Where should I start...Nicholas is by far the best host I have ever encountered. He respond promptly right when I booked my room instantly a couple hours before I booked the room at Florence airport because my friend and I had a feeling our place that we booked before our backpacking adventure to Europe was not going to be a pleasant one after we read the reviews.
Fortunately, Nicholas made our adventure a spectacular one by helping us out since we landed at the airport. He set up an private driver to pick us up from the airport and also to the airport. He welcome us with open arms and set us down and explained all the tours and restaurants recommendations.
The room and bathroom was very clean and felt like a home with beautiful decors. The entrance with the pool made us more excited to stay there and enjoy the pool. The beach is 5 mins away but we ended up doing a one day tour to tour all the other islands for 30 euros because we only spend a day in Santoroni so we wanted to see everything. We did the tour from prehistoric museum to the volcano tour (hiked up the volcano FYI, you should wear closed toes shoes and not flip flops because the trails are full of rocks) to the hot spring (bring your bathing suit and a towel, which Nicholas gave us towels to bring along), thira island (to enjoy some lunch and the scenary) to Oia to see the sunset (ride the donkeys for 5 euros, it will be worth it because the stairs are steeps and full of donkey's fetuses) then the bus will drop you off at your hotel or near it.
When we came back from our tour, my friend and I enjoyed the pool and Nicholas's mom's company. She's very friendly.
The next morning we had to fly out early in the morning, so Nicholas got us a private driver to drive us and gave us some corn breads that his mom made for us to carry with us because we didn't have time to have breakfast.
Thank you again Nicholas for everything! Your hospitality and generosity definitely made our trip so much better! :)
Sincerely,
Michelle