Reviews of Santorini

Thira
First, you should know that the ferry will take you to the port of Athinios, not the port of Thira where the donkey's are. There is a bus that will take you from Athinios to Thira for less than 2 Euros.

We stayed right on the Caldera in Thira at Hotel Keti. Most of the hotels on the Caldera don't have addresses listed on their websites, don't let this throw you off. The Caldera is so steap without actual roads they can't have standard addresses. We loved Keti, the staff was very helpful and kind, the view was absolutely amazing. The hotel sits on the very edge of the Caldera so it's quiet but also very close to the action. The walk down to the hotel is steap, but typical so be prepared to carry your bags. If you stay at Hotel Keti, but sure to tell them that Christopher Utley sent you!

While on Santorini we went to Stani, they have a dish called the "Vine Grower" which has lamb wrapped up with cheese and other yummy ingredients which we highly recommend. They also offer a fine tasting Retsina. The online maps of Santorini don't make it easy to give directions, but you can email them and they can tell you how to find them. Not far from Stani is a place called Nicolas which was recommended by all of the locals. It was so authentic that they didn't even have a written menu, they had to tell us what they had for the evening.

Kamari
The bus will take you straight to Kamari which has a black stone beach and lots of cute restaurants. While looking at the ocean, there is a cliff off to the right, if you climb this there is a great view.

Oia
This is the town on the Northern tip of the island. It's cute, quaint and very typically Greek. We didn't stay there but after visiting we decided it wouldn't be a bad place to stay. They have a lot of the blue domed churches that we always see in the post cards. They also have a reputation for the best sunset in the world, though we didn't agree. We had dinner at Thomas's Grill, it's right down the alley from the bus station, if you can't find them, just ask a local. The staff at Thomas's took really good care of us on Chris's birthday, they went out and got him a cake and sang and everything!