The cave house exceeded our expectations. It was the perfect mix of boutique hotel and self catering accommodation. Although it is self catering, the rooms are stocked with bread (and a toaster), jam, orange juice and water and also has a coffee machine. There were nice towels, slippers and toiletries. The bed/pillows were really comfortable. There was air conditioning and the rooms were really spacious.
There is space outside to park a quad bike which we would recommend as getting into the centre involves a 15-20 min uphill walk (as clearly stated upon booking) which in the heat can be difficult. We hired a quad bike for 2 days (out of the 7) and this made everything much easier and the cave house is in a great central location for going out to different areas in Santorini. Because we traveled in august which was very hot, we found the best thing to do was when walking into the centre, go earlier as it is cooler. Then walk back to refresh after lunch and go back into the centre in the evening once it has cooled down again. However, with the quad bike it really doesn’t matter when you go.
The communal pool area has lots of sun loungers if you want to chill out and it’s been pretty quiet whilst we’ve been here so plenty of room for whoever needs it.
There’s a few small supermarkets on the way back from the centre of Fira to the Cave House if you want to stock up on snacks/drinks. We did this and it was great.
The host Despina was here when we arrived and was so informative. She showed us to our room and explained everything. She gave us her phone number to text if we needed anything. On a few occasions we needed her to provide an iron and a bottle opener which she did straight away. She organised our airport transfers for us (€40 each way) and was just generally really friendly which made the experience positive. On our last day, we checked out at 10am but Despina stored all our luggage so we could explore for the day before heading home.
Overall, we are really glad we booked to stay at the cave house and it was a really good price to stay in Santorini so close to the centre.