We've just returned from a week long stay in Santorini and we really fell in love with the Island. Lianne's apartment was a great base for us and we loved the fact that it was out of the way in the little village which really made the stay authentic.
Lianne was great she picked us up from the airport, arranged our car hire for us and booked us into the highly recommended restaurant Metaxy Mas. You must go here, the food is beautiful and you feel like you're eating in the middle of the mountains.
When we first arrived we walked down to the main area of Kamari, which is about a 35 minute walk, I wouldn't recommend doing this walk more than once a day there and back as there are no pavements and its a bit of a tough walk. After doing this a couple of times we decided to hire our car earlier and really got out to see the Island, we explored most of the beaches, on the other side of the island they are much quieter and went to a different restaurant every night.
Lianne was really friendly but not imposing, we were on a last holiday just the two of us as we are expecting in January so we really wanted to make the most of our time on our own which we were able to do at the apartment.
I would recommend the apartment but if you like a few drinks out at the restaurant and don't want to drive then this place may be a bit far out for you to walk. It was ok for us because I was obviously not driving so it worked out well. Lianne did mention public transport but we didn't see many buses and apparently they are quite busy at certain points in the day.
All in all it was a lovely holiday and I would love to go back to Santorini again one day.