Perfect vacation



My family stayed in the Atalos Villas for two weeks this August- September.

Atalos Villas- one of the friendlies hotels we have ever stayed in the lovely atmosphere.



The hotel itself is just wonderfull, clean and like a home from home.

The pool is perfect.

Kamari with it's black sand and pebble beach is very relaxed.

All restaurants and bars deliver good quality of service and food and drink.

Santorini is lovely and it's small enough to enable you to see it all in one holiday.

The bus goes up to Fira in just about 15 minutes.

The owner Giannis very welcoming when we arrived, and were there to help us.

Stay here and you will be very happy!

We did the right choice by staying at the Atalos Studios. We have travelled around the greek islands for the past 10 years and the apartments were typically greak, basic and very clean with the rooms cleaned every day apart from Sunday and towels changed once a week.

Kamari was well choosen, out of the hustle and bustle of Thira and Oia but easily accessable by the local bus route.

If you do go on any excursions i suggest you go with kamari tours and make sure that Maria is your guide. She is 60 plus but looks around 40, a local with a font of knowledge.

We made the Love Boat our local and Fannis the owner made it all worthwhile (ladies he`s a bit of a dish - but married).
Watch out for Splash - check your change before you leave the till and make sure your paying for what youve actually drank.

We weren`t far from the pebbly beach and this was the only draw back and so spent most of the time keeping Yianni company by the pool / poolside bar.

Some people may consider him rude but he was brilliant to us, he ferried us all in 2 trips over to his favourite restaurant and told us to call him when we were ready, but none of us had taken his number, we asked the restaurant owner if he had his number to be told no problem you are Yiannis guests we will call and pay for a taxi for you.

Remember that you are on Greek time and yianni works very hard and he does sometimes diappear so if you are thirsty and its around 3.30 in the afternoon get yourselves 2 pints instead of one.

Yanni`s englidh is quite good but he also has to learn other languages for other guests be patient and explain yourself properly and you shouldn`t experience any problems. This is part of the Santorini charm its not Corfu where the island has been invaded by the British its still Greek. Yianni has inspired me to start greek lessons and i hope to return to try my new language out. If you have a phrase book take it with you and give it a try.

This island has the most spectacular sunsets and it is worth visiting Oia but go early for a good seat and take a picnic for a truly romantic evening. There is also a spectacular sunrise which you should be able to see if your on the second floor.

There is a little restaurant called the Liver Bird which opened this year and it did do the best breakfast if you are going over take some HP brown sauce as they pay a high price for it over there.

Although the volcano trip is a must dont get too exited about the hot springs.

Many cruise ships visit this island on a weekly visit, and if you plan on buying youself some gold jewellery dont bother the prices are hiked up for the American tourists.

There is a quaint and lovely village above Kamari called Pyrgos and i wish we could have spent more time to explore the streets.

Mess ogania was heavily damaged by the earthquake and is within walking distance from Kamari and at the road entrance to this village there is alovely bakery, take a walk back to Kamari take the road directly opposite the bakery and stop and eat your picnic on the wall to the church and watch the planes overhead in the shade of an olive tree.

Ancient Thira is also a must with spectacular views over to Thira.

Hope you have fantastic holiday Santorini is definately one of my favourite islands and i can`t wait to return.

Yianni - if you read this Alun, Mathews, Aimee, Shirley and Kelly all miss you.

Rosemarie

We have been in september 5 years running staying with my family ( 5 persons) in
Atalos Villas Hotel.
The Atalos Villas are in a guiet position only 5 minutes from the supermarket and 7
minutes from the beach and tavernas.
The owner Yiannis helped to make such a happy time for us. They are both so
thoughful and work so hard to make sure you have a perfect holiday.
The rooms were spotlessby clean and had great balconies if you wanted to sit
outside in the evening.
The pool is very nice with plenty of sun beds and palm trees.
I am glad we stayed in Kamari, as it was more relaxed, and Thira- Oia both seemed
to be swarmed by the crowds coming from the cruise ships, and were also a lot more expensive.
We would highly recommend to go there and we will certainly be back.

We spent 1 week in Aug 07 in Atalos Villas and had a great time.

The owners – Giannis and Irini are extremely friendly and very accommodating. Giannis picked us at the airport and drove us back to airport at the end of our stay. If you need help finding a car, need extra kitchen stuff or just need some advice on where to go – Giannis and Irini would always help. Giannis always prepares breakfast and lunch snacks by the pool. Greek salad is highly recommended.

We had 1 bedroom apartment: 1 large bedroom with 2 queen beds + sofa and a separate 2nd bedroom with a full bed. 2nd bedroom is separated from the kitchenette by a curtain. Kitchenette had a refrigerator, gas stove, pans, dishes, all utensils, etc. Large bedroom had A/C and a very nice balcony with side sea view. The room was crystal clean – cleaned by Irini every day except Sunday.

Atalos Villas is not an ocean front property, but is only 3-4 minutes walking from the Kamari beach and the promenade with dozens of restaurants. Right before the beach are 2 small supermarkets.
Would definitely come back some time.

We booked directly via Atalos Villas web site. Some previous reviews suggested that that way you get a preferential treatment. Not sure about that but we were very happy with our choice.
My recommendation is – book directly with Atalos Villas.