Palea Volcano Tours

My plan was to give this property 1 or 2 stars but it earned 3 stars because of the private adult only beach which made this vacation so much better. A few things as heads up: 1.) the check in time is 3pm, seems to me that they intentionally keep you wait till 3pm as we were offered an early check in for 1250 Euro (yep, you heard it right) but got into the room at 3pm. We went to the beach so didn’t mind too much. 2.) some of the sea front rooms are NOT sea front rooms. We were told that we got a sea front room but it was sea view. 3.) the area is not that nice outside of the resort. 4.) There are a lot of families, a lot. Coming back to the room we couldn’t use the private pool because we were surrounded by families and noise. Same for breakfast. Same for the pool and beach area. What saved our vacation from being a disaster was the private adult only beach. The adult only beach is in a great location and a much better view than the hotel. Overall, the hotel is completely over priced and over hyped and we would probably choose a different place when we are back in the area.

Outstanding place to stay on the Caldera cliffs of Fira. The location is central and very convenient, close to the beginning of the Fira to Oia Cliff walk. We easily got to the restaurants, nightlife, and shopping, and also to Fira town square. We had a beautiful sitting area with our own plunge pool overlooking the cliffs. We were served breakfast there every day. It felt so indulgent to have our own space overlooking the ocean while could see tourists from afar angling to get views, especially at sunset. Our villa (Traviata) was spectacular. It was a cave house with a living room, dining area complete with refrigerator and minibar, a separate bedroom, two bathrooms and two showers, and our own indoor plunge pool jacuzzi. Stacy, the manager, was wonderful. She was knowledgeable and helpful. She organized transfers and gave us advice on what to do and see. All of our requests and questions were taken care of. She is fantastic! We enjoyed seeing Bacho and Sosa everyday. They brought us breakfast, helped with out hot tub, and helped carry our luggage up and down the path to the main road. I highly recommend staying here. There’s nothing like waking up with a Caldera view or seeing the sunset everyday from your private vantage point. It truly made our trip unique.