Thira Trip Overview
Meet your local guide and stroll through the white cobbled streets of Fira, where you’ll feel the old-world charm blended in with modern day comforts.
Visit Gold Street with the most interesting and beautiful jewelry on displays, watch a leather sandal workshop and feature local art galleries. Grab handmade ice-cream and walk a short section of the famous Santorini donkey roads. Pass through the Venetian district surrounded by numerous churches overlooking the caldera and reach Fira’s cable car. Enjoy 5-minute panoramic cable car from the top of caldera down to the picturesque old port. Walk at the edge of Caldera to reach the worldwide known from travel guides blue dome church in Firostefani.
At the end of the tour, get introduced to a wine restaurant located in the heart of Fira, where there is a unique wine cellar with renowned but also rare local wines, as well as Alcoholic beverage collected from all over the world. Optional wine tasting.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Thira, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Thira, Greece, Greece
Meet your local guide and stroll through the white cobbled streets of Fira, where you’ll feel the old-world charm blended in with modern day comforts.
Visit Gold Street with the most interesting and beautiful jewelry on displays, watch a leather sandal workshop and feature local art galleries. Grab handmade ice-cream and walk a short section of the famous Santorini donkey roads. Pass through the Venetian district surrounded by numerous churches overlooking the caldera and reach Fira’s cable car. Enjoy 5-minute panoramic cable car from the top of caldera down to the picturesque old port. Walk at the edge of Caldera to reach the worldwide known from travel guides blue dome church in Firostefani.
At the end of the tour, get introduced to a wine restaurant located in the heart of Fira, where there is a unique wine cellar with renowned but also rare local wines, as well as Alcoholic beverage collected from all over the world. Optional wine tasting.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Fira, Fira, Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean
Walk through the white cobbled streets of Fira, a town of about 2000 inhabitants, where you’ll feel the old-world charm blended in with modern day comforts.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Fira 84700 Greece
Walk inside the catholic monastery and church with its pink bell top
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Monastery of Dominican Sisters, Fira 84700 Greece
The oldest Catholic nunnery in Greece, originally founded in 1595.
Stop At: Karavolades Stairs, Fira 847 00 Greece
Walk a short section of the famous Santorini donkey roads, which were frequently used by the locals to carry their goods.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral, Ipapantis, Fira 840 07 Greece
The trademark of Fira Town, its big white church in front of Caldera
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Megaro Gyzi Museum, Fira 847 00 Greece
The Gyzi Megaron is one of the many mansions of the catholic nobles which were built in Fira from the year of 1811 and onwards.
Pass By: Catholic Church of St. Stylianos, Nomikou M, Fira 847 00 Greece
The colorful church on Caldera
Stop At: Ekklisia Agios Minas, Fira 847 00 Greece
One of the oldest church in Fira
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Three Bells of Fira, Fira 847 00 Greece
Last stop will be the worldwide known from travel guides blue dome church in Firostefani
Duration: 10 minutes
