Option #1: Take the Cable Car to FiraYou can buy them when you walk up using cash or credit card. However, you can only buy one way tickets. So, keep in mind you will have to wait in the ticket line on the way down as well.
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It is important to always have some cash money when traveling to Greece and the Greek Islands. Although most hotels, restaurants and tourist shops in Greece accept credit cards, you might encounter few studios or small shops in less-touristic islands that ask for cash.
Most shops and restaurants on Santorini accept credit cards, but it is a good idea to have some cash on hand for small purchases like bottled water and snacks. ATMs are easy to find in all of Santorini's main towns. Most restaurants in Santorini, like Marinera in Fira, accept credit cards.
Major credit cards are accepted at most Santorinian hotels, restaurants and shops. Most banks on Santorini are located in Fira around the main square, but there is also a Greece National Bank office in Kamari and an Alpha Bank office in Oia.
Unfortunately, there is no website to buy the cable-car tickets online. The tourists can only buy them at the terminals at the cruise port of Santorini. Payments are acceptable either in cash or by credit card.
The cable car, technically a pulsed Gondola lift, was built by Doppelmayr, has a capacity of 1,200 people per hour (600 per hour in each direction). The journey takes 3 minutes. The cable car enables visitors arriving by ship to ascent the cliffs easily and quickly. Each car carries six passengers.
There are no limits to how much cash you can bring into Greece, but if it's €10,000 or more (or the equivalent in a foreign currency), you're required to declare it at customs.
The currency in Santorini is the Euro.Debit and credit cards will be accepted in most places, but it's always a good idea to contact your bank before you use it. This way, you won't be left with any unwanted transaction fees.
While cash used to dominate the Greek market, new laws require most Greek businesses to accept credit cards. However, cash payments are still extremely common, particularly among smaller businesses such as convenience stores.
There is not a strong tradition of tipping in Greece, particularly among the locals, but it's become expected that tourists leave a small tip while travelling through the country. In restaurants it's common to leave a cash tip for whoever is looking after you – 10–15 per cent is standard.
No, in Santorini you cannot flush toilet paper down the toilet bowl. As with most places in Greece, toilet paper cannot be flushed down the toilet. You should place the used toilet paper into a special trash bin located next to it. The hosts or hotel staff empty the bin every day and put a new bag in it.
Theoretically, taxis in Santorini accept payments in cash but also via bank cards (debit or credit cards). Nevertheless, since taxis aren't obliged, for the moment, to have an electronic POS, the great bulk of the island's taxis don't allow card payments. Therefore, you should always carry some cash with you.
The local currency on Santorini is the Euro (Greeks pronounce it 'evro'). Transactions in other currencies are usually not accepted. Major credit cards are accepted at most Santorinian hotels, restaurants and shops.
Is 500 euro enough in Greece? Rent excluded, the average living expenses for a single person in Greece is around €600 per month. If you're a university student, you'll need about €500 monthly. Whereas a family of four might need about €2,000 per month.
To go to Santorini independently or on a private tour your only options are cable-car or up the zig-zag path by donkey or for the very fit by Shanks's - or the ferry from tender pier to the little harbour below Oia & bus (included) up to Oia.