How to Visit Santorini on a Cruise (Tips & Advice)
If you’re planning a cruise to the Greek islands, chances are, you’ll be visiting Santorini.
You’ve seen the gorgeous photos but so has everyone else and their dog, which means crowds, crowds and more crowds!
What can you do to make the most of your day in Santorini, Greece? We’re sharing our top tips for visiting Santorini on a cruise with you so you don’t get stuck in a huge queue for the cable car and you can make the most of your time on this beautiful Greek island. We have advice on what to do in Santorini on your own from your cruise ship.
We visited Santorini on a cruise in October 2024 and despite it being out of peak season, it was still very busy!
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17 Comments
Brilliant, absolutely stunning! ❤
Excellent tips. The bus system is cheap and easy to use and adds to adventure.
It's such a beautiful destination, but the infrastructure sadly isn't up to dealing with the sheer number of guests visiting by cruise. We took the ferry to Oia instead when we went the second time to avoid the whole cable car system
the varying volume makes it very difficult to follow your commentary
Noted, for our oncoming Sep trip. Thank you guys for the helpful inputs and useful tips.
Thank you for this informative video! Question: Did you purchase anything in Santorini? If so, did you use credit cards or did you exchange currency?
I love the format of this video. Lots of helpful tips, thanks for sharing!
So u guys didnt take a tour ?
Was thinking of booking a excursion…now i think just take the bus or boat
thank you for the tips.
Hi! What time were you in line for the tender tickets? Were you on the Royal Caribbean cruise too? Thanks
Can you pay with dollars?
We are going on RCL in July. Decided to do a ships tour rather than battle the cable car line in 40c plus heat. Not the way we like to travel. I dont know why the island and cruise line dont use the old port and run shuttle buses to Oia than the known issue of the cable car. Very poor planning by both sides. But probably more enforced by the Greek island.
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Thank you 👍🏼
it's actually EE-a in Greek, not Oi-A 🙂
"three blue domed roofs" "the orthodox church"? come on, you can research the actual local names, guys
I’m not sure if you’re aware , if you are booking through the cruise ship to take you by water taxi & bus around the island , there’s still a big hill to head up before a coach picks everyone up.
I’ve booked Patricia weg who has a water taxi then a private bus at the bottom of the hill to go around the island