Santorini sailing tours
Volcano, hot springs, Thirasia, Oia, sunset tours, red beach, caldera, sailing boat, catamaran tours, full days tours, bus tours, archaelogical tours, semi-private trips, private tours, honeymoon cruises. These are the keywords you may try to analyze when deciding on your Santorini tours and get puzzled at the end! Santorini is a small island, offering though countless options for land or boat tours. Here are some guidelines and tips that may help you demystify all that "hot" keywords:
Volcano: Sometimes referred to as "Nea Kameni" (i.e. the bigger of the 2 volcanoes), this is an active volcano (last eruption took place at 1950 A.D.) and is located in the sea at the centre of the caldera. Many tours include the volcano in their programs, so you can walk on the old path and see the fumes coming out of the active crater.
Hot Springs: One can find many hot springs all around Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni. The most popular ones are those of Palea Kameni that contain sulfur and the temperature is constantly 35 Degrees Celcius (95 Fahrenheit). Some private trips go just across at the Hot Srpings of Nea Kameni. After the walk on the volcano, a mud bath will both relax you and gives you energy for the rest of the tour. It has been proven that minerals contained in Hot Springs can be healing for diseases such as arthritis, rheumatisms and others.
Thirasia: That's a tiny beautiful island once being connected with Santorini. Time has freezed there and all aspects of live follow the old traditional rhythms. Picturesque fishermen ports, small family tavernas, white small houses carved on the stone, narrow paved streets compose a fascinating scenery. Usually included in the 6-hour (or more) tours, Thirasia is a key point to realize the history of Santorini and experience moments of real Greek life.
Oia: One of the best preserved villages of Greece, Oia has been famous for its sunset. However, what many guides forget to say is that -probably- the best picture of the sunset is the red colors houses get when the sun slowly sinks in the waters. Oia is a classic destination for many tours: bus tours, boat excursion and private land tours. Depending on the tour, apart from seeing the sunset, you might have time to hang around in the village and make shopping.
Find out two very popular tours in Santorini with our great Catamaran vessels. You can join them two times per day : 10:45-15:45 (day time cruise) and 15:45 -20:45 (sunset cruise).
About the day tour:
Starts from the picturesque port of Oia and we are heading to the south side of Santorini. We sail past the Thirasia island, Aspronisi and the Indian Rock and we see the Venetian Lighthouse on the south cape. We stop at the Red Beach for swimming and snorkeling. Diving equipment is provided to all the guests of the catamaran.
Leaving behind the Red and the White Beach and as you listen to the music, we sail towards the Volcano. Sailing past the little bays, we admire the wild beauty of the Volcano and, finally, we take you to the Hot Springs for a healing swimming at the sulfurous waters.
About the sunset tour:
The cruise begins in the afternoon. Starting from the picturesque port of Ammoudi, we are heading towards the private bay of Thirassia island for our first stop of swimming and snorkeling. Diving equipment is provided to all the guests of the catamaran.
We continue our trip and sail past the Volcano to admire the small bays and the rock formations. At the Hot Springs of Palea Kameni, we stop for one a healing swimming at the sulphurous waters. The engines are now switched-off to experience the world-famous sunset while enjoying an excellent dinner.
We can also organize both tours in private basis with fully customized program. The vessel is a brand new 50-foot sailing catamaran. With sail area of 154,2m2 and 5 cabins, this luxurious yacht combines sailing performance, safety and privacy for all the travelers.
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