Santorini proved to be the perfect destination for our silver wedding anniversary, and no place other than the Likno Traditional Villa could have made our seven-night stay as memorable.
A couple of weeks before the start of our vacation, we started communicating more regularly with Evi, who responded promptly, giving us confidence that we were in good hands.
On our arrival at Santorini, we were picked up at the airport on time by the transfer service arranged by Evi, were welcomed by her at the drop-off point in Oia (Americanos bus station), and were helped by two guys who carried our luggage down to the villa. Walking down the 50+ steps to the villa, we were awed by the Caldera right below us, as if we were diving right into it. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the villa was right at the edge of the bluff, with no other house between ours and the Caldera.
After we inspected the house on our own and rested a bit, Evi rejoined and sat down with us, patiently gave an orientation to the home and Santorini, providing some rules of thumb to use to deem when a Santorini restaurant was expensive or fairly priced. She encouraged us to ask her questions, which we took advantage of, and it was very convenient that she was also very articulate in English.
We were fascinated by the house architecture: thick concrete floors, walls, and ceiling; dome-shaped ceiling on the second floor; very comfortable inside temperature; right-sized spaces for 2 to 4 people; every space well used; and well-integrated indoor and outdoor spaces. The house seemed to have been built to last, perhaps would withstand the next volcanic eruption, if ever.
Having a view of the Caldera from inside the house on both floors allowed us to wonder indoors at such a natural beauty. We slept with the balcony door and bedroom window ajar, soothed by the breeze and lulled by the music and chatter from the next-door upscale restaurant. With the comfortable bed also a contributing factor, we’d never slept so uninterrupted and energized on a vacation.
The home was very clean, tidy, and well-staged with keen attention to details. And it had been kept like that throughout our stay, courtesy of Kristina, who also cleaned and tidied up daily the outdoors, including the 50+ steps. (My apologies if I misspelled her name.)
From outside the house, we had a view of the Caldera from three vantage points, each furnished with generous and comfortable set of outdoor furniture. And we found in the house two binoculars that we used to get a distant view of a good number of the places we had walked on or had been to: Fira, a long stretch of the Fira-to-Oia trail including the Skaros Rock, Pyrgos Kallistis, Petra Restaurant in Canaves Oia (where we had our wedding anniversary dinner), Nea Kameni, Palea Kameni, Thirassia (not sure now if we could also see the Manolas Village atop the island), and, of course, the Caldera.

Thanks a lot, Evi, Kristina, and all the guys who drove us from and to the airport and carried our luggage down and up the 50+ steps. We’ll continue recommending your villa and your service to our relatives and friends.