We absolutely loved our stay at Santo Bloom! Everything was so organized from the moment I booked it. The communication with the hosts was great, they helped me organize a transfer from the airport, and Stathis was waiting at the villas when we checked in to go over some things with us / give us some recommendations of restaurants nearby and things like that. And there was even a bottle of wine in each villa as a welcome gift - which was delicious by the way!
The villas themselves are adorable! They are almost identical, the front villa has a slightly bigger kitchen with a bigger refrigerator, but both the back unit and the front unit have 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms each. There isn’t a lot of extra space inside (which is to be expected in Santorini) but it’s laid out very nicely with quaint living areas with couches and chairs on the first floors and all the appliances are modern. It has a very hotel feel with monogrammed bath towels and a maid that comes everyday, who is so nice, and will give you whatever you need (more coffee pods - or capsules as they like to call them in Greece, fresh towels, paper towels, trash cans emptied, etc.) Also the mattresses are so soft and comfortable we never wanted to leave! And the AC units in all the rooms work great. We did, however, have one power outage during our stay (again, something to be expected in Santorini) but the power was restored within 20 minutes. The pools were nice to cool off in, and even though they aren’t heated (which I believe they are working to eventually install pool heaters) we really enjoyed them. The view from the villas is incredible! It’s not your typical blue and white dome houses that you see in Oia, but you have a view of the ocean and the mountains off in the distance and all the houses in the area, it is just gorgeous. We liked staying in this location better than Oia actually because it’s more centrally located on the island. There is a grocery store that is a 6 minute walk from the villa and there are restaurants walking distance as well. Everything we wanted to see on the island was within a 30 minute van ride away (which the hosts can help you arrange, and there are also private companies on the island that you can look up online that offer van transfers for big groups too). We didn’t rent a car and didn’t feel we needed one with all the van transfers that were readily available to us. I highly suggest doing a catamaran sunset cruise during your stay in Santorini (which again the hosts can also help you organize, or you can look up other companies online that do it - we had to do the latter because of our specific dietary restrictions). We also did a wine tasting and had dinner at the most amazing winery with breathtaking views of the volcano, and the best part was it was only a 6 minute drive away from the villas!
I can’t recommend Santo Bloom Luxury Villas enough! We absolutely would stay here again the next time we return to Santorini - our favorite so far of the Greek islands!