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June 21, 2024
Recently, we arrived home after spending a week at this lovely little boutique hotel. Here are some plus and minus points to consider Plus points: All the staff have a superb attitude to its guests and bend over backwards to ensure your stay is of the highest calibre The hotel is situated 15 minutes walk from the local village and a prime spot for the caldera sunset. There are only 15 rooms so it's generally really quiet and peaceful There are plenty of shaded areas (a previous review stated that this was an issue). Maybe the hotel acted on this recommendation? The complex and rooms are spotless and maintained to a high standard. The hotel offers a daily free shuttle service into Fira and Perivulos, which saves you some money. Sebastian and Kiriakos are excellent. They have an extensive knowledge of the island, and they booked all the restaurants we chose for us. All staff are a credit to the owners The room was cleaned impeccably The facilities are enough for long stays and the food was very well prepared. The margarita pizza and the tuna salad are to die for. If you are salt intolerant, then remember to tell the chef no added salt as they use a bit to season the food after its cooked. The only issues I had was that our room #15, which is the honeymoon double, was Quite small, there wasn't much room to move around the bed when there are 2 of you getting ready. Also, the whirlpool is overlooked by the pool terrace above, so it wasn't that private, and guests going down or up the stairs in front could look over the balcony really easily. On 2 occasions, I had to ask the cleaner to move off the step outside our gate because her smoking fumes wafted onto our balcony and up my nose. The smoking area is not outside guest rooms, nor should it be allowed. There are only a couple of restaurants in the local village and not all of them have good reviews Lastly, and sadly, I found the cocktails quite bland. Compared to other restaurants and bars, the mojito and pins colada are weak. The aperol spritz are great, though. Despite these minor things, we would definitely book again, but the bigger room next time.