Accommodation in Santorini
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 54
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Accommodation in Santorini
We be visiting Santorini for a week in Sep.
Should we stay 3 nights each in say Oia and 3 nights in another town or should we just book a place for 6 nights straight?
We have a rather tight budget abt 100 euros -150 euros per night. Should we stay 3 nights in a place that is cheaper (say 60-100 euros) and shift the budget over so that we can afford another 3 nights in a better place?
Possible to recommend some affordable places with caldera view?!
Which are the areas that we should look at staying?
We want a place to chill, read a book, drink a cup of tea but not too much of partying. Much appreciated.
Should we stay 3 nights each in say Oia and 3 nights in another town or should we just book a place for 6 nights straight?
We have a rather tight budget abt 100 euros -150 euros per night. Should we stay 3 nights in a place that is cheaper (say 60-100 euros) and shift the budget over so that we can afford another 3 nights in a better place?
Possible to recommend some affordable places with caldera view?!
Which are the areas that we should look at staying?
We want a place to chill, read a book, drink a cup of tea but not too much of partying. Much appreciated.
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,969
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It's such a small island there's no need to change accommodation, but if you do, consider three nights at the beach side (Kamari or Perissa) which will be cheaper, then splash out with a caldera view room in Oia.
#3
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 4,968
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Old Oia Houses have rooms with caldera views, prices start at EUR105 for a studio for 2 to EUR125 for a house for 2 persons. The views are wonderful, we stayed there 2 years ago. There are other options in similar price ranges, there is no need to splash out in order to get a caldera view.
#6
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,804
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, hopefully they've fixed the A/C and the leaking toilet in the 5 years since you stayed there! One thing that doesn't need fixing is the caldera view. For €40-60/night it's still a bargain and worth staying there, the steep ladder to the sleeping loft notwithstanding.
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,969
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I thought they would have fixed those things after the first time I stayed there, and was dumb enough to give them a second chance. They collected all my room rent in advance before giving me the key. That should have tipped me off, but I am a trusting soul.
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,969
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Check these recent reviews and decide for yourself:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R..._Cyclades.html
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R..._Cyclades.html
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,969
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
They obviously don't want to put any money into renovating the rooms. The father is useful when he is around, but his son spends all his time on the laptop, which is why you get quick responses to enquiries about reservations. The sister spends all her time in the kitchen (I thought she was going to slap your hand when you looked into one of her pots).
#13
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,804
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, it's not uncommon to look in a Greek taverna's kitchen to see what's cooking, and there is a taverna on the ground floor. Also, it was actually a metal box in the lobby, not in the kitchen, that I thought was an ice cream freezer, the kind you open to choose from. But Don's right, you would have thought she was guarding the Crown Jewels!
#14
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,356
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I had same feeling with Perivolas, when the mother used to run the hotel.
Every time i entered the lobby area, she reacted like if i was intruding her private bedroom...
Oh sorry Don was looking into the restaurants kitchen...
well that's a must in Greece, as you know...
Every time i entered the lobby area, she reacted like if i was intruding her private bedroom...
Oh sorry Don was looking into the restaurants kitchen...
well that's a must in Greece, as you know...
#15
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,804
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I never met the mother but I do know Kostis, her son. Have you seen his latest creation across the caldera on Thirassia? Spectacular........... http://www.perivolashideaway.com/
#16
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,356
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The Hideaway is incredibly nice, above all for it's unique location....
It is a pity that Thirassia is practically unknown to the hundred thousands of visitors of Santorini, as nobody ever visit's it.
What even most Greeks don't know (and are surprised when they found out), is the fact that Thirassia belongs to the ""agoni grammi" islands
It is a pity that Thirassia is practically unknown to the hundred thousands of visitors of Santorini, as nobody ever visit's it.
What even most Greeks don't know (and are surprised when they found out), is the fact that Thirassia belongs to the ""agoni grammi" islands
#18
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,804
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Actually, over the last couple of years a few people have been leaving their trip reports for Thirassia on TripAdvisor. There's a Greek-American man, Jimmy, who has a few rooms to let, Zacharo Rooms. There's a bakery and a small mini-market there as well as a restaurant at the top of the steps that go down to Korfos where the volcano excursion boats stop for lunch. Three times each day you can catch a water taxi to Thirassia from below Oia in Amoudi Bay, and there's a community bus to take you up into the main village.