Santorini is a beautiful island, Kamari, Fira, Oia all have their own spectactular scenery.
We had been to Santorini before with Kosmar, but this year decided to book two, one bedroom apts at the Atalos direct with the owner Yianni .
Our party of four were collected and returned to the airport by Yianni. The apts we stayed in were very spacious and clean.
The towels and bedding were changed regularly and the apts cleaned daily. Booking direct included breakfast and the service we received totally spoilt us.
Yianni & Ireni are so hospitable and nothing was too much trouble for them, their daughter Maria (the little princess) was delightful.
We will definately be returning to Santorini Atalos next year and will again book direct with Yianni.
Jean and Paul
Christine and William

We stayed here on two occassions May 2005 and loved it so much returned September 2006.

Family there make you feel welcome and provide a relaxing holiday.

We were looking to book again for next June only checked travel agents so far ...prices have shot up but Giannis did give us his e-mail address so may try that.

The Villas are what you would expect in Greece basic but thats all you need.

Great location.... turn right out of the apartments within less than 4 mins you hit the beach. Pebbled beach not sand which is a shame but great bars, restaurants.... to name a few 'Hook Bar' great food and bar at the end of the beach front towards the rock! Say Hi to Luka... he will look after you. The Prince restaurant great food, service and drinks... ate there in total 5 times. Loads more just take your time walking down the beach front and pop in for a drink somewhere and then decide where to eat. There was an indian / chinese restaurant (yes you had a choice) at the opp. end of Kamari to Atalos sorry cannot remember the name but good food here too (well the indian balti was anyway) .

One bar had a couple of guys singing and playing the guitar there was a big tree by the bar and one inside too ... or had I had one tooooo many drinks by then??!! Can't remember the name it was near the dirt track car park area...half way down.. that was a nice bar.

Bus into Fira is great.... it was 1 euro ... relax have a meal, a drink and watch the sunset...loved it. Then get a taxi back which is also very reasonable approx 9 euro.

We hired a car for three days on our first visit very easy to get around didn't get lost once and a great way to see the island. Watch out for those roads into Oia very scary ... a long way down!
Saw the red beach and white beach on our travels round in the car but didn't actually set foot on them... will have to go back.

There is also a regular water taxi that takes you around the rock to another resort Perissa. Pick up point is toward the rock in line with Hook bar - it's only 3 euros each. Stops at around 5.00pm Perissa is certainly worth a visit.... take a walk up the other end of Perissa and there are some great bars, sunbeds on the beach with service for drinks and food...heaven.

I cannot find anything positive to say about the Atalos.

We were given a horrid, pokey little room and one of the two lightbulbs in the entire apartment went out after two days and was never replaced. We didn't have a single hot shower once and don't even get me started on the state of the bathroom. We spoke to our rep the very next day and demanded to be moved but unfortunately the accommodation she offered us was just as bad as the Atalos, so we declined and found our own. Once the owner found out we had complained and were leaving he never stopped badgering us and even had the audacity to show us a 'superior' room that he then offered to move us into. I didn't see this room but my partner did and he said it was better than the room we were in but still way below the standard we expected. Unfortunately that still didn't stop the owner from constantly giving us the hard sell and trying to get us to change our minds about leaving. Needless to say, we left as soon as we could.

know the rooms were advertised as basic, but we've had basic accommodation in Greece before which cost far less than the Atalos and the standard was much higher. I would describe this as sub-basic and would never consider going back there. The Atalos ruined the first week of our holiday but thankfully we moved to a fantastic hotel for our second week and were able to relax.

As somebody else has already pointed out, the towels were like sandpaper and I think we received clean towels just once in the week that we stayed there. As for Yiannis' legendary hospitality, we didn't see one bit of it the entire time we were there. Once word got out that we were leaving, we were given the cold shoulder from everyone - and I mean everyone. I can only imagine that Yiannis must have told his 'regular guests' about us leaving because not one of them spoke another word to us for the rest of the time that we were there!!!

The only advice I can give is - just stay away from the Atalos.

I

Once again giannis and his family made our holiday a wonderful experiance.We just love the place very warm welcome from both and little maria seems to of shot up from last year.As for the island well it just cant be beaten.Cant wait to get back next year .if youve never been book it now you will not be dissapionted
see you soon giannis

Antony & Julie