Wow! Where do I begin. Maria is an INCREDIBLE host! She helped to organise a taxi to pick me up from the port in the middle of the night and then met me in the car park before walking me the short distance to the accommodation at about 4am. The boat was late and yet she was still responsive in the early hours of the morning ensuring the taxi would be there to collect me.
The village Finikia is outstanding! Walking distance from the famous Oia and yet it has maintained calm and tranquility. The people in the village are incredibly friendly helping me with my Greek and giving me lots of generous gifts. Finikia truly has such a wonderful community spirit and they welcome you with open arms. There is also a very friendly community of cats who love nothing more than some attention. Although they will happily leave you alone if your not a cat person (why?) :p
I stayed at the accommodation for over a month during the pandemic while working remotely. If I had any issues at all Maria was just a WhatsApp message away and lived close by so always happy to pop over and help. She has managed to deliver the perfect level of service, attentive but respectful of your personal space.
The accommodation has a beautiful view of the sea with a table for outdoor eating and two very comfy sun beds, perfect when the garden gets so much sun. There are also lots of tomatoes growing that you can help yourself to and a beautiful clear sky at night for star gazing.
Inside the apartment was stylish and the bed was incredibly comfortable. It had everything I could possibly need. Maria was also always on hand to help organise rental cars, laundry and any cleaning services I needed.
As you can see I cannot rave about this place enough. It has given me such joy and happiness to be here and I hope it does for you too.