Location is everything! If you are looking for a cave house experience, you can't beat Casa Sofia. It is literally just below the famous triple blue domes of the church that everyone who visits Santorini photographs. One day as we explored nearby, we ended up in a pack of cruise-ship passengers proclaiming, "This is the spot!" when they found the vantage point--we smirked as we passed through, down the steps, and into Casa Sofia (and into their pictures, no doubt!).

We never met Maria in person, but she was easy to communicate with through Airbnb. Her helper, Vasili, met us at the bus stop. Incredibly, Vasili and his friend carried our bags--including two weighing almost 50 pounds each--down when we arrived AND UP the stairs when we left. (Whereas we also saw other tourists renting a nearby house schlepping their own big bags, with great difficulty.) Vasili and his friend asked for nothing, but we tipped them generously, as I would have happily paid substantially for that service alone! (If you have trouble with stairs, this is not the place for you, FYI.)

Vasili also gave us some pointers to orient us to the town and recommendations for restaurants. And be sure to pay attention to his warning about putting down the umbrella while you are away--even as we sat there in no real breeze, a sudden gust took it up, up and away! We caught it and never put it up again! :)

The VIEW. It's everything you dream of and even more! Stunning. Perfect. Beautiful.

The house itself is as described. We found it quite comfortable and had no issues. The WC being separate was fine, and the facilities were nice. Given our short two-day stay, we did not expect anyone to clean while we were there, but in fact they did stop by while we were out exploring and took care of trash and tidied up the linens.

The location is convenient for seeing Oia and wandering the shops and restaurants.