Amazing! Esperas was more than we could have imagined! The view was absolutely georgeous! Perfect for viewing Oia's famous sunset. We also had a view of Thirassia. The staff was absolutely wonderful--recommending a fantastic restaurant to eat at for our anniversary and setting us up on an excursion to the volcano. The hotel made for a perfect getaway! As I mentioned many times on our vacation: "It doesn't get any better than this!"

My wife and I stayed at Esperas for four nights and just loved it. The setting of the hotel could not be better: overlooking the caldera, it is situated perfectly for relaxing in the sun with a breeze from the Agean below. Also, the hotel is perfectly situated for watching the famous Santorini sunsets. The management and staff couldn't be nicer; very friendlyt! It is a short walk to, in our opinion the nicest town on the island, Oia, which as a good selection of restaurants. Our "room," it was really more of a suite, #118 was fantastic, very private! We would describe this as a first class hotel but not a luxury hotel. As pointed out, LOTS of steps. Don't come here, or most of the Greek Islands if you have mobility problems, you won't enjoy it. Also, not for young kids either. We also went to Mykonos and, no comparison, Santorini was MUCH better. All these islands are, for the most part, for sun and relaxing. If you want a fantastic location with dramatic views and some class, we recommend Esperas Traditional Houses.

My husband and I stayed at the Esperas Houses upon the recommendation of our travel agency, TrueGreece, and loved our stay. Our unit, #104 was one of the Traditional House price level units, and was directly above the pool. As the "houses" are built into caves on the hillside, the spaces may not fit a standard concept of a house. In fact, our bed was inset in the cave portion of our unit and only accessible by crawling in from the foot of the bed. However, that helped us to remember that we weren't in our normal culture and environment. The staff is absolutely fantastic - very courteous, helpful, and friendly. Our room was clean upon arrival and the hotel provided a half-bottle of Greek white wine to welcome us. Breakfast was plentiful with eggs, breads and pastries, cereal, Greek yogurt, and fresh fruits available. If you will be arriving at this hotel after a full day of traveling, I would encourage you to book a reservation with them for dinner. The hotel will seat only 4 tables for dinner. Our first Santorini sunset meal, after 9 hours of traveling from Patmos, was on a small, intimate patio and we enjoyed a wonderful seafood platter. Very peaceful and relaxing. Be forewarned that if you stay here, you'll be climbing a LOT of stairs. From our unit (which was towards the top of the hotel), we had to climb 80 steps to get to the windmill which marked the path into Oia. Great workout for the legs!

Now I don't know what other places in Oia are like, they all seemed nice to me, but this place was absolutely beautiful. The views of the sunset from the balconies were breathtaking. The towels were so plush and the pool was relaxing. Everyone was nice and helpful.

Walk down to the ocean for a meal, be prepared to sweat, and take a cab back up. Try the fresh grouper.

Oia is much more relaxing than Fira - maybe to a fault. The nights are so quiet that they border on being creepy.

Overall Oia is gorgeous and this hotel is awesome, and relatively inexpensive.