. This was a very frustrating trip.
A must see. Superb site with splendid remains. In October it is perfect both in terms of the very pleasant climate and the very reasonable number of tourists
Dear Guest, We appreciate your comments regarding your recent tour. It is always a pleasure to receive such a positive feedback. Such comments are very encouraging for all of us and enhance even more our commitment for constant upgrade of our services. Looking forward to see you again in the near future to one of our tours. MTM DMC Team.
It was a scorching hot day when we went. We decided to skip the Delos part of the stop and continue straight to Mykonos. We were so happy that this flexibility was provided. This was a great way to get to and see another island in the Cyclades. Before we booked, we noticed reviews saying it was just a ferry ride, but I have no issues with that because the description of what to expect was clear. This was not a 'tour' with tour guide, so I'm a little sad that some complained about that when it is exactly as advertised a way to quickly get to other islands.
Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. Such comments are very encouraging for all of us. We would like to use your review for our whole team to improve daily as we strive to provide superior client service. MTM DMC Team.
Booked for a family of seven and had the confirmation including the voucher. The company never showed up to pick us up at the agreed time and place. I called the two operator multiple times they picked up and hung up each time. I've done this trip before and it is very nice but this was inexcusable as it was our plans for the entire day. They responded later in the day and promptly provided a full refund and an apology.
Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We continuously work to create good customer experiences, and we’re sorry to hear that we missed the mark here. We always strive to investigate the cases right away and we provide refund as soon as possible. We would also like to use this as a learning experience for our whole team to improve daily. More over we hope to see you again in one of our experiences! Regards, MTM DMC Team
The operator didn’t pick us up, no one at location to guide, 2 different pick up points in directions - google maps different to the word description “the windmill”, tried to contact operator several times and no response until after the boat left, didn’t know we were looking for a bus - no instructions what to look for, pickup point extremely busy especially when when a ferry comes in - can easily miss someone. None of the other tour operators around this pickup point had heard of this operator. When finally got in contact with your operator - only got a response “bus driver said you were not at the pickup point” and rejected calls and messages after that. This message from operator was the only hint we were looking for a bus. The windmill is in the middle of roundabout with the port entrance on one side, with taxi stand, tour operators, various vehicle hire places and lots of people doing drop offs and pick ups, people everywhere - if you don’t know what your are looking for, won’t find it especially if your tour operator does not pick up your calls. To improve service this operator should have someone with a sign at the pickup point and ticking off that they have all people, all other tours thus far has had this.
Lost and truly extraordinary, however the ship's crew can iron on punctuality and savoir vivre,
