The 15 Best Santorini Day Trips from Crete

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Santorini Guided Day Trip From Crete with Ferry Tickets

/ August 4, 2026

1.Santorini Guided Day Trip From Crete with Ferry Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 591 reviews · 10 hours - 690 minutes · from $199Our pick

Guided Santorini day trip from Crete with high-speed ferry tickets, hotel pickup, and time in Oia and Fira plus optional volcano cruise.

“We had a great day out and the trip is exceptionally organised. Both of our transfers to and from heraklion were early and easy to find. We did get to the port over 1 hour before the ferry in the morning but assume this is incase of traffic. Take a coffee as nothing open at 6:45am! The ferry itself was fine, and again transport at Santorini was easy to find. Tour guide was knowledgeable and happy to help. Santorini is beautiful and could have spent a few more hours as it’s a long day travelling for less than 2 hours in each town, but there is only 1 ferry home…”

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From Rethymno: Full-Day Trip to Santorini by Boat

/ August 4, 2026

2.Full-Day Trip to Santorini by Boat

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 279 reviews · 13 hours · from $243

Full-day Santorini trip from Rethymno by fast boat, then guided bus around Oia and Fira. Free time, caldera views, long but smooth.

“We had a brilliant trip, very well organised, all ran very smoothly from start to finish. Santorini is beautiful but very very busy. I would use this company to book trips again”

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Heraklion: Santorini Day Trip with Boat Transfer & Oia Visit

/ August 4, 2026

3.Santorini Day Trip with Boat Transfer & Oia Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 269 reviews · 11 hours · from $199

Highspeed boat from Heraklion to Santorini, guided Oia and Fira, optional volcano cruise, and Caldera views in an 11 hour day.

“Onze gids kon Nederlands en was heel aardig en vertelde enthousiast veel over het eiland. Oia zelf was heel erg druk zoals verwacht. De 2e stad vonden wij persoonlijk veel gezelliger en leuker om te winkelen. Jammer was wel dat de optie voor vulkaan bezoek van de tijd zou gaan dus hierom hebben wij er niet voor gekozen omdat de tijd al niet erg veel was. Verder mooie dag gehad.”

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Heraklion or Ag Nikolaos: Oia & Fira Full-Day Santorini Trip

/ August 4, 2026

4.Heraklion or Ag Nikolaos: Oia & Fira Full-Day Santorini Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 212 reviews · 11 - 13 hours · from $234

Full-day Santorini from Crete by catamaran and air-conditioned bus, featuring Oia views, Fira free time, and optional volcano ride.

“Expérience Stressante Nous avons beaucoup de difficultés a trouver le point de rendez-vous pour récupérer nos billets de bateau. Le guide n’était pas présent à ce rendez-vous et nous n’avons fait sa connaissance qu’à santorini. Ce n’est pas si grave mais nous n’étions pas prévenu. À l’avenir il serait souhaitable d’être plus explicite et de pouvoir joindre quelqu’un sur portable. Nous avons vraiment eu peur de rater le bateau!”

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From Heraklion: Santorini Day Tour with Optional Transfer

/ August 4, 2026

5.Santorini Day Tour with Optional Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 154 reviews · 14 hours · from $199

Boat from Heraklion to Santorini with guided stops in Oia and Fira, optional volcano swim. Clear timing for a long day.

“It was like military precision....everything was as described in the plan details- what time to get tickets, where to get tickets, what times the boats left. beautiful trip and perfect in October...I can bet it would be a little chaotic and hot in summer months. my only criticism would be, that because we chose to do the volcano trip, there was literally 30 mins in Fira...and that was not enough.”

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Day Tour to Santorini Island from Heraklion Crete

/ August 4, 2026

6.Day Tour to Santorini Island from Heraklion Crete

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 117 reviews · 11 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $203.7

Sail from Heraklion to Santorini, then tour Oia and Fira with transfers, ferry tickets, and a guide for an all-day island taste.

“The tour went smoothly and very well, only down side is the returning time was one hour delayed. Santorini was beautiful, so glad we went. Our tour guide was very good.”

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From Chania: Full-Day Trip to Santorini

/ August 4, 2026

7.Full-Day Trip to Santorini

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 97 reviews · 13 hours · from $282

Spend a full day in Santorini from Chania by high-speed catamaran and air-conditioned bus, with stops in Oia and Fira plus optional volcano boat.

“I booked 2 tickets together but got separate seats both ways, that was annoying.”

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Full-Day Santorini Island Trip from Crete

/ August 4, 2026

8.Full-Day Santorini Island Trip from Crete

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 93 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $210.04

One day from Crete to Santorini by ferry and bus, with time in Oia and Fira, plus optional volcano add-ons for a fixed schedule.

“Absolutely incredible experience. Amazing way to experience Santorini if you have limited time in Greece. I was in Crete Heraklion so great way to experience Santorini. The ferry (2h from Heraklion to Santorini) was a little old and queues to buy food etc on the ferry was very long. But you forget all that once you’re in beautiful Santorini. Tour guides were really great too.”

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Santorini Island: Guided Tour From Heraklion Crete

/ August 6, 2026

9.Santorini Island: Guided Tour From Heraklion Crete

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 56 reviews · 12 to 14 hours (approx.) · from $206.65

Guided Santorini day trip from Heraklion with SeaJets ferry, Oia and Fira stops, hotel-area pickup, plus air-conditioned bus tour.

“The only reason I could score more than one star is that most of the trip wasn’t the tour operators fault. The boat journey to Santorini was well organised and comfortable but other than that it was pretty hellish. Once arriving to the destinations of Oia and Fira there was so many tourists that it was pretty unbearable to walk around, especially in the blazing heat with pretty much no shade. The coach used to transport us around Santorini had terrible air con that barely worked. Granted it was very hot outside that day but I couldn’t even sit back in my seat as it was so unbearably hot in…”

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From Rethymno: Santorini Guided Tour and Cruise from Crete

/ August 7, 2026

10.Santorini Guided Tour and Cruise from Crete

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 46 reviews · 12 hours · from $210

Fast ferry from Rethymno to Santorini with guided Oia and Fira stops, caldera views, and optional hotel transfer.

“Väsitav pisut aga kõik oli nii nagu peab .Ainult Volcano trip jäi arusaamatuks kuna ei öeldud ,et termaal vees ujumine on laevalt .”

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SANTORINI 1 day Guided Excursion with HIGHSPEED from CRETE

/ August 8, 2026

11.SANTORINI 1 day Guided Excursion with HIGHSPEED from CRETE

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 38 reviews · 14 hours (approx.) · from $219.15

Crete to Santorini in one day by highspeed boat, with guided views of Fira and Oia, smart timing, and tight free time onshore.

“Not recommendable. Far too long arrival and departure for far too short stay in completely overcrowded places. Staff overwhelmed, drivers unfriendly and poorly trained, organization at the port, on the speedboat and on land miserable.”

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Full-Day Trip to Santorini island by Boat from Rethymno

/ August 11, 2026

12.Full-Day Trip to Santorini island by Boat from Rethymno

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 27 reviews · from $244.53

Boat day trip from Rethymno to Santorini with catamaran speed, guided Oia visit, Fira free time, and optional black-sand swim.

“very nice island white houses blue roofs many churches and very good organized from platanos tours in rethymno!!”

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Full-Day Trip to Santorini island by Boat from Heraklion

/ August 11, 2026

13.Full-Day Trip to Santorini island by Boat from Heraklion

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 26 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $235.4

All-day Santorini day trip from Heraklion by boat and bus, with time in Oia and Fira, plus an optional volcano add-on.

“The logistics of this trip were pretty chaotic. It was confusing to figure out where to meet the bus pickup. Once we figured out that we were supposed to meet them at a public bus station, it was confusing to figure out which bus to get on. The bus dropped us off at the port without instructions. We waited in a very long line and were handed a packet of tickets, again with no instruction. We boarded the boat and rode to Santorini and when we got off, we had no idea where to go. There were 20 busses in the parking lot and nobody had told us which one…”

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Santorini Full-Day Tour from Heraklion Crete

/ August 23, 2026

14.Santorini Full-Day Tour from Heraklion Crete

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $180.24Best value

Full-day Santorini highlights from Heraklion with Oia, Firostefani, Profitis Ilias, Perissa, and Red Beach, small private group.

“Loved the private tour with Tasos. He was awesome and did a photo shoot of us in all the famous places. He showed us the best places on Santorini in a day. Thank you for a wonderful time. The only issue was the fact that the title of this booking was Santorini Full day tour from Heraklion so we thought we would have arrangements from Heraklion to Santorini but that was not the case so we had to get to Heraklion port and then buy ferry tickets on Seajet (358 euros) in addition to the price of this booking. SO ended up being a very expensive trip to Santorini.”

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Full-Day Trip to Santorini island by Boat from Rethymno with Transfer your Hotel

/ August 24, 2026

15.Full-Day Trip to Santorini island by Boat from Rethymno with Transfer your Hotel

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews · from $242.15

A convenient Santorini day trip from Rethymno with hotel pickup, a guided island ride, and time in Oia and Fira.

“The tour operator was great. From the time I booked, to the day of my scheduled tour, customer service was superb. They were very responsive and answered all of my questions/concerns. The day of the tour was also smooth. I was picked up from my hotel and taken tRead more”

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