Shore excursions
Trips to Akrotiri
- Private Guide and Vehicle - Half Day Santorini 4 hours
- Private Ruins of Akrotiri and Wine 3 hours 30 minutes
- Private Excavations of Akrotiri 3 hours 45 minutes
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group
Akrotiri
Akrotiri is a Bronze Age Minoan city buried under volcanic ash and pumice and left well preserved. Walk its streets and see the houses, the layout and the wall paintings the excavation has uncovered.
About Akrotiri
Akrotiri is a Bronze Age Minoan city on the southern part of Santorini. Volcanic pumice and ash buried it, and that cover has kept the streets and houses well preserved for excavation to uncover.
A visit is a walk through the excavated town under a giant canopy, which keeps the site comfortable even in hot summer months. The Museum of Prehistoric Thera, in Fira, tells the story of the settlement and is a good stop before or after.
Trips that go to Akrotiri
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group. Prices are per person.
Private Guide and Vehicle - Half Day Santorini
Goes to Akrotiri
Private Ruins of Akrotiri and Wine
Goes to Akrotiri
Private Excavations of Akrotiri
Goes to Akrotiri
Private Vehicle - Full Day Santorini
Goes to Akrotiri
Getting there, cost and time
Akrotiri lies on the southern part of the island, away from the old port of Fira.
Tickets are paid for the visit itself, and guided private tours to Akrotiri are also sold, which cover the visit with a guide.
Good to know
- The site is covered by a giant canopy, so it stays comfortable even in hot summer months.
- The Museum of Prehistoric Thera tells the story of the Bronze Age settlement at Akrotiri. Most museums on the island are in Fira.
- KTEL buses take cash only, and tickets are bought on the bus.
Near Akrotiri
Hot springs of Palea and Nea Kameni
Warm sulfur-water springs in the sea around Palea and Nea Kameni, the small volcanic isles inside Santorini's caldera. You swim in natural pools, not in a spa building.
Nea Kameni
Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited volcanic islet in the flooded Santorini caldera. Visitors land at a jetty and climb rocky slopes to look into the smoking crater.
Perissa Beach
Perissa Beach is a long stretch of black sand and pebble on the eastern side of Santorini, lined with bars, hotels and restaurants. It is the main beach of the village of Perissa.
Ancient Thera
Ancient Thera is a Classical-era hilltop site on Mesa Vouno, between Kamari and Perissa. Visitors come for the ruins, the history and wide views over the island.
Sailings that stop in Santorini
873 sailings on 19 cruise lines call here in the next twelve months. Totals are for two guests, taxes included.
Explora II
Viking Libra
Celestyal Discovery
Sources: Red Beach (Santorini), Wikipedia · Santorini, Wikivoyage
Photo: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0