Private Horse Riding Experience in Santorini

If you love horses you’ll like this. Our guide Milena, made it very enjoyable, she was the best! I was happy to see the care of the horses and everyone was so friendly.

The price for the private tour (black sandy beach) is not worth it. We spent the first 30 minutes walking across fields filled with tons of garbage before finally arriving to the beach (what we signed up for and which was a great viewpoint with a great sunset). I initially booked for a group tour but we were offered to upgrade our tour to a private tour (+150€ for 3 people) to have the opportunity to canter (the most interesting part for us) and have free choice over what we wanted to do. In reality, we had to beg them to canter and we did it only less than a minute on a short part of the beach, blocked by a beach club which they would’ve known since this is the trial they use everyday. The way back was a bit more interesting since we could trot, even if it was on concrete and unfortunately still filled with garbage. I wouldn’t have payed this price if I knew that, I only did so because we were promised a “tailored experience”. This is not an honest practice on their end. Although our level throughout the group was uneven, they assured beforehand that they would be able to let us canter based on our individual experience. But it’s not what happened once there. Despite all this, the guide herself was really nice and tried her best to accommodate us.

Thoroughly enjoyed this although I probably won't be saying that tomorrow lol. 1 and a half hours in the saddle with 2 experienced riders. We got collected and dropped back into town with no fuss at all. The people who run the horse riding are so lovely and speak clear English. We stopped for photos with a lovely back drop.