Seven kinds of tour let you explore Greece, and each one makes a different trip. A gorge hike in Crete takes 14 hours. A paragliding flight above Corfu takes 20 minutes. Between those two sit boat days, paddle trips, bike rides, jeep safaris and dives.
Pick the way first, then the place. If you are still choosing where to go, the Greece Tours homepage lists every region we cover. Each tour on this page is a real listing in Greece, with its length, languages and cancellation terms.
What are the main ways to explore Greece on a guided tour?
There are seven ways to explore Greece on a tour, and each one has real listings in Greece on GetYourGuide. You can walk, sail, paddle, ride a bike, drive off-road, dive underwater or fly over the coast.
- On foot: a guide leads you through a gorge, up to a monastery or around an old town.
- By sailboat or catamaran: you spend the day on a boat with swim stops, beaches and sea caves.
- By kayak or paddleboard: you paddle along a coast, into sea caves or on a river.
- By e-bike or bicycle: you ride through a city or around an old town.
- By jeep, quad or buggy: you drive off-road across an island and through villages.
- Below the surface: you go on a scuba dive or snorkel in clear water.
- From the air: you fly over Athens or Santorini in a helicopter.
Each listing states its duration and its languages. The Greek listings use labels such as small group, private group and private option available. Other labels say skip the line, free cancellation or pickup available. A cut-off label says how far ahead you must book. Read them first when you explore Greece by tour.
The titles start with a place name: Athens, Santorini, Meteora, Zagori. A listing sits under one place. So if you explore Greece across the country, you join listings from different places. Pick one way for each stop, or mix them.
How can you explore Greece on foot with a guide?
A guided walk or hike lets you explore Greece at walking pace. You book a time, and a guide leads the route. The listings cover a gorge hike, a monastery walk, a caldera trail and two city walks.
The longest is the Samaria Gorge tour from Chania in Crete. It takes 14 hours and is offered in English. The listing says you hike the 16 km gorge with an expert hiking guide. You then relax in Agia Roumeli and return by ferry along the south coast. A coach takes you from Chania.
In Meteora, a local guide leads a 4-hour hike. The listing sits under Kalabaka and the guide speaks English. You visit the Monastery of Ypapanti, then the Great Meteoron or Varlaam Monastery. The listing promises magnificent views and shows a private option label. Monasteries are one more reason to explore Greece on foot.
The Zagori listing takes you into the Vikos Gorge, which it calls one of the world’s deepest canyons. The hike lasts 7 hours, and you can book it in English or Greek. You swim in the cold water of the Voidomatis Springs and visit Vikos National Park. It sits under Monodendri and carries a skip-the-line label.
A second Vikos listing sits under Kleidonia and is shorter. It takes 4 hours in English and carries a private group label. The route follows the Voidomatis River through a riverside forest of plane trees. A free cancellation label shows there too.
On Santorini, the Fira to Oia caldera hike takes 4 hours with a guide. You can book it in English, German or Greek, and it carries a small group label. You walk along the caldera between Fira and Oia and learn about local life. Santorini gives you an island view when you explore Greece on foot.
In Athens, the Philosophy and Democracy tour takes 3.5 hours in English. The listing says you learn about philosophy and democracy while you walk next to the main landmarks of ancient Athens. It carries a free cancellation label. With a free afternoon, it is the quickest way to explore Greece in the capital.
The shortest walk is on Rhodes. It lets you explore Greece inside the Old Town in 3 hours with a local authorized English-speaking guide. The listing calls it a small-group walk. You hear medieval legends of Rodos as you go. A pickup label shows on it, as it does on the Samaria and Meteora listings.
The cut-off labels differ too. Athens needs 2 hours of notice, Samaria 5, Meteora, Vikos and Rhodes 10, and Santorini 12. Together, the tours explore Greece from Crete to Athens and Rhodes. Want a trail without a booking? Read about the hiking trails in Greece and pick a path.
How can you explore Greece by sailboat or catamaran?
A day cruise lets you explore Greece one island at a time. Each listing names its hours, its languages and its stops, so you know the route before you pay. The four trips below last from 5 to 9 hours, and every one has a swim stop.
Four listings show how a boat day to explore Greece changes from island to island. Santorini, Milos, Paros and Rhodes get one each.
- Santorini, 5 hours. The catamaran sails the caldera and stops at Mesa Pigadia, White Beach and Red Beach before the hot springs. A BBQ meal is served on board. The listing is in English and has pickup available and an optional audio guide.
- Milos, 5 hours. The half-day catamaran trip sails to Kleftiko and passes the coloured rocks of Cave Vani and the Bear Rocks. It stops for a swim and snorkelling, and lunch is prepared on board. It is offered in English and Greek and is wheelchair accessible.
- Paros, 9 hours. This is the longest of the four. The catamaran visits 5 locations around Paros, Antiparos and Despotiko, with a Greek lunch cooked and served on board. The listing carries small group and pickup available labels and runs in English and Greek.
- Rhodes, 6 hours. The catamaran follows the east coast of Rhodes and stops at 3 or 4 beaches, including Anthony Quinn Bay, for swimming and snorkelling. A buffet lunch is served on board, and the listing sets a maximum of 24 guests. It runs in English and Greek and has skip the line and pickup available labels.
Each route has its own story. The Santorini trip sails into the caldera that the Minoan eruption left about 3,600 years ago. Milos is the island furthest southwest in the Cyclades. Despotiko, on the Paros route, is a small uninhabited island west of Antiparos.
Read the labels before you choose, because they shape how you explore Greece by boat. All four listings carry a free cancellation label. The booking cut-offs differ: Milos asks for at least 1 hour, Santorini for 3 hours and Paros for 9 hours.
If you want more than one day on the water, read about sailing holidays in Greece. For a single free day, a catamaran trip is a calm way to explore Greece without planning the route yourself.
How can you explore Greece by kayak or paddleboard?
Paddling lets you explore Greece at sea level. Each listing gives the hours, the languages and the stops, such as caves, bays and islets. The four trips here last from 2 to 4 hours, so each one fits into half a day.
The Lefkada trip shows how to explore Greece by kayak in 4 hours. It is a guided sea voyage in double sea kayaks. You cross Rouda Bay, enter the Blue Cave, stop to snorkel and eat a Greek picnic. The listing runs in English and Greek.
On Milos, the Tsigrado Beach and Gerakas Beach tour lasts 3.5 hours. The listing promises secret caves, a swim, traditional snacks and GoPro photos. It runs in English and Greek, and you must book at least 20 minutes ahead.
Pylos, a town in Messenia, was historically also known as Navarino. The Navarino Bay listing is a 4-hour sea kayaking trip with lunch. You paddle at a relaxed pace and explore sea caves. You visit remote islets and stop to swim and snorkel at a secluded beach.
A paddleboard works on calm water too. The Chania listing is a 2-hour guided stand-up paddleboard tour in Marathi Bay, in west Crete. You swim and look at rock formations along the coast. It carries small group and pickup available labels and runs in English and French.
Put the four side by side and the choice gets easy. All four carry a free cancellation label. The booking cut-offs differ too. Milos asks for 20 minutes, Chania for 2 hours, and Lefkada and Navarino for 10 hours.
For a longer day, the Naxos listing runs 7 hours to Rina Cave, with snorkelling and a homemade lunch. It runs in English and Greek. The listing calls it a full-day adventure of relaxed paddling and secret beach discoveries. That makes it the long way to explore Greece by kayak.
How can you explore Greece by e-bike or bicycle?
To explore Greece by bike, pick an e-bike or bike tour. The listing sets the route and the length. The four rides below run from 138 minutes in Rhodes Old Town to 3.5 hours across southern Santorini.
A bike takes you further than your feet and keeps the pace easy. That makes it a calm way to explore Greece, one town or one island at a time. Each ride below is a real GetYourGuide listing in Greece, so read its labels before you pick.
- Rhodes: the Medieval Old Town E-Bike Tour with Sunset Option takes 138 minutes in English. The listing names the Palace of the Grand Master and the ancient walls, and it ends at a sunset spot. Labels: small group, free cancellation.
- Santorini: the E-bike tour experience is offered in English and Greek and takes 3.5 hours. It rides the southern part of the island past traditional villages, Venetian castles and vineyards. Labels: small group, pickup available, free cancellation.
- Athens: the Historic Athens small group electric bike tour takes 1.5 to 2.5 hours. The listing offers English, Dutch, French, Spanish and German, and it lists a private option.
- Argostoli: the Highlights Bike Tour to See Sea Turtles takes 3 hours in Dutch and English. Argostoli is the main town on Kefalonia. The tour passes the De Bosset bridge and the Saint Theodore Lighthouse, and sees sea turtles in the port.
Two more listings show how far you can explore Greece on two wheels. The Athens City & Sea E-Bike Tour lasts 4.5 hours and follows the Athens Riviera along the Saronic Gulf. The Crete e-bike tour lasts 3 hours and rides through vineyards, olive groves and villages in the countryside of Heraklion.
Do you want to ride further on your own? The page on cycling routes in Greece sorts rides by region, season and skill level. A tour gives you a first taste, and a route plan takes you from there.
How can you explore Greece by jeep, quad or buggy?
To explore Greece off the tarmac, choose a jeep, quad or buggy safari. The listings run from 3.5 hours on Santorini to 8 hours on the Lasithi Plateau in Crete. The title names the vehicle you get.
To explore Greece this way, you pick between two kinds of day. The short ones fit a morning or an afternoon. The long ones fill a whole day and add a meal. Here is how the listings split.
The short safaris are on the islands. The Milos Jeep Safari takes 4 hours, in English. It visits villages, volcanic beaches and sea caves, then ends at a hilltop for sunset. Labels: private option, pickup, small group.
On Santorini, the ATV-Quad Off-Road Safari takes 3.5 hours, in English and Greek. You pass all four villages of the south side and swim at Red Beach. Pickup and small group labels are on the listing.
Meteora lets you explore Greece’s mainland as well, not only the islands. The Sunset Off-Road SxS/Buggy Adventure takes 4 hours, and you drive your own buggy along remote dirt roads. It stops at monasteries and a panoramic viewpoint. The listing offers twelve languages, an optional audio guide and a small group.
The Crete buggy safari takes 3.5 hours, in English, German, French and Greek. You taste olive oil at a mill, then walk through a ghost village. It carries the small group label.
Now the long days. The Kos tour takes 5 hours and offers a jeep or an ATV, in English, Dutch and Greek. It climbs a rugged mountain for panoramic views and ends with a traditional Greek lunch.
The Lasithi Plateau tour takes 8 hours and covers the Zeus Cave. It runs in six languages and lists a private option and pickup. The route follows a dirt road across mountain terrain at 1,150 meters. If you want to explore Greece on four wheels for a full day, start there.
How can you explore Greece below the surface?
Dive, snorkel or sit behind a glass window. The Athens wreck dive takes 3.5 hours. The Kos boat trip takes 5 hours. The Paleokastritsa underwater cruise takes only 45 minutes. Pick by the length of your day.
Going under the water is a quiet way to explore Greece. These seven listings show the range, from a wreck dive to a cabin below the waves.
- Athens, wreck dive: 3.5 hours. The listing takes you to a former military spy aircraft beneath the Mediterranean Sea.
- Corfu, scuba lesson: 2.5 hours. You learn the basics in a lesson, then dive in shallow water.
- Kos, boat trip with scuba: 5 hours. The boat sails to Pserimos Island, with time to snorkel and swim. The listing names PADI instructors.
- Corfu, Paleokastritsa underwater cruise: 45 minutes. You sit 2.2 meters underwater in an air-conditioned cabin with panoramic windows and stay completely dry.
- Zakynthos, Turtle Island and Keri Caves: 3 to 5 hours on a glass-bottom boat. The tour looks for loggerhead turtles at Marathonisi Island and lets you swim at Turtle Island and the Keri Caves.
- Rhodes, Lindos glass-bottom cruise: 1.5 hours. You watch local marine life from the boat and stop to swim at spots such as Navarone Bay.
- Crete, Hersonissos glass-bottom cruise: 2 hours. Six glass windows show the underwater world, and the boat stops for swimming and snorkelling along the Cretan coast.
The sea sets the schedule when you explore Greece on the water. The Zakynthos listing says the boat trip depends on the weather. If the cruise is cancelled, the tour is rescheduled or refunded.
Paros has a mixed option. On a 4-hour boat trip, a friend dives while you snorkel at selected sites. The listing includes snorkelling equipment, a wetsuit if needed, fruit and water. It is an easy way to explore Greece when only one of you dives.
How can you explore Greece from the air?
Helicopter flights in these listings last 20 to 50 minutes. They cover the Santorini caldera, the Acropolis in Athens and the island of Mykonos. A tandem paragliding flight above Corfu takes 20 minutes.
None of these flights needs more than an hour, so one fits into any day you explore Greece.
Santorini has two flights. The shared Bell 206 flight has a 35-minute label. Its listing shows the caldera, the volcanic islands and the blue domes of Oia. It counts about 25 minutes for the whole experience, with the briefing.
The private sunset flight takes 20 minutes and adds a personal briefing. It flies over the glowing caldera at the end of the day.
The Athens helicopter tour lasts 50 minutes. Its listing names the Acropolis, the Parthenon and the Olympic Complex, seen from the sky. A shorter Athens flight on a Bell 206 takes 30 minutes for up to 4 PAX. Its listing shows the coast and the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio.
Mykonos offers a private 30-minute sightseeing flight with an optional audio guide.
Corfu has a tandem paragliding flight above Pelekas town. It lasts 20 minutes. For more ways to go outdoors, read about adventure activities in Greece. Then pair a flight with a day on the water.
What do travellers ask about how to explore Greece?
How long do these tours last?
The shortest are the Santorini sunset flight and the Corfu paragliding flight, at 20 minutes each. The longest is the Kos boat trip at 5 hours. The Zakynthos glass-bottom tour runs 3 to 5 hours.
Can you cancel a booking?
The Athens wreck dive and the Corfu lesson show a Free cancellation label. So do the Kos trip, the Paleokastritsa cruise, the Paros snorkelling trip and the Zakynthos tour. The flights over Santorini, Athens and Corfu show it as well. The Mykonos flight does not.
Is hotel pickup included when you explore Greece on these tours?
Only the Zakynthos Turtle Island listing carries a Pickup available label. It offers a meeting point or a transfer from your hotel. The other listings above show no pickup label.
Do you need experience to explore Greece underwater or by air?
The Corfu lesson and the Kos trip are written for beginners. The Athens wreck dive takes beginners and certified divers. The Corfu paragliding listing calls its flight an easy introductory tandem flight for first-time flyers.
Are these tours private or small group?
The labels differ. The Santorini sunset flight, the Mykonos flight and the Corfu paragliding flight show a private group label. The Athens helicopter tour shows private group and small group. The wreck dive, the Corfu lesson and the Paros snorkelling trip show a small group label.
How far ahead do you book a tour to explore Greece?
Each listing shows its own cut-off. The Zakynthos tour needs 30 minutes of notice. The Kos trip and the Corfu paragliding flight need 2 hours. The Athens wreck dive and the Mykonos flight need 10 hours.