Santorini Highlights Small-Group Tour with Wine Tasting option
Description
Exclusive Santorini Experiences: Classic & Full-Day Tours Classic Highlight Tour (5.5 hours) Explore Santorini in a small group (Up to 12 guests). Stroll through Oia, admiring its blue-domed churches, Cycladic charm, and cave houses with breathtaking caldera views. Capture stunning panoramas from Prophet Elias Monastery, then explore Pyrgos, a timeless village. Enhance your experience with an optional wine tasting (€20 per person) at a renowned winery, savoring Santorini’s distinct volcanic flavors. Full-Day Tour (7,5 hours) Go beyond the highlights with all stops from the Classic Tour, plus a visit to Akrotiri Excavations (entry not included, €20 per person), where an ancient city is frozen in time. See the Red Beach’s striking volcanic cliffs and wander through Emporio Village, a medieval maze with a Venetian castle. Both tours include an expert tour leader /driver and comfortable transportation, ensuring a seamless and unforgettable Santorini adventure.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Our meeting point. There you will meet your guide and you will start your experience
At this postcard-perfect village with the whitewashed facades and pastel-hued houses. Loose yourself in Oia’s winding streets, duck under bougainvillea archways and bask in the feel of Santorini’s allure.
The village of Pyrgos where you will have about 20 minutes to see this quaint village
Prophet Elias Monastery which offers panoramic, wow-inspiring views as it’s the island’s highest point. There you will get a glimpse of how life as a monk is and explore this exquisite monastery.
Indulge in a 4-course wine tasting overlooking the captivating vineyards. Over the next hour you will get to know the winery and learn how wine was produced in Santorini in the past up until now. 20 € entrance per person
Argyros Travel is an agency founded by local professionals, who strive for almost two generations, to show the unknown side of Santorini. What we do is help you get the journey of a lifetime, with seamless transportations services, specially designed island tours and accommodation. We chose our family name to be our band name because we are and want to remain a family business, dedicated to people who love Santorini as much as we do! We are committed to pushing boundaries every day to maintain the high standards of our services and keep adding value.
Akrotiri Excavations: Often called the "Pompeii of the Aegean," this advanced prehistoric city featured two-story houses, vibrant frescoes, and an elaborate drainage system, showcasing the sophistication of Minoan civilization. Entrance 20€ per person
Red Beach Viewpoint: A stunning panoramic spot overlooking the iconic red cliffs and crystal-clear waters of Santorini’s most unique volcanic beach. Ideal for photos and breathtaking views.
Emporio Village: A charming traditional village with narrow alleys, a medieval Kasteli (castle), and well-preserved Cycladic architecture, offering a glimpse into Santorini’s history and local life
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up is included in your booking. We'll contact you through Viator to arrange the meeting point and time. Please ensure your phone number is provided. Using WhatsApp can make communication easier. No pick-up from the Old Port of Fira (not accessible by vehicles). For customers who don't respond to our calls or messages two hours before the tour's starting time, please meet us at outside the Fira bus station at the tour start time.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- We suggest sunscreen, hat ,sunglasses and a jacket (for late in the evening if it is windy)
- A moderate amount of walking is involved. Please wear comfortable shoes
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Reviews(713)
We had a great experience! The tour was amazing and the tour guide and driver were very kind! We learned a lot about the island and took great pictures!
We booked this tour far in advanced and they canceled it 5 days out and didn’t provide a workable alternative. This was not ideal and now I have to change my trip at the last minute.
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that the change to your booking caused inconvenience. However, we would like to clarify that you were informed 5 days before the scheduled tour date, which cannot reasonably be described as a last-minute cancellation. At the same time, we did not simply cancel without support — we offered alternative options, including changing the date of your tour or joining a different available experience. While we understand that these alternatives may not have suited your travel plans, it is not accurate to suggest that no workable option was provided. We made every effort to assist and accommodate your booking within the available possibilities. For this reason, we feel that a 1-star review does not fairly reflect the level of communication, support, and alternatives that were offered.
Great way to explore the island. Theodore was an amazing guide! He is very friendly and answers questions with great detail. Good airconditioned vehicle. Wine tasting was also nice. More wine stops would make it even better 😁 Highly recommend this trip 👍🏽
This was a very thorough tour of the island of Santorini. We went to Oia, the monetary, Megalochori, a winery and opted for the archeological site of Akrotiri as well. Our guide, Theo, did an excellent job. Very knowledgeable. It was just a little long, from 9 am to 6 pm. The wine tasting was wonderful and we could have ended the tour there and had lunch. No opportunity for lunch was provided, so we were pretty hungry by the end. Well worth it but just know you will spend the whole day!
This tour is the perfect way to see all the key parts of the island. The small group size really enabled us to experience a lot of the island in a short amount of time. Our tour guide Theo was phenomenal. He truly customized the tour based on our interests and the other tours we were planning to take during our trip. Theo was friendly, informative, and made sure we had a memorable experience. We booked this tour on our first full day in Santorini, and it was the perfect way for us to get acquainted with the island!
Fantastic experience! Our guide Teo was knowledgeable, experienced, and extremely friendly. He did a wonderful job bringing the whole small group together and making everyone feel welcome. We learned so much about Santorini while having a great time. Highly recommended!
We had a fabulous time on this trip. We were a very small group which was great. It felt like a private tour. Will was the guide, he was excellent. Very knowledgable, courteous, friendly, he made the experience very interesting and with his knowledgeable he was able to guide us around parts we wouldn’t have seen on our own. The sunset from the monastery was amazing! Would thoroughly recommend.
Theo was an amazing and attentive tour guide. He did a great job at structuring the tour so that we saw everything in the order that made the most sense and made sure we were comfortable navigating our surrounding at each stop☺️
This was a really wonderful tour and the perfect introduction to Santorini. It’s an efficient way to hit the highlights but more than that, it’s so much fun! I really appreciated getting to Oía just before the crowds really started to roll in so we could appreciate its beauty properly and get some amazing photos without having to queue. Vasilis was also an amazing guide! He was really warm and friendly, and as a solo traveller I really appreciated how he made everyone feel included. His energy definitely helped our group to get to know each other and we had such a fun day. I think this is the perfect thing to do on your first day in Santorini.
We had the most incredible tour in Santorini! From start to finish, everything was perfectly organised and exceeded all expectations. Our tour guide Theo, was absolutely brilliant — so knowledgeable, professional, friendly, and passionate about the island’s history and culture. He made every stop interesting and fun, and his recommendations were spot on. A huge thank you as well to our amazing driver, Spyros who made us feel safe and comfortable the entire day while navigating the island with ease. Both of them went above and beyond to make our experience unforgettable. If you’re visiting Santorini, this tour is an absolute must. Truly one of the highlights of our trip. Mihai & Kate
