Villa Ilios

Location was ideal not too far from centre and bus station and in quiet part of Fira. Staff in hotel was most helpful and friendly.

The beds were very hard and pillows too but staff were most helpful by providing blanket to sleep on!

The room was large with kitchen, a very large bathroom with lovely shower, the balcony was rather small however did the job and thankfully ours was at the back of the hotel seeing as it is on a busy and noisy main road; this meant that we slept very well without noise to bother us. The pool was amazing - perfect way to cool off after a long day or after a siesta. The location of the hotel is within 10mins walk from the bus station, which is just at the start of Fira centre, so really close. Fira itself is amazing and we were very glad to be within walking distance because the local buses tended to be very busy (standing room as well) so one does not want to rely on them really... We did not have breakfast - there is a local supermarket down the road which was very good and very varied, allowing us to have plenty of food for both breakfast and lunch!

The kitchen could have been fitted with more utensils (eg spatula) however left over salt/olive oil etc from other guests meant that one did not have to buy more :) The hotel is a bit old style however clean and everything does the job. Santorini is overall very expensive and this was the cheapest place nearest to Fira with a pool and I think, even though it was still the priciest hotel we stayed in, does not appear to be much better for the price. Noisy main road right outside of the hotel, but if your room is at the back then it does not affect you.