This apartment was beautiful and in a fantastic location in Oia. I highly recommend it. A few things to note about the place:
- It’s beautiful and exactly as pictured
- It’s extremely clean
- The bed is super comfortable
- While it’s in a very popular tourist spot (people wait basically outside the main gate to watch the sunset), the apartment and the main sitting area feels secluded and quiet.
- The hot tub was great (I wouldn’t suggest more than 2 people tho or it would easily overflow).
- My only complaint about this apartment is that you actually can’t see the sunset. The view (which is still beautiful) faces the caldera, but the sun sets to the right of your view. You can see the sunrise, but to see the proper sunset that everyone comes to Oia for, you just have to head out the main door and take 20 steps (you’ll just be doing it with a few hundred other people). This would be my only complaint and even with this I still highly recommend staying here.
Some things to note about Thireon Houses (the host org):
- They’re great
- They’ll help you arrange a pickup and drop off for the airport
- They had great recommendations for restaurants nearby and just general tips
- They recommended that we do a sunset cruise, gave us an option of doing it with a group of 20 (like $100 per person) or a group of 8 (like $140 per person). We chose the smaller one and it actually just ended up being us and one other couple. It’s a 6-ish hour sail boat cruise that includes a trip around the caldera, a dip next to it, a dip and snorkeling in a shallow area and a nice big dinner (along with tons of snacks and drinks/wine along the way) and of course a view of the sunset. This was probably our favorite activity that we did on our 3 week trip to Italy/Greece. I highly recommend you do the small group one. The best part is that Thireon will book the cruise and everything for you.
- Thireon Houses is basically like having a hotel front desk that will help you with everything you need while you’re in Santorini, but without the hotel prices. If you don’t go with this apartment then I highly recommend you find one of their other AirBnB listings. I can’t recommend them enough.