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Small Group Insider Tour in Syros
Small Group Insider Tour in Syros
Small Group Insider Tour in Syros
Small Group Insider Tour in Syros
Small Group Insider Tour in Syros

Small Group Insider Tour in Syros

By WCM MYKONOS TOURS
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$177 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Discover the charms of Syros on a tour of the island’s highlights that is at the same time cosmopolitan and Cycladic, stately and traditional, Orthodox and Catholic.
Explore Ermoupoli, the queen of the Cyclades, see the mermaid and the fisherman in Kini, approach The Red House in Episkopio that it is considered to be haunted or a place of evil deeds and hear tears, screams and laughter from its residents…

Discover Ano Syros settlement with the the Renaissance Cathedral of St George on its summit and the monasteries below, and the bouzouki tunes of Markos Vamvakaris (one ne of the country’s finest rebetika (blues) musicians), still heard in its shops and squares.

Activity location

  • Port of Syros
    • 841 00, Hermoupolis, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Port of Syros
    • 841 00, Hermoupolis, Greece

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Public tour (up to 12 persons)
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Small group tour
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00 pm
Price details
AU$176.87 x 1 AdultAU$176.87

Total
Price is AU$176.87
Until Sun, 20 Apr
Private tour (up to 6 persons)
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Exclusive and Private
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00 pm
Price details
AU$1,021.94 x 1 AdultAU$1,021.94

Total
Price is AU$1,021.94
Until Sun, 20 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLoukoumi , a traditional treat, soft and chewy sweet, flavoured with rosewater.
  • What's includedWhat's includedPick up and drop off services
  • What's includedWhat's includedlocal distillate
  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide In-person: English
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's includedWhat's includedbottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedTraditional Greek Meze
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Port of Syros
  • 10m
After picking you up from the point of your choice, whether it is the port or any hotel on the island, we will begin the tour heading west towards the seaside village of Kini.
Kini
  • 30m
On τhe picturesque fishing village of Kini , by the water is a fountain featuring a mermaid and a fisherman. The mermaid is Panagia Gorgona (which approximately means "Saint Mermaid" or "Virgin Mary the Mermaid"), patroness of fishermen. The sculpture is a tribute to fishermen lost at sea.
Episkopio
  • 30m
On the slope of the green hill of Episkopeio have built their holiday villas the first rulers of Syros, in the 19th century, and since then are considered one of the resorts on the island. At the top of the hill stands out the church of Prophet Elias, from where the view is endless, but the most famous church in Episkopeio is Panagia Piskpoiani or Protothroni, which was built in 1624. Episkopeio was the first seat of the Metropolis of Syros, so it was here the residence of the Bishop, who gave his name to the village. Today from this building of the 15th century remain only the ruins. In the boundaries of of the village there is the “red house”, a painted red house that feeds one of the most famous legends in Syros – it is said that has even inspired Manolis Karagatsis to write the novel “The Great Chimera”, which recounts the storey. The daring of Episkopeio argue that if one approaches the red house, hears tears, screams and laughter from its residents.
Hermoupolis
  • 2h
Τhe port-town of Syros, because the grandness of the Town Hall announces that this is the administrative capital of Greece’s best-known island chain. Only that everything around you – the neoclassical architecture, multi-colored mansion houses and cosmopolitan aura – is nothing like the whitewashed spectacle of other Cycladic islands. Υou will have the opportunity visit the biggest town hall in Europe / Ermoupolis Town Hall , the first theatre in Greece/ Theatro Apollon, the Church of the Dormition ( inside the church there is the authentic image of the Dormition of the Virgin from 1562 by Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) and The famous Vaporia, the old ship-owners’ quarter with the neoclassical mansions, the palm trees and the magnificent terraces that once hosted elegant evening parties and receptions.
Ano Siros
  • 1h
The ultimate fortress town, Ano Syros allows you to explore a world of Cycladic architecture and Venetian charm, you’ll soon find out why Ano Syros looks the way it does. Winding streets so narrow there’s barely a straight line to be seen… whitewashed and colourful houses squeezed in so tightly they appear virtually interwoven… and from the top of the many-stepped, amphitheatrically shaped settlement, views of the South Aegean that are simply extraordinary. It’s because Ano Syros was once the ultimate fortress town, with gates that once sealed the town and allowed residents to ward off or flee from pirate raids. Punctuated by magical views of the South Aegean. To meander through the cobblestone streets of Upper Syros (as the name translates) is to uncover the medieval and Catholic character introduced by the Venetians from the 13th century, within a setting that is also Cycladic. Still dominating the highest point of the town is the Catholic Cathedral of San Georgio.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPort of Syros
    • 841 00, Hermoupolis, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEPort of Syros
    • 841 00, Hermoupolis, Greece

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