The Aressana was a very nice, clean hotel. We were in a good location for getting around Fira. The one drawback was that there is not a restaurant in the hotel (they do serve breakfast).. This ordinarily wouldn't be a problem, but we had some VERY bad weather while in Santorini and were forced to go out to eat when perhaps that day we would have preferred to stay in. Overall our stay was very good though.

The Aressana Hotel is a very nice and very greek hotel. The location has been renovated and refurbished recently so interior pictures are no longer accurate. It's very modern and sleek, and to keep in line with the locale, very white. The front desk staff was very very helpful upon checking in; providing a map of the island, a more detailed map of Fira and local places of interest. We rented an ATV through the hotel and someone came to pick us up to take us to the rental location. Be advised that it is on top of a hill so the climb up the main drive is steep and to go back to the airport you have to wait for transportation at the bottom of hill (the hotel will help with some of the luggage). The hotel kindly upgraded our bed after the first night. They switched out the customary two single beds for one king, which was very nice, but they didn't close the door upon their exit. Thankfully the island is very safe and nothing was missing. Overall a nice place to stay on a beautiful island.

To get to this hotel you need to go up a reasonably steep road but its worth it. The hotel is fabulous, the pool was wonderful and the rooms are private with up to date faciliates. Our room had a small private balcony off the doors to the bedroom area. Nice smellies in the bathroom, moisturiser and hand cream. Good breakfast. This hotel is the perfect spot as it is a short walk to the restaurants and shops.

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We had booked 2 nights through Expedia at a nearby hotel, but inexplicably that room was no longer available to us, so we were moved to the Arressana.

To our delight, this hotel was wonderful. Nice rooms, great bathrooms, luxurious toiletries, a gift of sweets upon entering the room.

The breakfast room was bright, and they offered many Greek specialties in addition to the typical hotel breakfast. My dad thought the french toast was the best he has ever had. I loved the domatokeftedes, the regional cheeses and the loukamades.

The location was great, convenient for walking to shopping and the KTEL station.