Visit Spinalonga, the last leper colony in Europe

Visit Spinalonga, the last leper colony in Europe, is located in Elounda from where we take the boat for Spinalonga island. Originally, Venetians fortified the islet in 1579, by building a fortress with 40 cannons and they are actually the best preserved walls in Europe.
Visit Agios Nikolaos and walk around the famous Lake Voulismeni

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Spinalonga - Spinalonga, known as the last leper colony in Europe, is situated in Elounda, where visitors can board a boat to the island. The Venetians originally fortified the islet in 1579, constructing a fortress equipped with 40 cannons, which are among the best-preserved walls in Europe.
    From 1903 to 1957, it served as a leper colony,…
What's Included
  • Air Conditioned Bus
  • Guide
What's Not Included
  • Spinalonga Entrance 20euro
  • FOOD OPTION : 15€ Boat tickets& Lunch or NO FOOD OPTION : 10€ Boat tickets
Additional Information
  • The remaining hours is for travel time from each place to another
Location
Spinalonga
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Timothy_b
Apr 28, 2026
A Great Day Out - Fantastic tour! Booking easy. Reconfirmation via WhatsApp. Meeting point location from reconfirmation clear and easy to follow. Driver Yiannis (John Travolta) drove well and felt safe throughout. Tour guide Eva was informative and funny. I just want to highlight the professionalism and extra mile Eva took on the first stop. Whilst all the English speakers had decided to do their own thing, I was left as the only English speaker with the rest of the group in this case French. Eva took the time to explain everything to me in great detail and I certainly did not miss anything. Now the places you see, Spinalonga is interesting historically but also have beautiful scenery (think poppies and daisies framing doors for those Insta photos). Notes, ticket to Spinalonga is extra. Elounda town and the beach is a lovely place for lunch. Then Agios Nikolaos is a nice town and the walk around the lake is well worth the extra excercise (there are some steps if you want to walk the whole way around. Finally a stop at the Olive Oil factory is informative and the Olive oil is smooth and tasty. Overall a fantastic tour!
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Shivram_b
Jul 27, 2024
Good trip - Good nice outing, enjoy the scenery. Enjoyable and plenty of fun. The coach was on time, it's value for money.
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Hayley_r
Sep 14, 2024
Nice places but not tour guide. - Trip not too bad, the downside of it for myself and partner was the tour guide, abrupt and rude, unhelpful and did not want to answer questions, unclear instructions throughout the day, dare not ask a question! The places were good and nice to see but a little disappointed overall.
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Melissa_a
Apr 24, 2026
The actual historical... - The actual historical visit the Spinulonga you get 30 minutes just enough to walk island not even explore. The actual trip is all about getting people to shop in different towns. The bus refused to pick me up and said was easy 300m to another. It was 1000 meters. On way back they didn't even have fake excuse bus could not fit as switched to van but still dumped me in the rain.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).