Arrival at the airport of Santorini JTR and transfer to the hotel in the beautiful village Ia. Meeting in the evening for a dinner and a first introduction to the island and our tour. If you arrive early that day, you will have time for a first stroll through the beautiful lanes of Ia village.
Optional: Arrival at Athinios harbour if you travel by ship.

Spectacular walk along the caldera from Fira to Ia. After a bus trip to the capital of Santorini island - Fira. We stroll through the narrow lanes dotted with shops and cafés. We visit the archaeological museum, where items discovered in the excavated Minoan settlement near Akrotiri are exposed. Later we will visit an interesting exhibition of 3D-reconstructions of the Minoan wall-paintings. In the afternoon, we walk along the caldera back towards Oia village. There are great views into the volcano caldera that offer many motifs for unforgettable photographs. In a little café at the caldera rim we will enjoy fresh-pressed orange-juice and homemade nutcake. Our route passes by some fresh-looking volcanic cinder cones. To enjoy its famous sunset, we are back in Oia village. (Breakfast, Dinner)

Today, we drive to the small village of Akrotiri, where the prehistoric Minoan town has been excavated. If the excavations have been reopened by then (they were closed to public because of an accident in Oct. 2005), we can visit them... We will walk along the coast line to the famous “red beach” with its cinder cone. At the Taxiarhes chapel we will see an uplifted magma-chamber that did not come to surface but built  a little hill. Here there is a possibility to find some rare marine fossils. We will stroll over the fava- & vine-fields and will relax at a little tavern with local specialities. A bus or taxi will carry us back to our hotel.

In the morning we embark on a chartered boat that will be at our disposal for the day. From the little port of Amouthi we sail to the youngest land of Greece: Nea Kameni, the still active volcano of Santorini. We will start early in the morning, avoiding the crowds and having the best light of the moon-like crater landscape. Hot gas-exhalations (so called "fumaroles") show that the magma chamber below the volcano is still active. Later, we sail along the island to the other volcanic island Palea Kameni and arrive at Thirasia island*. There we will have a break in one of the taverns or will walk up to the village of Manolas. Enjoying the spectacular cliffs of the caldera near Thirasia and Oia from the boat, we return to Oia in the afternoon.(B, D) *If we stay with our friend Sostis on Palea Kameni, may be that we do not visit Thirasia, because we get a nice picnic at his home...

Today we drive by local bus to the wonderful medieval village of Pirgos towering with its Venetian a castle on a hill. After a walk through the lanes of the village and its castle the bus bring us on the highest mountain of Santorini - the Prophitis Ilias mountain. From there, we walk along an Ancient trail to the ancient Greek acropolis of Thira*. In spring there are many orchids and other rare plants. After about two hours we will arrive at the excavations. Later on, we walk down to the black sand beach of Perissa, where we can get refreshments and / or swim in the sea. The bus will take us back to our hotel in the late afternoon.(B, D)

*Depends on the weather condition and the condition of participiants.

Today we start our tour in the wine fields near Akrotiri village. We walk through a gorge in the pumice rocks. Our path looks like a narrow channel that suddenly ends at the coast. We stroll along the beach with its spectacular ash- and pumice cliffs, until we reach an old tomato factory at Vlyhada bay. Here, we can refresh ourselves in a fish tavern, and / or spend some time at the beach for swimming. The bus will take us back to our hotel later (B, D)

Free day for relaxing or for spontaneous activities with the group. Time for shopping in Fira or Ia, too. Also a day for doing tours that could not be done due to bad weather conditions or other causes.
In the evening, we meet once again for a delicious group dinner (B, D)

This tour ends with the transfer to the airport (optional port of Athinios harbour if you arrived by ship) or your private tour extension. It is also possible to connect this tour with a private journey to the neighbour islands Milos, Naxos or Paros.