Santorini Wine Adventure with 12 Wine Tastings, Tapas and Sunset
Overview
Sip your way around Santorini on a half-day wine tour, visiting three traditional wineries dotted around the picturesque island.
While savoring up to 12 different varietals made from grapes such as the indigenous Assyrtiko, learn all about the island’s unique viticulture that produces some of the crispest whites and seductively sweet wines in the Mediterranean.
Walk around a volcanic vineyard, explore the wineries' cellars and enjoy a platter of local cheese to eat alongside the wine.
What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned modern Mercedes-Benz vehicle
- Hotel / Airbnb pickup and drop-off
- Mineral water alongside wine-tastings
- Introductions to Wine Tasting, how to taste a wine
- Local cheese and snacks alongside wine-tastings
- Introduction to the Wine Making, how wine is produced, aged and bottled
- Platter of local tapas and snacks at the last winery (if sunset tour option selected)
- 12 wine tastings
- Introduction to the Wines of Santorini
- Wine tour guide
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
We pick up guests from all Santorini hotels & Airbnb's. If your accommodation is not on the pickup list - don't worry. We will be able to pick you up, please advise manually after completing your booking. If a hotel is inaccessible by car due to restrictions, pickup will be held from a nearby location within a short walking distance.DISCLAIMER FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS Please note that this tour is mainly designed for hotel guests, not cruise passengers. Cruise passengers are welcome to join this tour as long as their logistics work out with the duration of this tour and pickup time / drop off time. This tour picks up and drops off guests coming on a cruise at the McDonalds in Fira Town - not the cruise port. To reach the McDonald's in Fira Town, you must take a tender from your ship and a cable car from the cruise port to get to the meeting point for this tour (McDonald's in Fira Town), where you may or may not experience delays along way to get there. In addition, please note that this tour is flexible and might start or end later than advertised. Please note that 24 hours or less before departure, your tickets are not redeemable for partial or full refunds - regardless of whether you can finally take this tour or not due to cruise ship delays, long lines, or any other force majeure circumstances you may experience.Frequently Asked Questions - F.AQ:1. Which Wineries are Covered on this tour? Answer: Τhis tour covers 3 wineries in total - Santo Winery (included in every tour) and 2 more. Apart from the Santo Winery which is included in every tour, the tour operator decides which 2 Santorini wineries will be included and they vary depending on the available slots/tables available at the wineries. The 2 wineries that will be covered, will be 2 of the following wineries: Estate Argyros, Gavalas Winery, Gaia Winery, Hatzidakis Winery, Anhydrous Winery, Sigalas Winery. The customers cannot pickup which wineries they would like to go to, from the options above. It is on the tour operators decision and correlated with the availability of the above wineries. The wineries scheduled is determined on a last minute basis, 12 hours to 24 hours prior of the departure.2. Sunset Views Arrangements: The Sunset Tour option (not the Morning Tour option) includes views of the Santorini Sunset from the Santo Wines winery. There is no need for any seating arrangements, the tour operator offers to all guests prime tables for seating with views of the sunset automatically, all guests will be treated the same and with the same view - there are no better or worse tables. Upon purchasing the sunset tour option online, you will enjoy views of the sunset from the Santo Wines winery, along side wine tastings and local tapas. You will watch the FULL SUNSET and leave the winery 15 minutes approx after sunset. The guides of the tour will take pictures of you and/or your partner/family/friends during the sunset for free.
What To Expect
Taste the award-winning volcanic wines of Santorini as you move between the most legendary wineries of the island on a small-group Santorini wine tour of three traditional wineries.
Learn about the ancient vineyard of Santorini, the history of the island through the centuries, and how the volcanic soils influence its wine-making.
Visit 3 traditional wineries dotted around the picturesque island and taste a selection of 12 different wines served alongside local cheese and snacks.
Tour Route:
9.30 am Morning Tour (May 15 - October 15)
1. Estate Argyros
2. Santo Winery (scenic views)
3. Gaia Winery or Gavalas Winery or Sigalas Winery
4 pm Sunset Tour (May 15 - October 15)
1. Sigalas Winery or Gaia Winery
2. Estate Argyros or Gavalas Winery
3. Santo Winery (sunset views)
12 pm Afternoon Tour (01-14 May & 16-31 October)
1. Sigalas Winery
2. Estate Argyros
3. Santo Winery (sunset views)
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- 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
- Minimum age is 18 years
- The wines served during the tour are mainly whites and dessert wines, as these are the kind of wines the island of Santorini produces.This is a gentle note for guests that only drink red wine.
- The tour includes plates of cheese and snacks served alongside wine-tastings at the wineries, not a full lunch or dinner. However keep in mind that the snacks served during tour will be adequate for the time-frame the tour lasts and maybe beyond.
- This is an only adults tour, minors-kids are not allowed to participate due to the nature of the event (alcohol consumption) as per the Greek Law legislation for minors.
- Maximum Participants Per Small-Group Tour Group is 10 Guests, Private Tours can have a greater number of Guests
- DISCLAIMER FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS Please note that this tour is mainly designed for hotel guests, not cruise passengers. Cruise passengers are welcome to join this tour as long as their logistics work out with the duration of this tour and pickup time / drop off time. This tour picks up and drops off guests coming on a cruise at the McDonalds in Fira Town - not the cruise port. To reach the McDonald's in Fira Town, you must take a tender from your ship and a cable car from the cruise port to get to the meeting point for this tour (McDonald's in Fira Town), where you may or may not experience delays along way to get there. In addition, please note that this tour is flexible and might start or end later than advertised. Please note that 24 hours or less before departure, your tickets are not redeemable for partial or full refunds - regardless of whether you can finally take this tour or not due to cruise ship delays, long lines, or any other force majeure circumstances you may experience.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (6)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Boat Tours 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).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Transport by air-conditioned modern Mercedes-Benz vehicle.
- Hotel / Airbnb pickup and drop-off.
- Mineral water alongside wine-tastings.
- Introductions to Wine Tasting, how to taste a wine.
- Local cheese and snacks alongside wine-tastings.
- Introduction to the Wine Making, how wine is produced, aged and bottled.
- Platter of local tapas and snacks at the last winery (if sunset tour option selected).
- 12 wine tastings.
- Introduction to the Wines of Santorini.
- Wine tour guide.
- Gratuities.
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025The minimum age to participate is 18. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Santorini Wine Adventure with 12 Wine Tastings, Tapas and Sunset will be included in your confirmation email from City Boat Tours. 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
- Transport by air-conditioned modern Mercedes-Benz vehicle
- Hotel / Airbnb pickup and drop-off
- Mineral water alongside wine-tastings
- Introductions to Wine Tasting, how to taste a wine
- Local cheese and snacks alongside wine-tastings
- Introduction to the Wine Making, how wine is produced, aged and bottled
- Platter of local tapas and snacks at the last winery (if sunset tour option selected)
- 12 wine tastings
- Introduction to the Wines of Santorini
- Wine tour guide
- Gratuities
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- 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
- Minimum age is 18 years
- The wines served during the tour are mainly whites and dessert wines, as these are the kind of wines the island of Santorini produces.This is a gentle note for guests that only drink red wine.
- The tour includes plates of cheese and snacks served alongside wine-tastings at the wineries, not a full lunch or dinner. However keep in mind that the snacks served during tour will be adequate for the time-frame the tour lasts and maybe beyond.
- This is an only adults tour, minors-kids are not allowed to participate due to the nature of the event (alcohol consumption) as per the Greek Law legislation for minors.
- Maximum Participants Per Small-Group Tour Group is 10 Guests, Private Tours can have a greater number of Guests
- DISCLAIMER FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS Please note that this tour is mainly designed for hotel guests, not cruise passengers. Cruise passengers are welcome to join this tour as long as their logistics work out with the duration of this tour and pickup time / drop off time. This tour picks up and drops off guests coming on a cruise at the McDonalds in Fira Town - not the cruise port. To reach the McDonald's in Fira Town, you must take a tender from your ship and a cable car from the cruise port to get to the meeting point for this tour (McDonald's in Fira Town), where you may or may not experience delays along way to get there. In addition, please note that this tour is flexible and might start or end later than advertised. Please note that 24 hours or less before departure, your tickets are not redeemable for partial or full refunds - regardless of whether you can finally take this tour or not due to cruise ship delays, long lines, or any other force majeure circumstances you may experience.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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