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12 hours ago, bennybear said:

I would add that wandering around Oia can be delightful,  highly recommend you try the walnut cake with mastic ice cream.  The buses from Oia can be crowded but the taxis are reasonable.   We usually take one to the black sand beach of Kamari and have a nice lunch there looking at the water.   And then a bus or taxi back to Fira, less busy this way.

 

Thanks for this looks yummy but as I’m coeliac will have to miss out.

I think we are going to book a short tour with Viator  they have always been good in the past.

3 minutes ago, mapleleaves said:

 

When I visited at the end of Sept last yr, there was no line for the boat, but it doesn't depart until there are enough pax on board.  It sat at the dock for an hr.  However we stood for 2 hrs waiting for the cable car, so in hindsight the boat would have been a better choice.

I didn’t know you could get a boat…will bear this in mind. Thamkyou

7 minutes ago, mapleleaves said:

be mindful of where the Viator tour picks you up, as it may be in Fira

I think they pick you up at the top of the cable car. I will check. Thanks 

Thank you so much for taking the time to report back on Santorini.

I believe there are 4 ships there on our day but only 2 early in the morning (our ship being one of them, Celebrity Reflection)

we were going to take the bus to Oia but now think we will book a tour through Viator who we have used in many countries and so far have always been very good.

I had heard getting the cable car can be crazy and I don’t fancy the walk up.  Will just hope October isn’t quite so busy.

On 7/25/2023 at 2:49 PM, highplanesdrifters said:

More questions!

Also trying to decide what to do in the following ports, any suggestions CC intelligentsia?

CORFU

SAMI

PYLOS

CRETE

SANTORINI

As cruise excursion is sold our for Santorini we are thinking if doing a half day tour with Viator. We have used them before and alwaysbern very good.

11 minutes ago, marazul said:

They are competitive.  "Reasonable" is subjective.  To me, yes, they are. To others, get a quote and decide. 

Many thanks for this will definitely get a quite.

2 minutes ago, marazul said:

It is a transfer and tour company. I have been using them for nearly 20 years. The founder, George Kokkotos and his sons, grew his taxi service to a full service company.

Sesrch this board for my, and others, comments.

That's great will check them out.

Are they reasonably priced?

1 hour ago, marazul said:

georgestaxi.com

I am assuming you have used this taxi service.

Can you give me a bit more info on what you did

Thank you

Can anyone recommend half day tour of Athens with pick up from the ship.

all cruise excursions full. Thanks

That would be just great. Thank you.

I’ll look out for it .

We are in Santorini in October on Celebrity Reflection and the tour we wanted is fully booked so after reading some of these posts think we will get the local bus.

we prefer to do a tour as not confident finding our own way around, but sounds like it’s quite easy.

any additional advice would be appreciated.