Great !!! For people who are NOT interested in the tourist spots as
Fira (shopping and fish spa) or Oia (see and be seen, be aware to wear luxury clothes) -which were very over-crowded. We were happy to be back to Monolithos/Ninas house after theses trip.
Monolithos has got more than two beaches:
the 1th in Front of Nina’s/ Right Hand side is - I guess the best beach for small kids. We didn’t give them a try, BUT we saw a lot of young families there.
TIPP if you go 30 min at the beach (right hand side/airport) you will find a really great beach restaurant “Galini”
For the fresh air walk to “Galini” take your sandals.
2nd beach is left hand and sandy, less stones, some trees . It is ideal for children who THINK there are able to swim. The sea drop up to in maximum 1 meter after 40 meter -more not- and is in the beginning 30 to ~ 60 cm deep. Additionally, less waves in comparison to the next, the third beach in the near of Ninas.
The 3th beach is for us parents to do swim lessons.
Ok -if it’s windy children can’t swim in the Mediterranean Sea as everywhere in Greek due to the wave.
The port is calm, you can watch the Fishermen....picturesque.
Second restaurant: Captain Loizos. Good price performance ratio. Very good food, bare feed in the sand:).
The near to the airport is not noticed by us and the fabric near the third beach also. (The only one small disadvantages).
The house was as on the fotos, clean, with air conditioning and we found on TV You tube.
Teo, support us a much (we got visitors for a short time), and he brought more towels more blankets and so on. We ask for a car, three hours later the men of the car agency was there because Teo organised everything.
Last thing; The government don’t think much about the protection of the environment. Santorini..Crete.. is not plastic free..you have to buy a lot of water bottles because the water of the tap/houses on Santorini are clean but not drinkable. The recycling dustbin is near the supermarket ( 5 min walk).