There are not enough words to describe what a perfect stay we had at By the Mill villa in Oia. We traveled with our 3 daughters (9, 13, 17) and had the most amazing time. We felt like we were living in the middle of a world famous postcard for 3 days! Judith is an incredibly responsive and delightful host. She had so many recommendations for us, she arranged for our airport transfers with a fantastic driver, and she booked us on a sailing cruise. (We did the daytime sailing cruise because we enjoyed the sunset from our marvelous home so much we didn’t want to miss it by being out on the water.) We had a basket of snacks, a bowl of fruit, and a few items in the refrigerator to get us started like water and milk. (Also coffee and wine!) We are already hoping we can come back and book the same Villa. I don’t know if my kids realize how lucky they are to have had this experience. I highly recommend October shoulder season travel. The weather was *beautiful* and maybe just a little chill in the air in the night to need a light jacket, but way less crowds from what I understand. We had the cool man turn the heat up a little bit so it was nearly a hot tub and it was very comfortable. Even on the sailing cruise, swimming was great. Not too cold yet. I’ve been a professional Airbnb host before and this home ticked all the boxes - Clean, fresh, inviting, looked even better than the photos, gracious and responsive host, etc. I hesitate to even say we had a tiny issue with a late night power outage and Judith and her husband were so great to help us walk-through finding the power breakers. No harm no foul - easily fixed!
Really, it was an absolute dream.