sottovento boat tours

The boat left on time, comfortable trip with helpful crew and good facilities. The crew were more than willing to answer our questions and made the trip thoroughly enjoyable. Good value for money.

browsing the website of sottovento i found useful information about the island of Folegandros, the beaches, the restaurant, plus a note about island tour by boat 3 times a week. I sent an email and reserved the island tour. the day before I went to their office in Chora to pay the tour. 28 euro per person from 11am till 5pm including lunch.Based on the weather condition the tour touches some beaches on the island.during our stay, meltemi wind allowed us to visit only the west and south side of the island.We went at 10.45 at the port and embarked on the caique Stella Express II. Remember to bring with you sun protection, a lot of water and nozzles and goggles to enjoy the swims.the caique is big enough for around 20-25 persons. we started the navigation and touched several beaches. after arriving to every beach, the captain communicated us for how long we would have stopped and was used to ring a siren to call us back on board when it was time to leave. We touched first the beach of Ambeli (little beach made of stones at north west) with a steep rocky wall, not easy to reach by foot.After that we went to Livadaki, probably the best beach I've been in Folè, bigger than Ambeli, made of stones, and secluded in a small ansa, which made it very pleasant to swim in even if it was very windy...Later we went to a little bay within Livadaki and Ag.Nikolaos not even mentioned on the maps. It is slightly bigger than our caique, with transparent blue sea and huge steep stones... In this bay the staff on board prepared for us a delicious light lunch with local products ( tomatoes, tyropita, olives, spinach pie, tsatsiki and fried little balls of saganaki). After we moved to Ag. Nikolaos for another 45 minutes and then to Katergo beach on the southern part of the island. Much more crowded and big, we went there for the last stop.We then got offered a glass of ouzo (local liquor) and a typical pastry (fried dough dipped in honey with sesame seeds on top) on our way back to the port where we also stopped for few minutes to see a big cave..I strongly recommend this experience to everyone travelling to Folè. We spent some days visiting the beaches by foot or using the little boat connecting the most famous beaches, but the island tour gives you a complete 360° view of the beaches and brings you in some secluded bays reachable only by sea assuring you an amazing experience ... perfect if you like swimming and scuba diving...

Piacevole gita in una barca forse un pò troppo affollata il lunedì - ho visto meno gente nei giorni successivi, tipo il martedì. Buona occasione soprattutto per i bambini di fare qualche tuffo divertente. Pranzo incluso sufficiente.

Che dire...Flavio è stato un ottimo cicerone di quest'isola.Troviamo il sito per caso e ci innamoriamo di Folègandros...così lo contattiamo e ci affidiamo a lui, che esaudisce ogni richiesta con gentilezza ed efficienza.Ottima tutta l'organizzazione, trasporti a Santorini, anche personalizzati, e poi l'accoglienza da lui organizzata da parte del proprietario del Solaris Hotel direttamente a prenderci al porto, e così il motorino (perfetto e nuovissimo).Ottima anche la visita in barca delle spiagge sud, con tempo per i bagni, grande disponibilità del personale di bordo e pranzo offerto sul barcone.Insomma che dire...se riusciremo a tornare qui o in altre isole delle Cicladi...sicuramente ci affideremmo ancora a Flavio.Grazie per questa fantastica vacanza....e a presto!

è il secondo anno che vengo a Folegandros, per merito di Flavio Facciolodell'agenzia Sottovento. La sua organizzazione è a dir poco perfetta, mi spiaceper i Tour Operator in Italia, lì è un vero "Boss" nel migliore dei significati...mi ha prenotato tutto, dagli aerei dall'Italia, al meraviglioso Yanni nei trasportia Santorini e nell'accomodamento dei vari alberghi...con anche bottiglia di Proseccocome benvenuto! Mi sono sentito come Onassis! Eccezionale edisponibilissimo! ********