We stayed here for three nights and really enjoyed it. For any future tenants, here are pros/ cons I saw:
Pros:
- best location in the island. This area is close to everything if you want to drive to places or walk to some POIs. Short walk to Fira is easy and beautiful. You basically have 360 degrees from the rooftop and most importantly you see best sunset from there or best just few steps down by the church. We drove to Oia one night and regretted it badly. You don’t have to go any where. You are in the trail if we want to do the 3 hour hike. We didn’t
- Charming villa. This a true cave house and cool idea to stay at one for the experience
- Rooftop and hot tub particularly at nights given view you see and warn temperature of water
- On site free parking. Parking is a hassle every where else
- Great host. Petros is great in communication from the moment we rented to check in/check out and even informed us of a ferry strike. Jackie who’s the representative in town is also awesome. She arranged transfer from ferry station and taxi to airport to pick up rental. she helped arranging a plumber
- Daily cleaning!!! First time i saw it an Airbnb. They cleaned everything even did the dishes and we got fresh beach towels
Cons;
- privacy:
- not a true two bedroom. Second bed is just in the living room. It didn’t bother us but ...
- The entry gate to the property doesn’t close and the road to the villa shows like a street on GPS. Several cars drove in and people walked in to the rooftop while we were in the hot tub or eating!
- People are walking on the trail while you are on the rooftop or hot tub. It’s kinda creepy but after a while we got used to it and enjoyed different languages being spoken
- The place is really cluttered with random stuff (like grandmas house) without much spares space even for luggage
- Second bathroom is outside!!! Main bathroom opens in the kitchen and has issues like the toilet leaked all night. It was fixed second day of our stay with communication from the maid and Jackie
- Some dishes and appliances were dirty like the coffee machine had an inch of fungus in the pot and filter. Don’t use it even though we washed it! Smoke from chimney fell in the sink!
- The rooftop that has gorgeous view is so blunt and not equipped like there isn’t even a trash bin
- Grocery store and bakery down the street is the most expensive in the island. Do your shopping before you check in and even though recommended by Jackie, I don’t suggest them $$$$