First of all, I would like to thank Parakevas as he is truly a superhost. He responded to all our inquiries very quickly and we have a ton of them. He met us at Santorini Post Office for the check in with a porter to help us with our luggage as there are quite a few steps to the house. He’s friendly, patient & will go an extra mile to assist with whatever it is that we need.
Secondly , I believe in writing honest reviews to help travelers make the right decisions so i will use a ranking system from 1 to 10 with 10 being oustanding (or perfect).
Location: 9. It’s about 5 mins walk to Oia castle and 1 minute walk to the windmill.
Sunset view: 8. We were hoping for an ‘almost unobtructed’ view but there was obstruction. You will need to either walk down to Oia Castle (4-5 mins) and queue up for a good spot or a 1 min walk down to the windmills.
Sunrise view: 8. There’s an unobstructed view from the back balcony but it’s not the view of the caldera.
House layout: 8. The reason for 8 points is because the bathroom is on the smaller size. I ended up using the kitchen area quite a bit to put on make up or fix my hair. The downstair bedroom is adequate size and the mattress is fine.
Kitchen: 8. It would have been nice to have a microwave. The espresso coffee pods are a nice touch. Sugar was provided but not cream (dairy or non- dairy). We had to go buy some dairy cream at the mini market. I highly suggest provide some cream. We would have been ok with non-dairy cream.
Living room and dining room: 9. We really didn’t use them much.
Overall, we were satisfield with the airbnb. Considering the high accommdation price in Santorini, i think Evilio house is a good rental.
One thing i would like to mention is rental car issues we had with Vazeos rental car company. We like to support local companies especially during pandemic time, but with the experience we had with Vazeos, we want to set the expectations that this is not a big global company like Hertz, Avis, Budget or Thrifty where the standards are at international level. In the 4 days that we were in Santorini, we had 3 different cars due to various car issues. I think this is due to the lack of regular car maintenance. Needless to say, this has caused a lot of stress and frusfrations that I think could have been avoided. I do want to remind you that this is to no fault to the Parakevas (the host) but i wanted to share our experience