Oia Blue Greece

You’ll love staying in Oia Blue, which cleverly combines the best location with the best views, nestled near the heart of exclusive Oia, on the north coast of the Cycladic island of Santorini, in the southern Aegean Sea. This recently renovated, spacious eighty square metre, luxury property has two bedrooms, and can comfortably accommodate up to four guests, ideal for a small family or honeymoon couple. The property is built into the cliff face, and constructed out of classic white-washed stone in the traditional Cycladic architectural style, with signature domed ceilings and curved inner and outer walls.
Oia Blue comes with all the mod cons, including complimentary air conditioning and Wi-Fi throughout. A Concierge team can arrange almost anything you would like, from in-villa spa treatments to private helicopter transfers. The interiors are exquisite, furnished with stylish modern pieces, and decorated in a gentle colour palette of soft pastel shades, contrasted with crisp clean white. The living area is light and airy, with doors that open onto the terrace, and let in cooling sea breezes. The seating area has a pale beige sofa bed, to sleep one person, white coffee tables, and a flat-screen satellite television and DVD player. The galley-style kitchen is fully equipped to cater for your holiday, including a large fridge freezer, oven and hob, and that must-have morning coffee maker. The master bedroom has a double bed, a chest of drawers, a cave-style ensuite bathroom with a single hand basin and WC, and French doors that open onto the terrace, with breathtaking sea views. The second bedroom is in the loft space and has a single bed and a chest of drawers. There is a separate shared shower room, with a hand basin, and WC.
Oia Blue comes on its own with its sail awning-covered terrace, overlooking the azure Aegean Sea, the volcanic Caldera, and the unmistakable blue domed roofs of Oia. There is a panoramic sea view Jacuzzi, and four wooden deep cushioned sun loungers, that are strategically positioned for maximum vistas. Two fun seaside striped deckchairs are the perfect place to sit back and enjoy this year’s best seller. An elegant five-seater dining set is ideal for some alfresco feasting under a Santorini sky, where you can raise a toast to the famous sunsets and the most memorable holiday.
Oia Blue is built into a rock cliff in the heart of the picture postcard blue domed town of Oia, on the north coast of Santorini, a Cycladic island in the southern Aegean Sea. The villa is seventeen kilometres from Santorini’s International Airport, and twenty kilometres from the port of Athinios. Arrive by plane from European destinations and Athens, island hop by ferry and catamaran, or if you are feeling super stylish, you can even make an entrance by helicopter. The villa is just a few minutes walk from the nearest minimart and shops for provisions to cater for your holidays. Cafes and bars, restaurants and nightclubs, are within walking distance. The nearest beach is a short four hundred metre walk, this secluded unspoilt, the unorganised beach has dark sand and pebbles and is far away from the madding tourist crowds.
The nearby old town of Oia is rather magical, a fishing village, with a maze of colourful lanes, populated with exclusive boutiques, leading down to the harbour. Seek solace in blue-domed Greek Orthodox churches, tilt at windmills, visit the Naval Museum, cliff dive off Ammoudi Bay, and then enjoy freshly caught seafood, on the seafront. Stay for the famous sunsets, after all, it’s what we all came on holiday for. Stroll the nine-kilometre trail and hike the Caldera edge until you get to the capital town of Fira, on the west coast. In Fira town centre there are lots of museums, choose from the Santorini Wine Museum, the Archeological Museum of Thera, the Museum of Prehistoric Fira, or the Tomato Museum.
Take a walk up the top of Thera Mountain, where you can explore the ancient city ruins, and admire the views from the world’s only sunken caldera. Take a boat trip to the uninhabited islet of Nea and Palia Kameni, an active volcano, with a path of black lava rock, smoking craters, and sulphurous hot springs. Visit the villages and find out what life was really like. Highly recommended is Pyrgos, found in the foothills of Mount Profitis, surrounded by vineyards that produce the highly prized Assyrtiko white wines. Take a trip back in time as you walk down the steep medieval alleyways, populated with tavernas and wine bars, art galleries and gift shops, a museum that showcases traditional island life, and one that is home to religious relics in the former Agia Triada chapel. Don’t miss a visit to Akrotiri, a prehistoric city, that was believed to be the first settlement on the island dating back to Neolithic times. For more recent history, The Arygyros Mansion has guided tours of this neo-classical Venetian merchant’s home.
Santorini hosts an annual film festival, and the twice-daily film screenings at the alfresco Cine Kamari are not to be missed. The island is renowned for its fabulous wines, most especially the crisp dry whites, take a tour of one of the many vineyards, and make sure you take a bottle home with you. The Cycladic architecture, the blue domes, and the most stunning sunsets are what the island is famous for, and to help you capture those memories, you can even take a photography tour. If you can bear to tear yourself away from this most mystical of destinations, spend a day island hopping, swimming and snorkelling in the azure Aegean Sea, enjoying a meal of Greek meze on board, or simply watching the sunset as you sail back into the harbour.