Holidays in Santorini (Greece): tours from Almaty

Went to Santorini, overall happy, but on the streets in Ia I almost broke my heel on these slippery stones, though the views, of course, are mind-blowing. The hotel was okay, breakfasts simple, but I came back with a bunch of photos and a weird tan on my shoulders.

i booked a tour to Santorini through an agency in Almaty, because I was too lazy to deal with flights and ferries myself, and I wanted everything to be ready - hotel, transfer, all that stuff... in the end at the end of the trip I realized I didn't overpay for nothing. the island of course is something unreal, even though the AC in the hotel worked so-so and a couple of nights were a bit stuffy, I still came back in complete delight

we took a tour to Santorini because I'd wanted to go there since I was about twenty, and then my friend bailed on me and I went alone– well what can I tell you, the view from the balustrade in Ia makes up for everything, even the crowds of Chinese with selfie sticks who jump into the frame exactly at the moment when you finally found a spot without people... the donkeys at the cable car ugh, they stink and they dig in their heels, I walked up and didn't regret it, though I sweated like a mouse.

On Santorini everything looks like a postcard, but the wind was blowing so hard that my skirt flapped like a sail, and we were late for dinner because of a donkey that stopped in the middle of a narrow street and refused to go. The manager back at the office told me to take a jacket for the evening, I laughed, and then I was wrapping myself in a towel at sunset in Oia. The only thing that left a bad taste was the line for the cable car, an hour and a half down below in the sun, so four stars, no more.

went to santorini and it was the best decision. stayed in a small hotel with a view of the caldera, every morning drank coffee on the terrace and couldn't believe it was all real, the donkeys on the paths amused me to tears. came home happy and cunfused from emotions

Poehala v Santorini chtoby otmietit yubilei svadby, hotela davno, no vse kak-to ne slazhivalos, i vot tur po Griecii kupila v Almaty u odnoi kompanii - v magazine, dazhe ne pomnyu tochno nazvanie, tam eshche okna na ulicu i kofe iz avtomata v kholie, vot tuda i obratilas potomu srok podzhimal, i drugie agentstva libo molchali libo predlagali chto-to soperemennymi priezdami. Menedzher vsio bystro oformil i ne zvonil po melocham, priiatno bylo. V samom Santorini vsio normalno, hotel khoroshii, zavtraki skuchnye, more kholodnoe, no mne vse ravno ponravilos, 4 iz 5.

Santorini is of course a postcard, but I wore my feet out on the very first day while climbing up those steps to the white town. At the hotel they gave us a room with a view of the caldera and I didn't close the balcony door all night, though in the morning I found that the robe smells of damp like in babushki's basement

priehala na Santorini i srazu ponyala - eto ne fotki v internete. veter tak dut, chto kupalnik letaet po terase. no mne eto dazhe ponravilos. hotel nashel bez problem, menedzher podskazal kuda idti za edoy - gyros za 4 evro, vkusno zhe. potom zabylaa pro vremya i prosto shla po ulochkam. oslinye vyazki, belye steny, vse krasivo no pylno nemnogo. uzhinala u vody i smotrela kak solntse padaet. zahlotelos ostatsya eshe na noch.. i ostalas. 5 iz 5, vernus obyazatelno

took a santorini tour in december, don't regret a second. streets are white, wind is freezing, in the tavern they gave me a napkin instead of the bill and for some reason that stuck with me more than the sunset..

booked a package to santorini at a travel agency, because i was too lazy to piece together the flight and ferry myself and i was afraid of messing up the connections.. arrived, checked into a little hotel with white walls, threw my bag down and walked to imerovigli — the road goes down, switchbacks, those donkeys with bells, hot asphalt, sand in my sneakers, but the view of the caldera opens up so that i forgot about the tiredness and about getting up early. in the evening i sat with local wine on the terrace, caught the sunset, glanced at my watch out of the corner of my eye — bus to the beach at five in the morning, and that's when i realized that on the way back to the port the ferry will be delayed again, and i won't even be surprised.

the trip to santorini turned out normal, but with nuances. the hotel was clean, the pool small but the view is such that it takes your breath away. The manager got everything sorted quickly - thanks to her, no hassle. we walked around Oia, the streets are narrow, tons of tourists, i almost twisted my ankle on those steps, good thing i took sneakers and not sandals like some people. we ate at a taverna near the port - the fish was fresh, but the bill took forever, we waited like forty minutes, and they serve bread just like that and then include it in the bill, a small thing but unpleasant. overall the trip was memorable, Kamari black sand is strange to the touch, my feet were gray afterwards i spent half the evening washing them, and the sunset in Fira yes, it's worth it to shove through the crowd with japanese and americans.. on the way back we flew with a layover in Athens, the airport is huge, i almost lost my boarding pass, but everything worked out, i came home happy though tired as a dog

went to Santorini because we had to sort out the inheritance thing and also get some rest. In the end everything went smoothly, the hotel was okay, but those donkeys on the streets — thats something, I almost fell when one of them pushed me, but the views are gorgeous.

Бірінші кезекте өзімнің жұмысым бойынша құжаттарымды реттеу керек болды, сондықтан демалысты нақты жоспарлай алмадым. Турагенттікке барып, қызметкерлерге жағдайымды айтқанда, олар маған Грецияны, оның ішінде Санториниді ұсынды. Ұшақ билеттері мен қонақүй мәселесін өздері шешіп берді, мен тек чемоданымды жинап қана қалдым. Аралға барғанда күннің ыстығы мен желдің қаттылығы бірден сезілді. Кальдераға қарайтын тар көшелерде жүру қиын болды, әсіресе кешке адам көп кезде. Бірақ күн батқандағы көрініс шынымен таңғаларлық, әсіресе Фираның үстіндегі ақ үйлердің арасынан ашылған көрініс. Жергілікті тағамдарды, әсіресе теңіз өнімдерін дәм таттым, бірақ бағасы біршама қымбат көрінді. Жалпы алғанда, сапар ұнады, ұйымдастыру жағынан ешқандай кемшілік болмады, сондықтан бес балл қоямын.

at first i was looking for somewhere to go on vacation, worked all the time and just wanted to leave so nobody would bother me. i walked into the agency almost by accident, it's near my house, and right away they started talking about Santorini. The manager laid it all out by days, even remembered about the ferry. flew through Athens, a night at a hotel and in the morning already on the island. the first day was a blur because my luggage arrived later than me.. The pool at the hotel is small, sunbeds are always taken, but the view from the balcony is really something. Went to Oia and kept bumping into crowds of tourists, but in Fira the streets are narrow and you can just sit on the steps. Those donkeys, shameless cats everywhere, breakfast is the same every day. The sea is warm, but the wind blows everything off the table. Overall happy but there's still a bit of a sour taste from the logistics

Went with my friend to pay off her credit card, the card got blocked and we had to urgently sort things out with the bank, and only then choose where to escape from all this stress, and somehow Santorini just happened, even though I actually wanted Turkey. The manager picked a hotel with a caldera view, well and the view.. it's something else, true there are so many steps that I cursed everything in the world while I dragged myself to the room, but at least the donkeys walk right under the balcony and it smells of thyme. Breakfast was so-so, those mousses of theirs are insanely bland, but the coffee is truly divine, I drank three cups and then didn't sleep till nighti don't regret at all that it wasn't Turkey, because santorini is of course a postcard but a living one. I really want to come back and will definitely take the same route

thought about taking a tour to the mainland, but at the agency they talked me into the island. well, fine. flew with a layover in athens, suitcase arrived a day later, but they brought it straight to the hotel themselves. Santorini is of course a postcard. white houses blue domes all that, but I'm more about the everyday: in the morning I'd go out for coffee, the local one in a small cup, strong enough to make your hands shake, next door a bakery, I'd get a tyropita there and walk to the cliff to look at the caldera. a donkey stomped past, I almost dropped my coffee from the surprise) the wind was blowing the napkins off the table, I had to hold them down with my elbow, and one flew right into the bushes, and I didn't go after it. swam down at the red beach, water cold but bearable, the stones cut your feet, should have brought flip-flops and I forgot them, but I swam so much that later I slept like the dead. in the evening in Oia it's a crowd, everyone climbing for the sunset, I stood by the wall eating ice cream, pistachio, it melted faster than I could keep up. came back tanned, happy, and yes, five out of five. want to go again.

Балалармен демалысқа шығу үшін келгенмін, себебі оларға теңіз керек еді. Санториниге турды осындағы агенттіктен алдым, басқа жерде орын жоқ болып шықты. Ұшақта отырып, барлық жолды ойландым, бірақ келген соң бәрі ұмытылды. Жергілікті ақ тас үйлер мен көк теңіз — көзге әдемі көрінеді, әсіресе күн батқанда. Балалар қуанды, мен де тыныштық таптым, тек бір кешке жел қатты соғып, көпіршекте отыра алмадық. Қыс мезгілінде барсақ та, ауа райы жақсы болды, қайтарда чемоданды жинауға әрең үлгердім.

Went to Santorini, hotel right on the cliff, yeah. The manager picked a place where you can see the whole caldera from the pool. In autumn it's windy there — walked around in a sweater, and still sat on the terrace till night, even though the pool water was freezing. Would go back there again

we went to Greece to Santorini, because my wife had wanted those white houses with blue roofs for a long time, and I just wanted to eat normally and not think about work. We came to the agency with a specific request... we wanted a week of calm so nobody would bother us, and I have to say we got exactly that. The hotel was small, with a view of the caldera, breakfast was standard but the coffee was fine, though once they brought a cold omolet and I didn't make a fuss just asked for another one. I walked a lot, my legs were buzzing, but the views opened up such that you forget about the tiredness, especially when we sat in the evening on the terrace and watched the sun go behind the water. I came back happy

I booked the trip to Greece spontaneously, after they said at the office that I had to use up my vacation before the end of October. Went to the travel agency near my house, and there everything came together really well. Santorini is a postcard picture, but I still didn't regret it. We arrived, checked in, and our rooms turned out to be a bit off to the side from the promised view of the caldera. Unpleasant, yes, but we quickly adjusted and spent almost all our time walking around the little towns, where there are snow-white streets and blue domes. I wore my feet out in the first two days on the cobblestones, sneakers with thick soles saved me. Lunch is a whole quest on its own, the portions are huge, the bill at the end can surprise you. The sunsets in Ia are gorgeous, though there are so many people you can't push through. Overall the trip left me with a warm feeling, the only minus is for that same discrepancy with the room. I came back with a fridge magnet and a couple of extra kilos from the local pastries.

Went to Santorini and still so impressed, though the weather at the end didn't quite cooperate - the wind was blowing me away honestly. The hotel was pretty basic, but the view from the terrace... for that you can put up with some inconvenience, so five stars well deserved, if not for one small issue with the transfer, but that's minor and still loved it like crazy.

bought a tour to santorini at our agency, in shymkent. hotel is ok, pool clean, but the sunbed by the pool is always taken by someone's towel – it drove me crazy. Breakfast is standard, omelette, cheese, watermelon... coffee is a rare nasty thing, drank tea. Bottled water was not given, had to buy at the market, but the view from the balcony on the caldera – thats it, thats what i came for. Flew back tired but happy, five out of five

Santorini is really something. The buses are packed, but the views are such that I stood for a looong time just looking, and then went down to the sea and there were stones that everyone for some reason touched with their hands and made wishes. I came back not exactly rested, but definitely didn't regret it, the hotel was pretty basic though, but at least near the path where everyone takes photos at sunset.

Әйелімді алып шығуым керек еді, оның мерейтойы, ал мен демалыстан құр қалдым. агенттіктен тур алдық, менеджер бәрін тез рәсімдеп берді. Санторини, сәуір — әлі жел соғады, куртканы шешпедік. Құздағы қонақүй, екі жүздей басқыш бар, мен бір рет чемоданды түсіріп ала жаздадым. Иядағы күн батысы — халық көп, бәрі телефондарымен, шынтақтарымен итеріседі... бірақ ол тұрарлық, шынымды айтсам. Жергілікті кофе қою, қасықпен араластырдым, ал ол майысқан екен. Шаршағаннан ашулы болып қайттым, бірақ ризамын. Бес ішінен бес.

Took a tour at this agency because the dates at work were tight and I wanted to get away somewhere by the sea without all that long searching and comparing. Chose Santorini almost at random, just liked the photo on the website, and thought about spring — it would be cool, but I'd still see the sea. Arrived, checked in, and the first thing that caught my eye wasn't the white houses but the wind that was knocking you off your feet at the viewpoint, but then, when I went down to the water and touched the warm stone on the beach with my hand, I realized it was all worth it. A couple of things were annoying — buses run rarely, in one restaurant they brought the bill before dessert — but I'd still give five, because I took away this even kind of feeling, like I really had a proper rest.

I booked the trip on a whim, just to escape this endless time crunch at work, and I landed on Santorini because I wanted to see those white houses and the sunset over the ocean at least once, not over a monitor. Everything went smoothly, the manager organized it all precisely, the transfers didn't let me down, and the hotel turned out to have a caldera view, though the breakfasts were so-so, the buns clearly yesterday's. I came back with a lightness in my head, my knees still remember the descent down those steps in Oia, and I'd happily do it again when the money and vacation days add up.

Санториниде болдым, рахат. Ұшақтан түскенде жел қатты соқты, бірақ бұл көңілді бұзбады. Жолай жергілікті бір апам қолыма помидор мен ірімшік салып берді, дәмді екен. Күн батуын көрдім, адам көп, шулайды, бірақ шыдадым. Көшелер тар, көкке боялған есіктер мен ақ қабырғаларды ұстап жүрдім, ыстық тас. Кейде желмен ұшып кететіндей сезім болды. Бір күні қайыққа мініп, суға түстім, тұзды су көзді ашытып жіберді. Таңғы асқа йогурт пен бал жедім, бал қою, тәтті. Қайтарда чемоданымды артық салмақ деп айыппұл салды, ренжімедім. Бес жұлдыз, әрине.

Took a tour to Santorini for a friend's wedding, there's really nowhere to walk around there, and he wanted photos against the white houses, so I agreed through this agency. Went, looked at those streets in Oia, crowds everywhere like at a bazaar, we rented a car, almost tore off the mirror against a wall, but the sunset in Ia is really worth it, sat with a bottle of wine on the roof, and it seems like all this is for one evening, well so be it

The trip to Santorini was somethnig incredible, even though I doubted until the very last moment whether it was worth going. But when I stood at the viewpoint in Ia, holding a glass of local wine and looking at that snow-white architecture and blue domes, I realized that all my doubts were in vain.

santorini is a picture of course, but your legs just carry you up these steps on their own, and there are few buses and they're packed. stayed in a hotel with a caldera view, opened the window in the morning and it's like a postcard - and it's honestly worth the money.)) but the shower water was a bit salty and the pressure weak, a small thing but I still remembered it.

We went to Santorini because my husband got vacation time unexpectedly and I wanted the sea, not all that other stuff. The agency quickly found us a hotel with a calderra view, though at first I had doubts because of the reviews about the winds. Once there it turned out the wind is nothing, but there are so many steps that in a week I pumped up everything I could, but the views from the balcony were wroth it. I bought myself sandals there for some cosmic money, but they creaked perfectly on the cobblestones in Fira, and for some reason that stuck with me most, though the donkey that trudged past with a load almost ruined my whole mood. Overall I came back feeling I hadn't wasted the money, and my husband still remembers the tomatoes there, so five out of five.

Priehal v Santorini i srazu ponial chto den'gi potracheny ne zria, hotel' byl tak sebe, no vid iz nomera vse perekryval. Hodil po uzinkim ulochkam, staralsia ne spotknut'sia o stupen'ki i postoyanno tormozil u vitrin s vsiakoi keramikoi, chtoby kupit' magnitik zhene. More holodnoe poka ne zaishol po poias, zato potom ne vytashchish', poetomu postavil by 5 iz 5.

santorini in june is a whole separate story.. the wind was literally knocking me off my feet, i thought that's it, we're done for. but the views - yeah, that's what you put up with the crowds and those endless stairs for, though our hotel was ok, only the ac hummed like a tractor.

we took the package just to breathe out from work for a bit and honestly i didn't even really choose, an acquaintance recommended the agency and we went to Santorini even though i'm more into city holidays and here it's an island, everything white and blue, narrow streets, hotels clinging to the slope and that staircase in Fira really finished me off to be honest, a hundred steps there and back every day, my knees still remember it, but the sunset in Ia makes up for everything, and the food, those local tomatoes really sweet like sugar, donkeys still walk the streets with loads and you stand and let them pass when some grandpa on a donkey overtakes you)). Gave it five out of five of course, but if there were a bit fewer people at sunset and you didn't have to climb that endless staircase every time back to the room, it would be absolutely perfect

Santorin in winter is really something. Took a tour at a local agency, everything went smooth, they gave us a hotel with a view of the caldera, though the wind from the sea was so bad it almost carried you off to the cliff a couple of times. But there were few people, I walked the streets alone, no one pushing, and met the sunset in Ia almost in silence – that's worth a lot. The only thing is half the cafes were closed, had to look for where to eat, but that's minor. Came back happy and already thinking where to head next time.

Santorini is of course a picture, but I rubbed my feet sore on the very first day while climbing to Fira up those endless steps, though the views opened up so beautiful that I forgot about my blisters and the heat. The hotel was clean, the pool small, but the breakfasts were decent and the coffee wasn't swill, so a four for the trip, but honestly I expected a bit more coziness for that money.

The trip to Santorini in August 2022 turned out great, the hotel happened to have a caldera view, though the air conditioner hummed like a tractor and only the balcony saved us. Came back happy, even though exhausted from the heat and the crowds of tourists at the sunset spots.

we went to Santorini and the first thing that hit me was the wind, it seriously knocked me off my feet at the viewpoint in Oia, even though the sun was blazing like in July, and I stood there in a jacket thinking I should've brought a hat. The manager suggested renting a car and that saved us, because the buses run in some unclear way, but the island itself - it's of course something unreal, white houses, blue domes, those donkeys on the paths, anyway even though I got tired from the constant ups and downs, I was totally satisfied. Fira and its sunset is a whole separate thing, there's a crowd of people of course, can't squeeze through, but it's worth it, though the wind was blowing..

poehali my s zhenoy na santorini v mae 2020, hoteli otmetit godovshinu i zagorelye do kosti, turov mnogo a vybrali etot potomu chto po srokam podhodilo i zena uzhe davno whotelas na eti belye domiki s sinimi kryshami, hoteli uehat ot vsego etogo doma i raboty... menedzher vse bystro oformil i my poleteli i ya byl dovolen po maksimumu kazhdyj den hodil po etim ulochkam krugom zakat na terrase butylka vina i syr potom more holodnoe no mne pofig ya plaval#

flew to Santorini for work, needed to unwind after a tough project and decided to combine it since vacation was closing in anyway. The manager helped pick the hotel, thanks for that, although the transfer was a bit delayed because of some confusion with the driver on the spot. Rating 4 out of 5 because the island is stunning, but the transfer organization let me down, otherwise everything was great.