Which luxury tour operators are best for island-hopping in Greece?

By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026

These 10 luxury tour operators name a Greece trip on their own websites that visits two or more islands. Of them, SA Expeditions, Audley Travel and Lindblad Expeditions have the most Google reviews. Each card names the islands; where the company says it, the card also gives how the trip travels between them.

Which luxury tour operators are best for island-hopping in Greece?

These 10 luxury tour operators name a Greece trip that visits two or more islands; SA Expeditions, Audley Travel and Lindblad Expeditions have the most Google reviews. Compare the islands and lengths on each card, then protection and reviews.

The caldera of Santorini, Greece
The caldera of Santorini, Greece. Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table holds 141 companies: the luxury and premium tour operators ChatGPT names most often when asked about tours. Their own websites were read on 3 and 4 November 2026, with their Google and Trustpilot listings matched by name. This page carries every company in the table whose own website, in the pages read those days, names a Greece trip that visits two or more islands: 10 companies. Only companies that meet the Uncompromised Travel definition of luxury are on this page: they mainly sell private trips planned to order at a luxury standard, publish prices of about US$500 per person per day or more, run groups of 16 or fewer in luxury hotels, or run their own small expedition ships or yachts. Cards are in alphabetical order. Each line gives what the company's own website says, as read on that day, with a link to the page it came from; a second reader checked a tenth of the table's rows against the pages. No company paid to be on this page.

Artisans of Leisure

Best for
Mykonos, Santorini and Crete
Greek islands trip
Sells a 12-day Highlights of Greece tour through Athens, Mykonos, Santorini and Crete.
Reviews
Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review; Trustpilot: 3.2 out of 5 from 1 review, newest 30 July 2025. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 4 November 2026: tour/Greece_tours_luxury_travel_Highlights_of_Gr.

Audley Travel

Best for
Mykonos and Santorini
Greek islands trip
Sells a Greek honeymoon to Mykonos and Santorini.
Money protection
ATOL number 4817 covers its flight-inclusive trips and ABTOT covers trips that do not include flights. ATOL protection does not apply to all services; parts of a booking not listed on the ATOL certificate are not protected.
Reviews
Google: 4.4 out of 5 from 288 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.8 out of 5 from 5,084 reviews, newest 2 November 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: greece, about-us/financial-protection.

Blue Parallel

Best for
Crete and Santorini
Greek islands trip
Runs a 9-day Athens, Crete and Santorini luxury tour from $36,000 per person for a party of two, taking a fast ferry from Crete to Santorini.
Founded
2003
Read on its own website, 4 November 2026: mediterranean/greece/greece-private-tours.

Jacada Travel

Best for
Milos and Paros
Greek islands trip
Plans a 7-day Historic Greece and Island Hopping trip through Athens, Milos and Paros.
Founded
2008
Reviews
Google: 4.4 out of 5 from 55 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 2,621 reviews, newest 2 November 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 4 November 2026: europe/trips/historic-greece-and-island-hopping-.

Kensington Tours

Best for
Mykonos and Santorini
Greek islands trip
Sells an Essential Greece trip covering Athens, Mykonos and Santorini.
Reviews
Google: 3.9 out of 5 from 46 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: tours/europe/greece/essential-greece-athens-myko.

Ker & Downey World Travel

Best for
Corfu to Zakynthos
Greek islands trip
Runs an 8-day Ionian Islands by Private Yacht charter from Corfu, calling at Antipaxos, Cephalonia and Zakynthos.
Read on its own website, 4 November 2026: journeys/ionian-islands-by-private-yacht.

Lindblad Expeditions

Best for
Milos, Paros, Naxos and more
Greek islands trip
Sails an 8-day Greek Isles Odyssey from $8,250 per person, calling at Milos, Sifnos, Serifos, Paros, Naxos, Delos and Tinos. Flights are not included.
Reviews
Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 84 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 4 November 2026: expeditions/greek-isles-odyssey-mythology-histor.

Peter Sommer Travels

Best for
Cyclades by gulet
Greek islands trip
Runs its small-ship Cyclades Cruise through the Greek islands by gulet.
Money protection
Is an ABTA member, number Y6151.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: home page, accreditations/abta.

SA Expeditions

Best for
Milos and Santorini
Greek islands trip
Runs an 11-day Peloponnese and Cyclades tour from $8,490 per person that visits Milos and Santorini.
Reviews
Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 379 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 1,304 reviews, newest 31 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 4 November 2026: destinations/greece-tours.

Travelive

Best for
Mykonos and Santorini by yacht
Greek islands trip
Sells a 12-night Greek Dream and Private Charter trip with hotel stays in Mykonos and Santorini and a private charter sailing from Mykonos to Santorini.
Reviews
Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 33 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.4 out of 5 from 33 reviews, newest 24 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 4 November 2026: vacation/greece/greek-dream-private-charter.

Which of these companies protect your money?

2 of the 10 name a scheme that protects guest payments on their own websites, such as ATOL for UK flight packages, ABTA or USTOA membership, or a trust account; the rest do not name one on the pages read.

  • Audley Travel: ATOL number 4817 covers its flight-inclusive trips and ABTOT covers trips that do not include flights. ATOL protection does not apply to all services; parts of a booking not listed on the ATOL certificate are not protected.
  • Peter Sommer Travels: Is an ABTA member, number Y6151.

Which other companies on this page plan Greek island-hopping trips?

SA Expeditions has the most Google reviews of the 10; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.

Who to contact first

Start with the 2 companies on this page that name a scheme protecting your payments on their own websites, then add any other card that fits your dates.

What to ask each one to set out in writing:

  • What the price includes and excludes, line by line: stays, guides, transfers, internal flights, park or entry fees.
  • The deposit, when the balance is due and what you lose if you cancel.
  • Which scheme protects your money and the number to check it.

Greek island-hopping tour operators: the questions people ask

What should I ask a tour company before booking?

What the price includes, line by line; the deposit and when the balance is due; what you lose if you cancel; and which scheme protects your money.

Do these companies publish prices?

Some do on their trip pages and some quote only on request. The cards give what each company says; ask for a written quote with the same inclusions from each.

Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?

2 of the 10 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Audley Travel and Peter Sommer Travels. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.

Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?

5 of the 10: Artisans of Leisure, Audley Travel, Jacada Travel, SA Expeditions and Travelive. Each card gives the TrustScore, the review count and the newest review date, read 3 November 2026.

Which of these have the most Google reviews?

SA Expeditions, Audley Travel and Lindblad Expeditions, in that order. A count says how many people reviewed a company, not whether it fits your trip; each card gives the rating and count, read 3 November 2026.

Where can I check these facts myself?

Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, with the date they were read.

How were these companies chosen?

Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table, built from the luxury tour operators ChatGPT names most often; its own website names a Greece trip that visits two or more islands. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.

Is any company on this page paying to be here?

No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be on it.

Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: what each company published on its own website, read on 3 and 4 November 2026, with links to the pages read, with its Google and Trustpilot figures where the listing carries the company's own name, from the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table. Cards are in alphabetical order. Photos show the places named in their captions, not any company's trips. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.