Katerina's villa was absolutely fantastic, and we had a brilliant week enjoying all that Santorini has to offer. The outdoor space and pool were wonderful (especially the pool!), perfect for the blue skies and sunshine, and all the amenities were there for the 5 of us to cook in some nights as well.
Katerina was a great, attentive, and responsive host - and she went above and beyond coordinating and organising things for us, from tours to airport transfers.
We got by without hiring a car - we walked into the village/Fira (20/30 mins walk, mostly uphiill), and used the pretty regular, but slightly chaotic buses (€1.50-€2.50 depending on where you go). It is a 15 minute walk (uphill) to Karterados village, so if that puts you off, a car or ATV may be a good shout.
A couple of recommendations from us:
- the wine tour was a great way to get to know both the wine and food of Santorini (Venetosanos has the most incredible views of the caldera)
- Katerina's in Karterados had a great, authentically-Greek, reasonably-priced dinner, and was walkable from the apartment
- Períssa Beach was a great day out (take a snorkel if you can!)
- the buses were fine to use to get around, but the bus stop is a 20-minute walk uphill - we walked into Fira a couple of times and it was about 30 minutes
- Fira has incredible sunset views - comparable to Oia, but with much less congestion (would recommend going to Oia during the day)
- takeaways can be difficult to order as there are no addresses in Santorini, but Katerina shared with us a website we could use to order locally direct to the villa