Shore excursions
Trips to Imerovigli
- Intimate Santorini $179 a person · 6 hours
- Private Santorini Your Way in a Day 5 hours
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group
Imerovigli
Imerovigli is a village on the caldera rim just above Fira, and it is the highest point of the cliffs. People come for the views over the water and the town below.
About Imerovigli
Imerovigli sits just above Fira on the caldera cliffs, and it is the highest point of that rim. The village is sometimes called the Balcony of the Aegean, a name that fits the view down over the water.
A visit is mostly a walk. Continue uphill from Firostefani, follow the trail markers through the village, and stop at the viewpoints. The path toward Oia passes Profitis Ilias Church, where the trail forks between an easy route and a rougher one with the best views.
- 2 shops between Imerovigli and Oia
What you can do in Imerovigli
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Trips that go to Imerovigli
Booked with our partner Shore Excursions Group. Prices are per person.
Private Santorini Your Way in a Day
Goes to Oia, Imerovigli
Getting there, cost and time
Walk up from Firostefani, continuing uphill along the caldera path.
The cable car and the steps from the old port of Fira carry a fee each way; the village paths and viewpoints are reached on foot.
Good to know
- Bring water. There are only two shops between Imerovigli and Oia, and they are not always open.
- The walk from Fira to Oia can take under three hours but has steep climbs and unprotected cliff edges.
- April and May are pleasant, with low chance of rain and good weather for walking between towns.
- Dusk crowds build in Oia, and the sunset falls near the end of a port day.
Near Imerovigli
Fira to Oia caldera trail
A walking route along the caldera rim from Fira to Oia, mixing cobbled village alleys with gravel and cliff paths. It takes in the caldera views the island is known for.
Santorini Cable Car
A three-minute cable car ride up the caldera cliffs from the Old Port to Fira, the island's capital. The car gives wide views of the sea and the whitewashed houses above.
Fira
Fira is the capital of Santorini, a white town of cobblestone streets stacked on the caldera rim. Shops, tavernas, hotels and cafes line the lanes, and most visitors come up from the old port.
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.
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: Thira Municipal Port Fund · Thira Municipal Port Fund · Nea Kameni, Wikipedia · Santorini, Wikivoyage
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece, CC BY 2.0