Your own boat to the volcano and the warm spring, with a swim at White Beach and lunch in a fishing harbour.
Only your group is on board, so the route follows you. If you want to swim longer somewhere, we stay. If you would rather see the cliffs from the water, we move on.
We leave the south coast in the morning, round the Akrotiri cape and sail into the caldera to the volcano. The full-day version adds lunch on Thirasia and a sail back below Oia.
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White Beach can only be reached by boat. The first swim is here, in clear, shallow water.
We moor at the volcano island and walk up a stony path to the edge of the crater. About an hour there and back.
The water of the bay is orange from iron and lukewarm. We jump in from the boat and swim there in a few minutes.
On the full-day tour we have lunch in a small fishing harbour. If you like, you can climb the steps to the village of Manolas.
On the way home we pass the cliffs of Oia and Ammoudi Bay before turning south.
from €890, per boat
The price is for the whole boat, up to 10 people, with the ride from your hotel to the marina.
Half day, 5 hours
volcano, warm spring, White Beach
€890 per boat
Full day, 8 hours
a stop for lunch on Thirasia, back below Oia
€1,390 per boat
One more hour on the water
for example to stay for the sunset
€150 per boat
From Vlychada marina on the south coast. We pick you up at your hotel in the morning and take you back afterwards.
The 5-hour tour covers the volcano and the warm spring. The full day adds Thirasia, lunch and more swimming.
Couples, families and groups of friends. You need comfortable shoes for the crater walk. Swimming is up to you.
If the meltemi makes the caldera unsafe, we sail along the sheltered south coast or suggest another day.
Our guests’ reviews on Google, word for word.
Márk knew exactly which bay was out of the wind. At the warm spring there was hardly another boat, and the children jumped off the ladder all afternoon. Lunch on Thirasia was the best meal of our trip.
It was a windy day, so we only crossed to the volcano in the afternoon, but we had White Beach to ourselves. They had told us in advance what might change with the weather, so nothing surprised us.
We had seen the sunset in Oia before, in the crowd. From the boat it is different: quiet, a glass of wine, and Eszter explained why the cliffs have those colours. Our son has been reading about volcanoes ever since.
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No. Swimming is optional and there are life jackets on board. Reaching the warm spring takes a few minutes of swimming.
Yes. We bring children’s life jackets if you tell us their ages beforehand.
There is fruit and soft drinks on board. You are welcome to bring your own snacks.
An afternoon sail along the bays of the south coast, dinner on deck and the sunset off the Akrotiri cape.
from €115per person
The Bronze Age town kept under the ash, the Red Beach viewpoint and the sunset at the lighthouse.
from €320per group
The castle lanes of Pyrgos, the bell towers of Megalochori and two family wineries with basket-trained vines.
from €390per group
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