My husband and I stayed in the Captain’s Villa in Oia for 5 nights. This place is located about a 2 minute walk from Oia’s main walking street, on a path which tourists almost never find their way down. It was nice to be able to quickly get away from the large crowds after a long day. The house is a quick walk away from the steps down to Ammoudi Bay (if you dare), many restaurants and shops, or to the bus station for access to Fira.
The house itself has two bedrooms (both with A/C), a large bathroom with a washing machine (which we did not use), a living room with two sofas and a large table, and a kitchen with refrigerator, oven and toaster. The kitchen is fully stocked with utensils, plates, glasses, breakfast food, coffee, etc, which was very nice. The interior of the house is decorated beautifully with lots of fishing memorabilia from the captain who had lived here prior. Outside is the pool, two more tables, plenty of chairs and other places to lounge, a large umbrella and a hammock (which we unfortunately could only use once when the wind briefly died down.)
The staff at this place was one of the highlights. Mailinda is the hostess and was able to coordinate everything we needed, including airport pickup, activities, ATV rental, and even booked us a table at a busy restaurant same-day. She was there to meet us when we arrived, gave us the full tour and some recommendations on things to do around the island. This local advice really helped with our planning. She was also able to recommend a place to get our COVID test to allow us to return to the US after the trip. We appreciated that she was always very responsive on WhatsApp.
Mike and Jessica would come by daily between 10 AM and 3 PM to clean the pool & house, respectively. The pool can get dirty pretty quickly when it’s windy outside, so the daily vacuuming is a must. The daily house-cleaning is a nice touch but is probably overkill, and we didn’t think the towels needed to be changed every day. I think this is their normal process and wasn’t a problem for us, so we didn’t mention anything. Both Mike and Jessica were very friendly and professional.
I believe the listing mentions that the pool isn’t heated year round or when it’s too windy. We were here during a windy period (mid-July) and found the pool to be way too cold to use much of the time, except for a few hours per day when the sun was directly overhead. During that hot part of the afternoon, the pool still felt cold but was refreshing once we got used to it. At night once the outdoor temperature cooled down, the pool was way too cold to ever get acclimated to. Even heating it a few degrees would have really improved the experience. All that being said, we still enjoyed having the pool and used it daily during the hot afternoons.
I highly recommend bringing some mosquito repellant as we were getting eaten alive every night while we slept. This is good advice for Santorini in general and isn’t specific to the villa.
Overall, we had an amazing stay at the Captain’s Villa. It was one of the best Airbnbs we've ever stayed in and wouldn’t hesitate to book it (or one of the other Myblue villas) for our next visit.