Maria's place is wonderful. Maria arranged our taxi for €30 from the airport, which ended up being a fully air conditioned minibus. Vasilly met us at the Oia bus station where he helped carry our luggage to the Soul Cave House and showed us inside and firstly pointed us in the direction of the WiFi code. It was a very cute apartment and very clean. The view is beautiful with a wide expanse of the sea and a little seating area to relax in the sun. It's very close to the Lotza Restaurant. Almost as soon as Vasilly had gone, Maria turned up and stayed for around half an hour to talk to us about all the things we could do, where to eat, where to hire a car and also suggested some hotels in Imerovigli where we could use their bar and then use their infinity pools if we fancied that.
The bedroom is the main room with a couch to sit on but there's no TV. There is little room at the back which we used mainly for storing our luggage. The kitchen is compact with an electric hob and a kettle. There are cups, crockery, cutlery and a few bits and pieces like sugar. The one design flaw of the apartment is that there are glass framed doors from the kitchen into the adjoining bathroom, so anyone who wants to get something from the fridge can see you sitting on the toilet or having a shower. There are no curtains to block the windows to give yourself some privacy, so communication with your fellow traveller is key here to ensure everyone escapes visually unscathed! Also, toilet paper was nowhere to be seen until we looked up at a very high shelf in the bathroom. Once we'd taken a shower we realised why the toilet paper is kept there because the water from the shower would get everything wet as it's a bit of a wet room rather than a bathroom. Not really an issue at all.
There are shutters on all the other windows so you can be assured of a good night's sleep in the dark before the sun comes out in the morning.
We had a lovely time here. It's in Oia so that helps enormously but the room was in a lovely position and the view and weather were beautiful. Thanks very much for a lovely stay.