Cruise to Spinalonga, Kolokytha Bay & Agios Nikolaos with Lunch

Embark on an exclusive day tour from Agios Nikolaos to Spinalonga Island. Cruise across Mirabello Bay, swim at Kolokytha Bay, and enjoy a BBQ lunch. Don’t miss this unique experience!

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Heraklion - We start our tour from the pick-up points where we gather all participants in our busses. Our tour-leaders will welcome you in order to start the activity. In about 1 hour we will arrive at the town of Agios Nikolaos.
  • Agios Nikolaos - The cosmopolitan town of Agios Nikolaos.
    That’s where the boat sails from, towards the island of Spinalonga.
  • Spinalonga (Kalydon) - Boat Trip: 60’
    Time in Spinalonga: 1 hour 20 minutes
    After sailing from Agios Nikolaos, we will arrive to Spinalonga. Spinalonga is known as the island of tears.
    There will be a guided tour with a professional guide for about 45 minutes and then free time to take photos of the magical views.
    Entrance to Spinalonga Fortress: 8€
  • Kolokytha Beach - After a 15’ boat trip we arrive in the beautiful bay of Kolokytha for swimming and BBQ for about 1h30min.
    Participants will have the chance to swim and have BBQ lunch on the beach.
  • Agios Nikolaos - Sail back to the town of Agios Nikolaos which will be the last stop of this day tour.
    Enjoy some free time, for about 1h30min, take a walk or have a coffee around the beautiful lake and port of the town.
    Embarkation on the buses and return to the resorts.
  • Heraklion - Embarkation in the buses and drive back to the hotels where we gathered participants in the morning.
    Depending on traffic and on the pick-up places of each one, the time of journey back to the hotel will differ.
What's Included
  • Liability Insurance Coverage by ALLIANZ for our tour participants
  • Boat Tickets
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Tour Guide
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Extra Food/Drinks
  • Spinalonga Entrance 8€
Additional Information

Exclusivity: We operate the only tour that starts sail from Agios Nikolaos and gives travellers the joy of cruising across Mirabello Bay for 1 hour! In addition, our boat is the only one that makes a stop at the beach of Kolokytha and give participants the time to swim and enjoy their lunch there.

This tour combines both a visit to the town of Agios Nikolaos, Spinalonga Fortress and a unique stay on the beach of Kolokytha for lunch and a swim stop. Our participants will enjoy a cruise through Mirabello bay, the crystal clear waters of Kolokytha beach, and the historic island of Spinalonga.

Location
Heraklion
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Darren_r
Jul 25, 2024
Very knowledgeable tour... - Very knowledgeable tour guide, really enjoyed the trip to spinalonga. Agios Nikolas was lovely to visit.
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Aletheiar2021
Jul 25, 2024
Good day trip - Really good day trip with plenty to see and do. The tour guide was very knowledgeable of all creation history. Food on the boat wasn't brilliant for a child but for the price was ok. Only issue was the initial bus pick up from outside our hotel!! Lots of other excursions waiting so carnage!!! A bus number to look out for would have been better. Highly recommend for the price.
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Tammymac96
Jul 16, 2024
Fabulous trip to spinalonga - Really insightful with Greek mythology and history of the island. Lunch was lovely. Everything was really well organised and the ship crew and tour guides were extremely lovely and helpful. They really went out of their way with organising a taxi for me to attend too. Would highly recommend
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Passport55555404765
Jul 16, 2024
All right. - Beautiful activity, the Guide speaks French and Italian , he makes sure everyone is on the bus before starting , we offer a meal (not very fresh but it is good for the day) and the excursion is just magical. A break is planned on an island where we swim.
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Solmanuel
Jun 29, 2024
Tour with guide and transfer for Italians - Beautiful trip with guide in Italian, crystal clear water for bathing, fantastic and nice our transfer Zaccaria who gave us great advice and great guide, speaks great Italian
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Verna_p
Jul 7, 2024
Well organized and informative and fun. - Beautiful scenery. Information about the long bus ride from Heraklion would have been appreciated. Also, no mention of additional payment when booking about the island tour.
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Kondraschka
Jul 1, 2024
Spinalonga - The German tour guide Irini was more than good. She told the story perfectly, when and where it used to happen. With her nice beautiful voice. Disadvantage for Tripadvisor, better inform people. Instead of 20-30 men on a small boat, which I prefer. We had been collected with Reinhard Mann with two buses or arrived at the port. Mass gathering and mainstream I don't necessarily need. But otherwise was very nice
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Gu_na_lp2015
Jul 13, 2024
The Guide left us leaving spinalonga she did not take the same boat as us fortunately there was another Guide d - The comments of the guild were little audible either on the bus or on the island of spinalonga the distribution of street food is a bit done in the snatch
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265carolinf
Jul 4, 2024
Better throw with some people and rent a private boat - So first of all: Katharina as a guide was really great! She shows you with a lot of dedication the excursion destinations, thank you for that! The bad thing is that the boat is very full, on our travel day we were traveling with three boats (estimated 100 people per boat). Organizationally a disaster as the boats arrive partly at the same time in the actually beautiful place. Eating on the beach is more like eating on the boat and on your knees - if you get a seat on the boat. Kolokhyta beach is about 20 m long, completely crowded and only accessible when walking over rocks.
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Tobias
Jun 27, 2024
Nice but too crowded - Very nice sailing trip and very skilled guide. However, it gets a little ruined when there are SO many people at once and they have not prioritized to organize the times on the ferries, so there are not so many gathered in such a small place, and especially at the area you should swim, impossible to get a spot on the beach, and you are almost in line. However, still a recommendation, however, one should keep in mind that there are a total number of people.
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