Rhodes sunset cruise: the three-hour evening sailing, and how it compares with a day at sea

Three hours, and the boat is the product. The evening listing is an elegant catamaran with deck space, the sea breeze, fresh fruits and drinks, sold for the sailing rather than for the stops. That is what makes a Rhodes sunset cruise the easiest booking on this site: nothing is asked of you, there is no gear, and three hours is short enough to sit after a full day on land.

It is the cheapest way onto a catamaran here. $51 against $68 and $71 for the six-hour days is a real gap, and the reason is the hours and the lunch. A Rhodes catamaran cruise in the middle of the day includes a meal, swimming stops and unlimited drinks; the evening one includes fruit, drinks and the light. Both are 4.7 or better.

Swimming is not what the evening is for. None of this is a criticism — it is just what the listing sells. If you want to be in the water, the three-hour runs over the bays do that for less: $56 over Anthony Quinn Bay, Ladiko and the caves with an open bar, or $45 for an afternoon of swimming, snorkeling and hidden caves at 4.9 from 508 reviews. An evening sailing and a day of swimming stops are two different bookings, and the fare is not what separates them.

Nobody can sell you a sky. This is worth saying plainly, because a lot of pages imply otherwise: the operator controls the boat, the route and the drinks, and not the weather. Cloud, haze and wind all happen, the season these listings run is roughly May to October, and free cancellation is shown across the listings gathered here. What you are booking is three hours at sea in the evening, and on most evenings that is lovely on its own terms.

Where a Rhodes sunset cruise leaves from. The evening catamaran prints Rhodes Town as its departure point, and so do $68 and $70. Other listings here leave from further along the coast — $102 and $145 from Kamiros Skala, $740 from Stegna, $1,218 from Faliraki. Check the meeting point on the listing rather than assuming the harbour nearest your hotel.

Three hours is the right length for a first evening or a last one. It fits either side of a day on land, and it is the one booking on this site that asks nothing of you physically. For a group that includes somebody who would rather not snorkel, a Rhodes sunset cruise is often the only thing everybody actually wants.

If the evening is what you want: $51. Three hours, 4.7 from 234 reviews, an elegant catamaran, the sea breeze, fresh fruits and drinks. It is the cheapest catamaran on this site and the least demanding booking of the fifteen. As a Rhodes sunset cruise it does exactly what it says, and the fare is low enough that a cloudy evening is not a disaster.

If you want the day with the deepest record: $71. Six hours, 4.8 from 2,483 reviews — more than the next four listings put together — on a luxury catamaran along the east coast with swimming stops, a Mediterranean buffet lunch and unlimited drinks. The listing is blunt about its own purpose: escaping the crowded tourist boats. If you are booking one thing on this site, this is the safest evidence.

If you want the sailing and the snorkeling: $102. Our top pick. Three hours, 4.8 from 993 reviews, a marine biologist on board, snorkeling at Stroggyli, dolphin watching near Makri, underwater photos included. Same length as a Rhodes sunset cruise, a completely different three hours, and the only kind of listing in this niche with a scientist in the water. Dolphins are wild animals and no listing can promise a sighting.

If you want a six-hour day for less: $68. The Cherry Catamaran to the beaches of the east coast with snacks, lunch and drinks, 4.7 from 378 reviews, and a few dollars under $71. Same length, smaller record, same idea of a day.

If three hours in the evening is the length but not the activity: $56 or $45. $56 is our fare from: three hours over Anthony Quinn Bay, Ladiko and the sea caves with a sofa and an open bar, 4.8 from 1,857 reviews. $45 is two and a half hours of swimming, snorkeling and hidden caves at 4.9 from 508. Both are shorter days on the water at a lower fare than a six-hour catamaran.

If it should be your group only: $740 or $1,218. $740 is four hours from Stegna beach to a quieter beach on a private modern boat; $1,218 is five hours over Ladiko Bay and Anthony Quinn Bay with a maximum of twelve guests and a BBQ on the return. Both are priced for the boat rather than the seat, so divide before you compare. There is a page here about the evening with the boat to yourselves.

«Sunset cruise in Rhodes» and «Rhodes sailing cruise». Two ways of asking for the same three hours. On this site it is one listing, $51, and what it prints is an elegant catamaran, the sea breeze, stunning views, fresh fruits and drinks. The fare is the lowest of the three catamarans because the day version includes lunch and swimming stops.

«Rhodes old town cruise» and «Rhodes old town harbor cruise». People looking for a boat that leaves from the walled town. Three listings here print Rhodes Town as the departure point — $51, $68 and $70 — and the old town is part of that same town rather than a separate port. The exact meeting point is on the listing, and it is the thing to read before booking a taxi.

«Rhodes day cruise» and «Rhodes Greece cruise». Usually somebody who wants the whole day rather than the evening. That is $71 and $68 at six hours, $97 at six on a Greek caique, and $145 and $63 at seven. The catamaran day has 2,483 reviews behind it, which is the strongest single piece of evidence on this site.

«Cruise from Rhodes» and «cruise to Rhodes Greece». These two mix up two completely different things: the excursions on this page, which come back to the same harbour the same day, and arriving on the island aboard a ship. If you are arriving by ship with one day in port, the length and the meeting point are what decide what fits, and there are two pages on this site written for exactly that.

«Symi cruise from Rhodes». A second island is a crossing rather than an evening sailing, and this site lists one thing on Symi: $797, six hours of sea kayaking to St. George Disalonas Bay with a picnic lunch. There is a page here about the island day and what it really costs you in hours.

«Rhodes snorkeling cruise». Nine of the fifteen listings print snorkeling in their own title, and three build the day around a guide in the water: $102 and $145 with a marine biologist, $63 as a guided full day. A Rhodes sunset cruise is not one of them, and that is the honest distinction to make before you book the cheapest catamaran.

«Donkey cruise Rhodes». Two separate island things stuck together by a search box: the donkeys people mean are a Lindos hillside tradition on land, and everything on this page is a boat. If you came looking for one and found the other, the fifteen listings here are the boats.

«Romantika Rhodes day cruise». Searches by the name of a hull. Nothing on this site is booked by boat name, and we are not going to tell you which vessel any listing uses, because that is not printed where we can check it. Choose by what the day includes and by the review record, both of which are in the table above.