Santorini Volcano Half Day Tour

Join our Volcano Tour and sail across Santorini’s beautiful ‘caldera’ (flooded crater) and visit the islands of Nea Kameni and Thirasia on this 6-hour cruise.

Board a sightseeing boat from the old port, and admire Santorini’s cliffs and as you cruise to Nea Kameni. Enjoy free time to walk around its volcanic crater, swim in the warm springs, and visit Thirasia island. Explore and have lunch here at leisure before cruising back to Santorini.

The excursion starts from the picturesque old port of Santorini or from Athinios port if you book the tour with transfers.

Our first destination will be the famous volcano of Santorini!

After 20 minutes sailing, we will reach Nea Kameni’s jetty. Should you are interested to be guided at the volcano, you should pay 5euro/ per person as an entrance fee.

Then, you will walk to the volcano’s ridge with your guide and he is going to explain you everything about the history and the geology of the volcano. You will stay at the volcanic island for 1.5hr and in the end you will embark again to our boat for the next stop.

The next stop will be the island of Palea Kameni where the famous hot springs are located on the west side. A place that is really popular for its thermal waters. We will stop there for 30min at a distance of 30 meters from the shallow waters of Agios Nicholaos’ beach.

The waters are mixed with mud that they are full of sulfur, iron and other metals coming from the volcano and they are very good for the skin, rheumatism, arthritis and other physical pains.

Important Note : In order to reach Agios Nicholaos’ beach is essential to swim extremely well.

Final stop is the island of Thirassia.

Thirassia is a miniature of what Santorini used to be several years ago. Today is a virgin island, still untouched by tourism and modern life style. It  is only 9 sq. km in size and has approximately 300 permanent inhabitants.

We will stay there for 2 hours, so as to explore this picturesque and traditional village as well as to taste the authentic Santorinian cuisine. You can also walk at the main village of Manolas, which is the capital of Thirassia. The view over Santorini is spectacular from there.

As our Volcano Half Day Cruise comes to and end and the tour will be finished at the old port of Fira (or for those that have selected transfers, back to their hotel. )

Please note that as a result of the recent seismic activity on February in Santorini, the Old Port (Paleo Limani) and Thirassia island will be closed until the 25th of May, for critical safety upgrades and infrastructure improvements.
Therefore, for excursions that include Thirasia as a destination, the program for the same period will be modified as follows:

Instead of stopping and disembarking in Thirasia, the ship will stop in the island’s bay for a second swim (weather permitting), followed by a tour of the Caldera, with the final destination being the port of Athinios. Important note: The above modified version of the excursions with a destination of Thirasia will end 30 minutes earlier than the regular schedule.