Guest User
October 20, 2023
We stayed in room 119 which is a suite with a balcony looking east over the sea so you get to see the sun rise if up early enough. The rooms are large and perfectly clean with maid service every day and clean towels etc. The hotel is situared at the highest point and as the island is narrow, you get sea views from anywhere you are. It is up from the road and so unoverlooked. Being about 1.5km from the local town also ensures a quiet location but still easy access to the shops and resturants. The main area of the hotel faces west so you get a fantastic view of the sunset. Eating breakfast looking out over the sea towards the other islands was fantastic. The pool and sun bed area in in full sun all day so wherevever you choose to sit or lay, you have sun. Breakfast had a wide choice of freshly prepared food. Meals at the resturant are servered all day and again all freshly preaped. We sampled both the daytime and evening menus and both were excelent. Although the hotel was brilliant, what made it exceptional was the staff. They are very friendly, helpful and efficient and nothing was too much trouble. They remembered your room number, your coffee preferances etc. and started preparing your coffee as soon as you were seen arriving for breakfast. The concierge was brilliant givinge details of the hotel facilities, and the surrounding area on arrival. Plus, explaining the geology of the area. He also adised on which A**'s to use (as some have heft charges and low exchange rates). He arranged a private tour through a company that taylors the trip to your exact requirements. This was excellent with a very knoledggable tour/driver. Chatting to the staff, they said that they all get on well and feel like one big family. They make the guests feel like they are part of that too. The local town of Imerovigli has good resturants and shops and is easily reach by foot along the hiking trail. We walked to the capital Fira too which takes about an hour each way. We also walked the trail to Oia (and back!!). That was quite a walk. In total we walked 13 miles that day and my Fitbit watch stated I had climbed the equivilent of 180 flights of stairs. Some of the ground is gravel and not sutable for all. Sturdy shoes and plenty of water would be my advice, or take a bus/taxi. All in all, a brilliant hotel and quiet location and would highly recomend to anyone. I would like to thsnk the staff as they made the stay perfect.