Akrotiri, Astarte Honeymoon Suites

Santorini, Thira, Stroggili, or Santa Irini, are many different names for the same beautiful island I visited with my wife for our honeymoon. After reading hundreds of reviews regarding Santorini island I concluded that this was the right choice for our Honeymoon. The next step as you can understand was to book the flight tickets and one of the nicest hotel possible. The first part was easy, since two Greek airline companies had about twice everyday direct flights from Athens to Santorini airport. But, the second part. Yes, how to choose the right hotel among hundreds? Therefore, I started searching hotels with 5 and 4 stars rating. Guess what? There were still around one hundrend hotels on my list.

I found out that there were 3 regions, which are less crowded so as to enjoy and avoid heavy buzz. One of them is called Akrotiri village. Akrotiri village is located to one of the cornerstones of Santorini, which is about 15min. from Fira by car, and near to more of the island's beaches.

Ok, I selected the area so now I had to decide among 30 hotels. The bad thing was that most of them were hardly 4 star hotels.

Then when I believed that I had run out of luck, I received the F.T. newspaper. You are now all asking how did receiving a newspaper helped? The answer is simple. While I was reading the newspaper I saw an article regarding Santorini island. The journalist recommended a family running hotel near Akrotiri village! The name of that hotel was Astarte suites.

So I google on Internet found the site and it was just perfect for my honeymoon.

I booked the tickets and the Junior suite with private jacuzzi for a 7night stay.

The view from the window of the airplane as we were landing to Santorini airport was awesome.

Upon arrival there was a driver from the hotel, who transfered us to Astarte suites. After about 10 min. of driving the driver told us that we were there. The best view from all the time we were inside the car was just in front of the hotel. The Volcano and the whole island of Santorini was visible from our hotel! We went down some steps and we entered the hotel. The very kind receptionist showed us the way to our suite. As we were going towards the suite, there is was.

The infinity swimming pool with the relaxing sunbeds ever.

We continued and entered our suite. Fantastic!!! Big king bed, jacuzzi and on the ceiling there were Swarofski stones. Then the chef came inside and welcomed us with a champagne and some fresh fruits.

That was the best beginning for our honeymoon.

The thing that I noticed was that all the hotel was booked however you had the feeling that you were just relaxing alone without many other guests around. This was possible because of each suite's private terrace. Therefore, we had privacy in order to enjoy our honeymoon without any other people near us.

The three days of relaxation we decided with the assistance of the receptionist to rent a car and explore the island. Our first destination was Red beach, which was near the hotel and was marvelous. All around red rocks and a very nice scenery. Next we went to Fira, the main capital of Santorini. It was so crowded that after 30 minutes we left back to Astarte in order to find our peace. We decided not to go again to Fira.

The last day we went to Oia, a small traditional village with many nice places to shoot some pictures.

Oia was consisted of many many many (it's not a typing mistake) hotels. I was relieved that we didn't stay there since privacy would be absent.

Unfortunately, the last day came and we had to leave from that beautiful hotel and island. Hopefully, next year we will visit again both for our anniversary.

After visiting Dubai and Italy, the third country for our 21days honeymoon vacation was Greece, and Santorini island.

Our stay at Astarte was definitely worth every penny! The service alone was worth more than what we paid! Astarte is a boutique hotel with only approx. 9 suites or so. The staff is incredible and at your fingertips for anything and everything you could imagine. They made our dinner reservations, brought us breakfast in our private terrace every morning, served us poolside with lunch and drinks, arranged for massage service and helped us rent a 4-wheeler to get around. The receptionist's proposals on exactly where to go and what to do were excellent! The junior suite was ideal for our honeymoon and view was gorgeous! We spent the most time in our suite at Astarte.

Absolutely the best choice.

We are writing this review because of the great time we had at Astarte Honeymoon suites! This was our last and favorite stop on our honeymoon. The place is beautiful and immaculate, the staff is unbelievably friendly and dedicated to making your stay wonderful. There was a bottle of M et Champagne on the table to greet us, which we saved for our last night and enjoyed in our private jacuzzi in our suite overlooking the stars.

The receptionist showed us everything we would need and gave us great ideas. It was quiet and the hotel romance was just the best you can find. The view is incredible and the pool is amazing and the property is absolutely one of the best hotels on the island. The honeymoon suite is the only suite you want to stay in if you are on your honeymoon. We fell in love with this island, the people, and definitely this hotel. We are already planning our trip for next year. We have travelled a lot and this place is definitely our number one. We heartily recommend the Astarte Honeymoon suites and will hopefully be back there next year for our wedding anniversary.

Astarte suites was like being to paradise. The service was of high level, and the decoration of the Senior suite that we stayed was based on Prehistoric traditional civilization, while at the same time it offered luxury and modern living. Select the Senior suite with the private jacuzzi.

I'm sure many people will visit Astarte and enjoy it perfectly but our experience was not a good one, it pretty much ruined our honeymoon. We paid in advance for 7 nights at €550 in good faith that we would have our dream honeymoon that we had saved so long for. The view is stunning but the room is very basic for what we paid and when the facilities didn't work and we were offered no compensation or apology from Astarte, it was extremely upsetting, not to mention unnecessary.

Santorini is a beautiful island and there are plenty of stunning hotels at half the cost of the Astarte, so choose carefully. I felt we could have had equally as good a time had we gone to an alternative hotel and paid half the price, we would also have been able to afford another holiday! We will be returning to Santorini I'm sure but sadly not to the Astarte, who made our honeymoon memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Astarte Suites is the ultimate luxury boutique hotel.

The privacy adds value to the finest amenities that it has to offer.

The service was excellent, the owners and staff make you feel like you're family. The suite was cleaned twice every day. I requested for a private jewellery show, in order to propose to my wife and it was arranged the same day. We stayed in the Honeymoon Suite with the indoor Jacuzzi pool with Swarovski crystal on the roof and a private outdoor pool. We highly recommend this hotel when visiting Santorini and especially for Honeymooners. We hope to visit again! Definitely higher than a 5 Star Hotel! Astarte suites is truly a top notch hotel with first class service. It's unlike any hotel we've ever been to before.