Santorini Private Wine Tour at Sunset with Hotel Pickup

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Free cancellation

1/30

Duration4h–5h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Santorini sunset wine tasting tour with vineyard walks and photos

You’ll taste Santorini’s unique wines in both historic cellars and sleek modern wineries, stroll through volcanic vineyards with a local guide, snack on regional cheeses and olives, and watch sunset spill over the caldera cliffs — all with easy hotel pickup and someone else handling your camera for once.

4h–5h

Step-by-step itinerary

Santorini wine tour and sunset tasting

Pick up from hotel, port, or airport
Visit traditional winery and wine museum
Taste wines at traditional winery
Tour modern winery and vineyards
Taste wines with local snacks
Enjoy sunset wine tasting at Santo Wines
Guide takes photos of sunset
Drop off at hotel

The Experience

First thing I noticed was the way the air changed when we stepped out of the van — a little salty, a little earthy, like old stone and sun-warmed vines. Our guide, Maria, greeted us with this easy smile and a “Kalimera!” that sounded like she actually meant it. I’d expected the usual tourist shuffle but instead we ducked into this cave-like winery that’s been around for ages (Maria said 150 years — wild). The walls were cool to the touch and smelled faintly of musty barrels and something sweet I couldn’t quite place. We wandered through their wine museum, which was honestly more interesting than I thought it’d be. There’s an old grape press you can still see stains on. I tried to imagine what this place looked like before Instagram existed.

After that, we drove across Santorini’s patchwork hills to a modern winery — all glass and clean lines, perched above these stubborn little vines growing in volcanic soil. Maria explained how they train the grapes low to the ground because of the wind (which made sense once it whipped my hat off). We walked between rows of gnarly vines; I bent down and touched one — rougher than I expected. The tasting here felt relaxed, not stuffy at all. We tried white, red, even a dessert wine that tasted almost like honey but sharper. They brought out plates with local cheese, tomato paste (so good), olives, breadsticks… I probably ate more than my share.

The last stop was right on the edge of the caldera cliffs. People say Santorini sunsets are famous but seeing it while sipping wine just hits different — there’s this hush that falls over everyone as the sky goes orange then pink then kind of bruised purple. Maria offered to take our photo (“Trust me, you’ll want proof,” she joked), so now there’s this picture of us laughing with windblown hair and glasses raised against that ridiculous view. Honestly? I still think about that moment when things get loud back home.

What’s included

Your day includes private transportation with pickup from your hotel (or port or airport), entry fees at each winery including a guided walk through an old wine museum and modern cellars, generous tastings of white, red, rosé and dessert wines paired with local snacks like cheese and olives, plus plenty of photos taken by your guide before you’re dropped off back at your door in comfort.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomeInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Santorini Platinum Travel