Anna's home in Megalochori was a beautiful one and the perfect location for a base to explore the beautiful island of Santorini. Coupled with Anna being the most perfect of Airbnb host, it turned out to be the ideal choice for us!
We hadn't been to the island before but liked the idea of a traditional village away from the hustle and bustle of the more 'touristy' parts of the island and Megalochori looked perfect, but I guess you never really know until you get there, but we feel like we struck lucky! The village was beautiful and, as others have said before there is a lovely selection of restaurants, shops, ice cream shop (visited daily!) and the bakery - it had everything we needed for our ten day stay and was a brilliant home to come back to after a busy day of exploring (or not so busy day of sitting on a beach!).
Buses seemed frequent but we decided to book a hire car (sorted out by Anna!) and that was a dream. Easy to get around the island and nothing seems further than 20/30 mins away and parking was always relatively easy, when you consider it is peak season. Parking when coming back to the village was, again, easy with plenty of space. We're certainly glad we took the car option as it gave us far more choice and flexibility in terms of places to visit/times and restaurant choices etc.
The accommodation was perfect and the three bedrooms were super comfortable and beautifully designed and presented with loads of storage which was perfect for two teenagers who seem to travel with a lot of clothes...! The living spaces were really comfortable (and the aircon a delight) although we spent a lot of time on the terrace which was perfect for our needs (either a bit of sunbathing or eating breakfast from the aforementioned bakery or drinking the bottle of wine Anna kindly gave us on arrival!). Everything was super-clean and felt like new - it was stunning.
But my biggest thanks must go to Anna and her husband. They were extremely responsive to our copious amounts of questions and super-helpful with a load of ideas of places to go and see (many of which they'll arrange for you) and that included the hire car which just took some of the pressure off of the planning. But Anna even went 'above and beyond' including things like a restaurant reservation near Ammoudi Bay which was proving a bit tricky but she dealt with this for us (which, again, I must thank her for was it was stunning!). Nothing was too much trouble and so she was the perfect host - thank-you, Anna. And, also, really flexible with arrival and departures which was really helpful given the current fluid situation with flights in and out of the UK - again, it took a lot to stress out of the holiday.
So, in summary, it was the perfect home, in a perfectly unspoilt village, on a perfect island for the perfect holiday. We hope to come back and this is where we would go to if we can!