Mount Athos & Ammouliani Island Cruise: Explore Monasteries and Swim in Alikes Lagoon

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Ouranoupoli

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Embark on a captivating cruise to Mount Athos and Ammouliani Island. Explore ancient monasteries, swim in the stunning Alikes Lagoon, and indulge in a delicious lunch at the lagoon’s restaurant.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Mount Athos The Holy Mountain - Enjoy a safe and comfortable combined cruise where, in the first segment, you will discover the history of the Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos—covering half of them (6 out of 9)—with a guided tour available in multiple languages.
Ammouliani Island - Αμμουλιανή - In the second segment of the cruise, the ship pauses for 1 hour and 30 minutes at Ammouliani Island.

What's Included

Stop at Ammouliani’s island
Guided tour in multiple languages

Additional Information

The Glassbottom family offers a captivating cruise perfect for families, blending the monasteries of Mount Athos with the island of Ammouliani. The first segment of the cruise showcases the monasteries of Mount Athos up to Daphne’s port (6 out of 9 monasteries), while the second segment takes you to the uniquely inhabited island of Ammouliani.

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Eirinikos departs from Ouranoupoli's port. The port of Ouranoupolis is where the famous tower of Prosphorion is located. The ship is the second on the right side.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Denise_s

Aug 10, 2025

Great value for money - A beautiful boat trip that takes you to the monasteries of Athos, which is very impressive. Afterwards, we head to a beautiful bay to the island of Ammouliani for more than 1.5 hours. The ship itself has a well-equipped bar and enough space so that you can enjoy the view and ride and see enough. With an average of 25€/person in high season a great price/performance! Afterwards, you can stroll through Ouranoupoli and eat at the port.

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Luiz_i

Jul 26, 2025

Monasteries - The tour was amazing, beautiful places, amazing and different from what we are used to. The boat is safe, with professional and hospitable crew

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Rera_12

Jun 4, 2025

Cruise with ship "Athos" highly recommended - We booked a cruise with Petra Friedrich to 4 monasteries on the west side of the Athos with a bathing and lunch stop at Banana Beach on the island of Ammouliani. The ship was called Athos. A very nice modern and small ship, which was also allowed to sail closer to the monasteries. Mrs. Friedrich is very friendly and helpful and responds lightning fast to questions. Highly recommended.

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Mariateresa_g

Sep 9, 2025

The walk is nice, and the... - The walk is nice, and the boat clean and the staff nice. The value for money is very good. I don’t give it a 5 because we were in an area where people constantly came to smoke, next to us (we went with minors), and because outside the cabin area, you could not hear the explanation in several languages they offer.

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Eleonora_m

Jul 27, 2025

Monte Athos - Beautiful trip the wonderful monasteries Too bad that the stop in Ammouliani lasts little you could do at least two hours

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Barbara_m

Jul 24, 2025

Boat trip in the crystal clear sea of Greece - Beautiful boat trip, beautiful sea, beautiful glass bottom of the boat. Excellent stop on the island for a relaxing swim in crystal clear waters. I expected a little more focus on the monasteries beyond the fact that they are not open to visitors I wish I had some more information

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Glebg2025

Jun 10, 2025

Mount Athos is far away - You will not reach the mount Athos and you will see only 3 monastery while your 1,5 hour trip alongside the coast, then 1,5 hour back and 1,5 hour standing at the island Views are nice anyway:)))

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Paulloire

Oct 18, 2024

A pleasant cruise that gives an overview of the monasteries but is not an in-depth approach. - The cruise lasts 4 hours but only runs along Mount Athos for a limited length, at a distance from the shore, corresponding to the first 5 monasteries on the west coast from Ouranopoli. The comments are set out successively in the different languages but remain very general. The time spent on the island of Ammouliani allows you to take a nice walk or go to the restaurant.

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Horiam818

Jul 30, 2025

It could be better - Too hot inside the boat and in the back of it. People were smoking on it and all the smoke stayed with us. It felt like an old time bar. Not recommended if you come with the kids.

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Morena_a

Sep 10, 2025

The price is not worth the experience - The organization is good, but as for the price is too high, it is worth maybe half. Boarding at Ouranoupoli's port was good, Professional Welcoming, what is not worth is just the fact of being too far from the coast (given the inaccessibility of Mount Athos prior permissions), does not allow you to see the Monasteries (4/5 in the Tour) then after 1 h and 1/2 of navigation they head for the island of Ammouliani, too crowded with people with umbrellas and deck chairs, in a handkerchief of beach (little space for a "relaxation of 45 min") , the only positive note the crystal clear sea .. but if you look at the beach .. you would like to escape! perhaps recommend only the visit to Mount Athos (price to be considered high and Monasteries seen from afar) that the mixed cruise Mount Athos + the island of Ammouliani .. see you ..

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