Cave Wine Museum Tour in Santorini with Tasting and Pick Up
Description
Visit Volcan Wines and its wine museum, located in Vothonas, Santorini, on the road to Kamari Beach. This charming family business has been operating since 1880. While modern stainless steel machinery has replaced traditional wooden tools, the wines are still produced in a classic style. The facility features an impressive underground museum, situated 8 meters below the surface and stretching 300 meters long. It showcases the history of wine and the lives of Santorini’s farmers from 1660 to 1950 through lifelike exhibits, animatronics, and an automated audio tour.
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Itinerary
The wine museum is located in a natural cave eight meters below ground. It is the only one of its kind in Greece and it took the Koutsoyannopoulos family, fourth-generation wine makers, 21 years to build it. Entrance fees 14euro per person included The visitors of the museum have the opportunity to learn about the history of wine and the life of vine-growers in Santorini since the 1660s through an automatic audio guide, available in 14 languages or a guidebook, available in 22 languages. At the end of the tour, wines produced in Koutsoyannopoulos winery are available for tasting in the winery’s tasting room.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Traveler pickup is offered We pickup guests from all Santorini Hotels, Vacation rentals, Villas etc. If hotel is not accessible by our vehicles due to restrictions, pickup will be held from the closest pick up walking distance location . For travelers arriving by Cruise ships:The meeting point is always the top station of the cable car. For all travelers starting the tour from the Airport, Port & Cable Car station, a member of our team will be waitting holding a sign with your name on it. Alcoholic beverages are only allowed for adults.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(8)
Very nice visit followed by a tasting of excellent wines. An astonishingly dense museum; explanations about the unique viticulture techniques of Santorini. Our tasting guide, Angela, was lovely and shared many restaurant recommendations on the island with us.
The Cave museum is self guided with audio devices rather than a tour, which is why I gave it a 4 instead of 5. If you love antiques and winemakers history, this is an interesting walk through. Wine tasting after the tour was fun and interactive. A nice way to use 2 hours in Santorini.
At the end of April 2026, we didn't need to book. Coming from Fira, this is the road to the airport. The museum is about 2 km away. The KTEL bus can drop us off on request, if not too many people. Several tasting packages of good local wine, of choice. Very clean, well organized, fun and informative museum. Very welcoming and professional staff. It's worth a visit and we can ask for a taxi back...
This tour is a must do! The way the museum is layed out provides a visual lens of how wine production was made and the transition from primitive to modern production. The wine tasting was also a good touch to cap off the tour. Delicious!
This was very informative, the wine was good, but pretty short. You were also your own tour guide, with speaker. Could have been better, but not bad.
We did the self guided tour of the museum which gave us the opportunity to go at our own pace. The wine tasting was good. The only negative is that we weren’t sure when and how to be picked up once completed. I called the Viator company and they had someone come quite quickly which was nice.
Base price was €20 per person for entry, no discount for older Australians, didn’t go in. One good note, is that the local bus that runs between Fira and Kamera beach will drop you almost 100 m flat walk, cost for the additional stop is another €1.60 one way per person.
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We had a wonderful time with Banos and Anna! They were very sweet and knowledgeable about the history and culture. They were extremely accommodating! We would highly recommend them!!
Thank you dear!!! we hope to see you again!
