Fira Trip Overview
Enjoy a private tour of the most important sights of Santorini with your family and friends. Customize it to suit your individual needs!
Experience the biggest highlights of the ever-popular Santorini in a customizable private tour and get to know the beautiful Aegean island in a single day!
Places highlighted in this tour are considered the most sought areas to visit.
The picturesque sceneries captured in each corners are unique. Definitely, an
Instagram worth if you are into photography and it will be a memorable one
as well.
Places you will visit: Oia, Profitis Ilias monastery (highest point), Either Pyrgos or Megalochori traditional village, Black Sandy Beach & Red Beach, Acrotiri Excavations, Light House
Additional Info
Duration: 5 to 6 hours
Starts: Fira, Greece
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Fira, South Aegean, Greece
Enjoy a private tour of the most important sights of Santorini with your family and friends. Customize it to suit your individual needs!
Experience the biggest highlights of the ever-popular Santorini in a customizable private tour and get to know the beautiful Aegean island in a single day!
Places highlighted in this tour are considered the most sought areas to visit.
The picturesque sceneries captured in each corners are unique. Definitely, an
Instagram worth if you are into photography and it will be a memorable one
as well.
Places you will visit: Oia, Profitis Ilias monastery (highest point), Either Pyrgos or Megalochori traditional village, Black Sandy Beach & Red Beach, Acrotiri Excavations, Light House
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Oia, Oia, Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean
As soon as we pick you up from your hotel (or nearby) we will head to the picturesque village of Oia. Famous for having the best view of the sunset, Oia is a traditional village perched on a cliff. You will have the chance to stroll down its narrow stone-paved paths and enjoy some coffee somewhere overlooking the vast blue of the Aegean Sea.
Leavin Oia behind us, we will move on to the Monastery of Profitis Ilias, where you will get a glimpse of the spiritual side of the island. the monastery was built by two monks in 1711 and features an exterior stone wall that makes it resemble a fortress. During that era, it was an important cultural and educational center as it also functioned as a school for several decades.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Monastery of Profitis Ilias, Epar. Od. Pirgou Kallistis 3 km from Pyrgo Thira, Moni Profitou Ilia, Moni Profitou Iliou 847 00 Greece
Please Leavin Oia behind us, we will move on to the Monastery of Profitis Ilias, where you will get a glimpse of the spiritual side of the island. the monastery was built by two monks in 1711 and features an exterior stone wall that makes it resemble a fortress. During that era, it was an important cultural and educational center as it also functioned as a school for several decades.enter your description here
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Megalochori – Traditional Village, Megalochori Greece
Part of tour will take us to one of the smaller, more traditional villages of the island. Some of the more popular choices include Pyrgos and Megalochori, two quintessentially Santorinian villages, where time seems to stand still. Get a taste of what its like to be a local by walking through whitewashed houses, taverns and shops, always gazing down at the blue sea.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Perissa Black Sand Beach, Perissa 847 03 Greece
Due to the island’s proximity to the caldera, Santorini features unique beaches, the most prominent of which are the Black beach and the Red Beach. Made out of two successive beaches, the Black beach lies on the southeast coast of the island and is laid with black volcanic sand. It’s red counterpart, is located near the village of Akrotiri, on the southernmost part of the island, at the end of a steep downhill path. Enclosed by huge red rocks and laid with volcanic pebbles, it is perhaps the most popular sight on the island.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Akrotiri Archaeological Site, Akrotiri 84700 Greece
Close by are two of the biggest attractions of Santorini. The Akrotiri Archaeological Sight contains excavations of the ancient city with the same name, a Minoan settlement destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BC and buried in volcanic ash, which preserved the remains of fine frescoes and many objects and artworks. The settlement has been suggested as a possible inspiration for Plato’s story of Atlantis. On top of a hill nearby, you will also find the Akrotiri Lighthouse. Although the interior is closed to the public, this imposing structure of the late 1800s offers an amazing view so make sure you have a camera with you!
Duration: 15 minutes
