How to Take a Santorini Day Trip | Greece Travel

Many people want to do a day trip to Santorini either from an island or Athens. I look into whether taking a Santorini Day Trip from Athens and a few Greek islands is possible.

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[levicherry]

My mom and I went to Santorini for the day from Athens a couple of years ago. Left Athens early in the morning on Ryanair and returned late at night. It was a long day but we had the best time. Lodging is insanely expensive in Santorini we just wanted to see the views.

[inspireyou]

Santorini and Mykonos are all about tourism apart from a couple of months during the winter.

I have been to both once as part of a Greek island cruise around 28 years ago and I have no intention of going back again.

Far better, less touristy places all over the mainland.

[brianwong]

Thanks, Tiffany! This is very useful for planning my trip.

[ChristosTserotas-zmkf]

Hi Tiffany, great video for the logistics.
Just another route I think works great. Use Crete as a departure point to Santorini if you plan to then return to Athens. More options from Crete.
On a side note, since it was mentioned in the comments, if one likes tranquility and rugged nature, Amorgos is simply amazing.

[nomicucce]

i love your cautiousness. it reminds me of myself 😂😂😂

[UpintheairFL]

Great video! Thank you ! 🎉
I found an AirBnB for five nights in Oct in Fira for $570 total Hoping to take the local bus system to explore

[nostaligia]

I still like to stay in Santorini, off season, for 2 to 3 days. Not day trip. Sitting by the beach or at an Airbnb or taking my time walking around the neighborhoods are enjoyable to me. Less crowd, so only off season even without much touristy paid attractions and large selections expensive restaurants

[TheGlitterGlobe]

Tiffany—Every summer I go to Greece and I’ve yet to allot the energy for Santorini. Maybe I’ll go by on a boat someday! I very much agree with your warning not to book something that requires you to get to Athens for your flight home with no extra time. Of the nine years I’ve come to Greece now, five have involved cancelled flights. Honestly, getting stuck an extra day or two in Greece is a bit of a dream to me—unless it’s my fault for missing a flight! Then you have to pay! I always get to Athens two days before. The flight home still gets cancelled half the time but those extra days are then courtesy of the airline!

[tedn]

Third option would be stay a day while on transit between islands. What I would recommend is take the slow ferry that leaves first island at night and arrives in morning. Stay the day and leave by slow ferry that leaves at night to new island.

[despinakyraleos]

I had the option to take a day trip from Naxos but I opted for Amorgos. Closer! I have yet to visit Santorini.

[barbararaesis]

In my experience the views of Santorini from a ship is all you need. It’s beautiful from the sea. However, you can stay in a hotel, but it’s expensive and not as memorable as the view from a ship passing by. My opinion only!

[Not-Impressed..]

There are some ways to arrange this, but I can't find a single reason why.

[tedn]

I actually think the ferries are set up well for tourists. In the end if your doing santorini for one day to save on hotel the plane will be more expensive. Some islands have chartered tours just do that don't book a ferry.

[bobfotoples]

Sounds like it's not worth the trouble.

[moa]

Ah ... too long of a trip for one day to Santorini - only for business would make sense.

[JRB_in_TX]

We returned from Greece today. We spent four days in Athens and four in Santorini. We flew Agean on all flights both into Athens, to & from Santorini & from Athens. EVERY flight was at least 30 minutes late!! No apologies or excuses. Seems typical for Agean. My hard shell luggage was damaged from clearly dropping it, they said they would take care of it, gave us a tkt & told us to go to another gate. That person took my bag and ticket & they did nothing! Their food is terrible. We were in upgraded seats. Service at airports & on the planes were terrible. Planes had trash left in seats & pockets in front of seat. Avoid Agean if any of this sounds unpleasant! We will never fly that airline again! Santorini is beautiful. Wish we would have given Athens 2 days & the rest In Santorini.