Step back nearly 4,000 years on a private 3-hour tour of ancient Akrotiri on Santorini. With a knowledgeable guide, explore the well-preserved ruins of this one-time Cycladic settlement, destroyed by a volcano around 1600 BC.
About this activity
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
- Covid-19 precautions
- Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
- Mobile ticketing
- Use your phone or print your voucher
- Duration 3 hours
- Skip the ticket line
- Instant confirmation
- Live tour guide
- English
- Pickup included
- Pickup available from your hotel, the port, or airport. You will receive personalized pickup information in a separate email from the local partner (please check your spam folder).
- Wheelchair accessible
- Private group
Experience
Highlights
- Enjoy a private 3-hour walking tour of ancient Akrotiri with an informative local guide
- Walk within a 4000 year old perfectly preserved settlement, getting to understand how the society was organized and how people lived their lives
- Learn from your informative, friendly and professional guide
Full description
Discover the remains of a prehistoric city that remained buried for almost four thousand years! Protected and preserved under a thick layer of volcanic material, it gives visitors some unique and valuable information about the art, architecture, and everyday life back in 2000 BC. In a time when most European neolithic communities lived in villages of timber houses or simple huts, the Mediterranean civilization was already literate.
Walking within a 4000 year old perfectly preserved settlement, getting to understand how the society was organized and how people lived their lives, seeing the paved streets, and the remains of large 2-3 story building complexes, kitchen and toilette facilities, unique wall paintings and a perfect drainage – sewage system; is an experience surely not to be missed! Although the site itself is very well preserved, seeing it with a guide provides in-depth information, allowing the visitor to truly appreciate its importance.
Your experienced and licensed guide will pick you up from your hotel and offer you a fully guided tour of the site, and an unforgettable trip into the past.
Includes
- Hotel/port/airport pick up
- Expert guide
- Akrotiri entrance fee
Covid-19 precautions
Safety measures in place
- All required protective equipment is provided
- All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
- Customers must keep distance in vehicles
- The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
Traveler requirements
- Customers must bring their own headphones
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