Katja's Guidebook
Restaurants
Aroma Avlis
Lovely atmosphere, Seaview, good food.
KATERINA'S TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT
Good prices, homemade food, close to our place, friendly
Grill House
Good prices, traditional grill and gyros place, close to our place
Naoussa
Caldera view, reasonably priced for a volcano view restaurant, decent food
Fine dining with Caldera views, lovely food, good service, romantic or special occasions, a bit pricey.
21 locals recommend
La Maison
Fine dining with Caldera views, lovely food, good service, romantic or special occasions, a bit pricey.
One of the best seafood taverns in Santorini, overlooking Vlychada Marina.
50 locals recommend
To Psaraki
One of the best seafood taverns in Santorini, overlooking Vlychada Marina.
Traditional Cretan restaurant, lovely atmosphere, lovely view, reasonably-priced.
97 locals recommend
Metaxi Mas
Traditional Cretan restaurant, lovely atmosphere, lovely view, reasonably-priced.
Wonderful fine dining restaurant, romantic special occasion, lovely atmosphere and caldera view, great food. Very pricey
Lauda Restaurant
Wonderful fine dining restaurant, romantic special occasion, lovely atmosphere and caldera view, great food. Very pricey
Pitogyros
Good prices. Nice gyros/souvlaki place in Oia
Wineries
Volcano view winery with a lovely terrace to enjoy a Calder sunset along with a wine tasting experience.
66 locals recommend
Santo Winery
Volcano view winery with a lovely terrace to enjoy a Calder sunset along with a wine tasting experience.
Lovely old winery with an underground cellar. Well organized and good experience. Wine tasting
32 locals recommend
Wine Museum Koutsogiannopoulos
Lovely old winery with an underground cellar. Well organized and good experience. Wine tasting
Venetsanos Winery
Caldera view winery, one of the oldest in Santorini
Award winning winery. Some of the best wines in Greece. Beautiful place. Pricey tours
27 locals recommend
Domaine Sigalas
Award winning winery. Some of the best wines in Greece. Beautiful place. Pricey tours
Neighbourhoods
Nice pedestrian promenade and nice organized beach with lots of taverns and beach bars.
16 locals recommend
Kamari Beach
Nice pedestrian promenade and nice organized beach with lots of taverns and beach bars.
Perissa
Perivolos and Perissa are nice black sand beaches
Oia Santorini
Imerovigli
Pyrgos
Ammoudi
Santorini Naturist Red Beach
Sightseeing
The prehistoric City of Santorini. Definitely a must see. You can get there by public bus.
165 locals recommend
Akrotiri
The prehistoric City of Santorini. Definitely a must see. You can get there by public bus.
Museum of Prehistoric Thira
Archaeological Museum of Thera
Erithrou StavrouProphet Elias
10 Epar.Od. Pirgou Kallistis - Profiti IliaBeach Bars and Nightlife
Koo Club
404 25is MartiouJoJo
Wet Stories
Unnamed RoadCasablanca
12 IpapantisFranco's
Eparchiaki Odos Pirgou Kallistis - Profiti IliaFor a relaxed drink with nice views and soft music
Hook bar kamari santorini
Mango restaurant bar
Traveler advice
Book before you go
Car, moto, quad
There are generally many moto/car rental places on the island. You'll probably find availability throughout the summer season. But for peak season, July and August, just yo be on the safe side it's recommended that you pre-book your vehicle.
Getting around
Getting to our place
To get to our place:
From the airport or the port, you can get the public bus to Fira and get off at Karterados-Zotos bus stop in Karterados village. Please tell the ticket inspector to call you when it's your stop. Then you check on your map for Angel Studios, it's opposite Milopetra bakery. Only 2mins walk away from Karterados-Zotos bus stop:)
Getting around
Getting Around
From our place you can move around by public bus very easily. The bus stop in Karterados village with a frequent schedule to almost all destinations in Santorini is a 2mins walk from our place. You can check out the schedule of the busses at ktel-santorini. gr
Ways to save
Ways to Save
1) Pick budget restaurants and taverns with good food from our guide.
2) Use the public bus for transportation
3) Mostly in Kamari Beach but also in Perivolos you can find beach bars and taverns that offer sun beds for free if you buy food or drinks from them.
4) Try our traditional Greek fast food, souvlaki /gyros, which is both cheap and delicious.
5) Local bakeries offer a variety of food and snacks and coffee in good prices.
Don't miss
Boat Trips
If you have enough days in Santorini don't miss a boat trip around the volcano, hot springs, maybe with 'sunset on board', buffet, live saxophone music, glass bottom boats, catamaran cruises or sailboats. You can find all kinds of boat trips with different options ranging from budget to luxury. Book your tickets at travel guides online or in Fira downtown travel agencies.