We just got back from our stay at the Opuntia house at the Blue Dome. What an iconic location! We chose to stay here mostly because of where it was located in Oia, and we were not disappointed, the pictures we got from our patio are epic. There were cleaners that came every morning and that was unexpected but greatly appreciated. Also, Mary our concierge/manager was amazing, arranging a catamaran trip, taxis, and just generally answering any questions I had throughout our stay. She was indispensible. The house was nicely appointed and we made great use of the washing machine, being at the end of our 2 week trip. We were next door to restaurants, stores and anything we could possibly need and a very short walk to the post office, which is the pick up and drop off point for taxis and shuttles. Now the downsides, there is no air conditioning, which we knew about, and one fan. It was cooler in the cave house than outside and generally wasn't a huge issue, until the last day of our stay which was quite humid and hot. I don't think I'd want to be there at the end of July or August without more fans at least, it makes it hard to sleep and we were sweating getting dressed in the morning. However, we are from Seattle so perhaps that's made us soft lol. And we were gone all day for several of those days. The only other negative which I knew about from previous posts, was the amount of people taking pictures. It is one of the most iconic locations on Oia, however, we had to kick people off of our patio several times, run people off the roof a many times (they had to go through a private fence AND jump a wall to get up there) and it was an all day thing to have people coming in and out of the gate marked "private no entry" and even rattling our locked gate, or jumping it, also marked "private no entry". People jumped walls, moved the potted cactus aside for better access to the church and climbed up on the blue domed church for their pictures. (illegal and disrespectful, by the way, but no one to enforce that). There was zero privacy. I can't even count how many pictures my husband and I were in while wearing our pajamas lol. I hope they are good at photoshopping! There were people flying drones almost everyday above us also, (also illegal). However, that being said I knew about the no privacy thing going into it and as annoying as it got sometimes, I don't regret it. I will forever see pictures of Santorini and be able to point to this home and say, I stayed RIGHT THERE! Awesome.