Mid-Aug 2019:
Our 1st time in Santorini (mother, father & 18 yrs old son) & spent 5 days on the island before going across to Crete.
We found it very easy to travel by local buses on our arrival (airport - Fira: €5.40 + Fira - Akrotiri: €6): Sotiris had explained it all to us. Followed his directions to his house: no problem.
Travelled to different places on the island, always by local buses & always found it do-able. If you decide not to rent a car, you have to accept things are different here & in Aug, it's very busy. Having said that, we found people very helpful & pleasant. With their help, we never missed a bus or got on the wrong one!...
Now, the accommodation:
For us, it was perfect & it worked out really well. The Cave house has everything we needed & offers loads of space. It was very clean & Sotiris provided us with bottle water (tap water is absolutely fine too), bread & all necessities for hot drinks & breakfast. When we arrived, Sotiris made us feel home straight away. He is the most genuine person & is very likeable. He spent a lot of time telling us everything we needed to know about the accommodation & things to do & see.
We got on very well with Sotiris. He has got such a beautiful soul. He is around if you want it and discreet if you prefer to be on your own. As for us, we really enjoyed the conversations & time we had with Sotiris. He taught us a lot about Santorini & Greece generally speaking.
We also discovered that we share the same tastes in music & that was great: we had a connection & to watch Sotiris come alive while talking about something he is so passionate about was always a pleasure.
We wanted to be away from all the 'August madness' & that's exactly what we got at the Cave House. It was very easy to travel around from Akrotiri & should we come back to Santorini, we would hope to stay with Sotiris again!
Akrotiri is a pleasant town with restaurants & 'mini markets', a good bus service & walking distance to beaches.
(We also did the Fira - Oia walk: it is easy enough & offers great for photos opportunities with dramatic sceneries).
Sotiris, thank you for everything you did for us & it will be a pleasure to see you again!
Sophie, Simon & Thomas.