Private Tour: Ancient Akrotiri and Santorini Wineries Tour
Overview
Discover the ancient ruins of Akrotiri, sip Santorinian wine at three wineries on this 5-hour Santorini tour! Traveling by air-conditioned minivan, learn about Santorini's history as you experience the Minoan Bronze Age ruins of Greece at Akrotiri, and then delve into its rich winemaking heritage at three vineyards. Sample 12 different wines on your visits. Taking a private tour ensures personalized attention from your guide and flexible tour pace.
What's Included
- Entrance tickets for Akrotiri and all wineries
- Private air‑conditioned Mercedes‑Benz minivan transport
- Bottled water
- Hotel or port pickup and drop‑off
- Cheese plate and Greek tapas at each winery
- Private wine tastings at three wineries (up to 12 wines)
- Guided tour of the Akrotiri Archaeological Site with a professional archaeologist
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Please enter your hotel or accommodation or cruise ship information at time of booking. The tour includes pickup and drop-service from all accommodations and hotels throughout Santorini. In case your accommodation is not accessible by car due to landscape, walkways, steps or whatever reason the meeting point for your pickup will be set at a main accessible location within walking distance from your accommodation.
What To Expect
Uncover the fascinating history of Santorini on a guided tour of the Akrotiri excavations, a prehistoric town that has been frozen in time by ash that fell during the Minoan volcanic eruption 3,600 years ago.
Continue your wine discovery in the island's countryside visiting 3 traditional Santorini wineries and enjoy cellar tours to see how the wine-making process unfolds, from grape to glass.
Learn about Santorini’s unique viticulture traditions at the unforgiving island conditions & taste a selection of 12 Santorini wine styles such as Assyrtiko, Nykteri, and the sublimely sweet Vinsanto wine.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Hotel pick-ups will be done to the closest accessible areas; parts of Santorini are in a slope and can't be accessed by vehicles
- Operated by a business
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Frequently Asked Questions (6)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Destinations customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EEST).
- Entrance tickets for Akrotiri and all wineries.
- Private air‑conditioned Mercedes‑Benz minivan transport.
- Bottled water.
- Hotel or port pickup and drop‑off.
- Cheese plate and Greek tapas at each winery.
- Private wine tastings at three wineries (up to 12 wines).
- Guided tour of the Akrotiri Archaeological Site with a professional archaeologist.
- Gratuities.
The minimum age to participate is 17..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private Tour: Ancient Akrotiri and Santorini Wineries Tour is as follows:
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Private Tour: Ancient Akrotiri and Santorini Wineries Tour will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Destinations. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024What's Included
- Entrance tickets for Akrotiri and all wineries
- Private air‑conditioned Mercedes‑Benz minivan transport
- Bottled water
- Hotel or port pickup and drop‑off
- Cheese plate and Greek tapas at each winery
- Private wine tastings at three wineries (up to 12 wines)
- Guided tour of the Akrotiri Archaeological Site with a professional archaeologist
- Gratuities
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Hotel pick-ups will be done to the closest accessible areas; parts of Santorini are in a slope and can't be accessed by vehicles
- Operated by a business
