You know all those beautiful pictures you see in magazines about Santorini Greece….they’re lies!!!! Those pictures give you the illusion that all of Santorini is beautiful, and in some way, shape or form, it is, just not like the pictures. If Paul Bunyan had a cousin Santorini would be his nephew.
We arrived early in the morning off the ferry and managed to haggle with an older Greek gentleman to get a room for 30 euro including transportation to the hotel. Get your hotel before you go to Santorini they have some very cheap options that Are on the beach and offer transportation to and from the port no matter what time you arrive. On our way to the hotel you have to go about 3/4 of a mile up a winding narrow laned cliff with traffic coming and going both ways and all the vehicles are stick shift….needless to say I was sort of freaking out. We arrived at the hotel in one piece. The room was actually quite lovely. I started to chat with the guy at the desk and ask questions about where he was from, if he liked Santorini, dealing with tourists, his name etc…and just because of a few simple questions we got a later checkout…yes! We needed it. After checkout we walked about two miles to our next stay: the villa dimitris. The owner there was warm and very inviting. She showed us to our room. The room was called a studio, we had our own bathroom and a sink and mini fridge, it was cheaper than all the other rooms on the island and served its purpose just as well. We decided to rent an atv 150cc for 25 euros….it took us all over the island in one day! The island isn’t very big. You can also rent a small car for 30 euros a day…but you honestly don’t need it more than a day. Most of our time was spent hanging out at the black and red sand beaches.
As far as the Greek people….they have no sense of hospitality. I think they’re rude, you can ask a question to someone who deals with tourists all the time and they just shrug and walk away….my thoughts..I’ve come to visit this place and pay money to do things on this island and you’re going to be rude…absolutely not. I’m pretty sure tourism drives half the money circulating on the island alone…they’re surly and rude and honestly if you can avoid dealing with them, I would recommend it. There were a few that were very pleasant but the majority left a bad taste in my mouth…
Oh and NEVER EVER take a bus on the island. It’s expensive and doesn’t take you to many places.
The second day we woke up at six and caught an amazing sunrise. We asked a local and he told us to watch it on the beach near our hotel but our advice is go to Oia, you will see it coming up from behind the adjacent islands and peer out over the ocean like a child playing peek a boo with their mother.
The beaches are beautiful and during the peak season I’m sure there are a lot of people partying but off season it’s very chilled and laid back. It’s still very hot though.
ATVs are definitely worth renting and a lot of fun.
On our way to Oktoberfest! Turn up!!!
Oh and everyone who suggested we plan, you guys were all right, we now have to backtrack. But it’s okay.
Side not there are a lot of random dogs in Greece that you may mistake for dead, but trust us they aren’t and don’t get to close to them
Tid bit for the day: bring your own sunblock!! on Santorini the sunblock is 15 euros for a small container that will only cover half your back. Crazy.
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