Asteras Villas

My cousin and I did an overnight in Santorini from Crete and we lucked out with a discounted room at this hotel from Booking.com. I did a lot of research, wanting to stay in centrally located Fira so we could get to Oia easily. This hotel is easily walkable from the bus station and right in the middle of all the shops and restaurants, overlooking the Caldera. You can't have a better location, truly. Now it IS hard to find. I messaged the hotel in advance asking for walking directions, and all they said is it's 200m from the bus station. It took us 45 minutes to find it on the day of. Asking people did not help - there are HUNDREDS of small hotels in Fira. So here is what you do. Walk up the hill from the bus station to the big cathedral facing the water. Across from the cathedral is a restaurant called PK's - facing it, the little walkway down to Asteras is just next to it to the left. Asteras is the first little gate on the right. The service at Asteras was provided by George, who could not have been more courteous and helpful. We got there early, and he allowed us to leave our bags. We hopped the bus to Oia so we could see the blue domes. He WhatsApped us that our room was ready early and we came back. Trust me, you are going to want to spend time in your room because of the views this place has. We were there from about 3-9 p.m. to take advantage of the views and the incredible sunset Santorini is known for. We had the Astrophelia Suite, which had a small jacuzzi that was actually nice and cool and functioned more like.a pool. Very welcome because it was HOT out. Two nice loungers on a huge deck with expansive views of the Caldera - just could not have asked for more. There was also a huge covered patio and the room itself was just beautiful. The bathroom was lovely, with high quality bath products and fluffy towels. The air conditioning was not working all that great when we were there but the temperature was tolerable - it was just not full air conditioning. We wanted drinks and although the hotel has no room service, George arranged for the restaurant next door to bring drinks to us and I just paid them directly - truly over and above, as we were already in our bathing suits and didn't want to leave. Very comfortable night's sleep in the HUGE bed with a proper duvet (this is important to me). Upon arrival we were asked to choose what we wanted for breakfast (included in the cost of the room). George made us laugh with his recommendations - he was like, ok, you want this, you want that - and he made excellent choices, we loved them. Breakfast was delivered at a specified time to our deck overlooking the Caldera - it was huge and delicious and we stuffed ourselves. There were many Greek specialties included, as well as fresh fruit, bread, cheese... Probably the most memorable breakfast I've ever had thanks to the view. Can't tell you how gorgeous it is here. We took beautiful photos and made the most of our cousin/girls time together. Also, the view at night is beautiful as well. The cliffside is all lit up in different colors and you can hear music from the various bars and discos. It's unlike anything I've ever seen before. Because the bedroom itself is literally built into the cliff, we heard no noise once we went inside, so no worries about the music. It was perfectly quiet. Again, this location couldn't have been any better - you can walk everywhere. Only regret was not staying longer so we could have explored Santorini more and stayed longer at this beautiful hotel. If I am ever fortunate enough to get back to Santorini (I'm American, this is a very long trip for me!), I would absolutely choose this hotel again. My cousin and I want to thank Asteras Villas for the absolutely perfect stay. Trip of a lifetime and I hope we can return one day. Thank you George and staff for your hard work making sure we made such fantastic memories!