Santorini Volcanic Islands Cruise with Hot Springs Visit, Volcano Hike, Thirassia & Oia

The cruise was very lovely and enjoyable experience, the tour guide was friendly and relational, which improved our experience. However there were a few things that were not quite as we had imagined. We were initially told the wrong pickup time and were told we had missed our bus despite being early for the time provided, but thankfully were put on the cruise the next day. The tour described having "hot springs " to swim in, which I expected to be small pools of water heated by the volcanic activity on the island, but when we got there this was not the case. The boat stopped in the sea near to the island and we were told that this was our "hot spring" stop and got into the water. The water was not the temperature of a hot spring as imagined, and while the swim was lovely, it was not quite what I would have expected if someone described a hot spring to me. The views from the boat were very good and I recommend bringing a camera to capture the shots from the volcano and from the boat such as Oia and Fira from the sea. We also paid for the extra trip to Oia for sunset which we thought would also be by boat but was actually a transfer by bus but still a lovely place to visit and the sunset was worth it. Overall I really enjoyed the experience and would recommend this or any similar tour to anyone wanting to see more of the island and its history, but just be aware of what to expect!

Amazing experience!! Definitely will do it again. The guys were super friendly. Amazing food too.

The experience was perfect. The guide was very friendly and the explanation on the volcano was very good. The only problem was the pick up, they did not give us the information until we called three times. Then they didn't give us concrete information about where they were going to pick us up and gave us two different times so we almost missed the bus.