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steps at a hotel in Oia on Santorini

It almost looks like you could literally step right into the deep blue sea from this steep staircase at a cliffside hotel in the village of Oia on Santorini

 

 

Our windowless cave-style Santorini hotel room with its low ‘hobbit’ door

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Cliffside Suites Santorini Room 119

Room 119 at Grotto Villas/Cliff Side Suites in Firostefani had no window …

 

Grotto Villas Cliffside Suites Suite 119

… and the door was only 5 feet 5 inches tall. Don’t forget to duck!

 

Head knocker: Santorini is world-renowned for spectacular scenery, and its magnificent caldera views drew us back to the island three consecutive years in a row. We just couldn’t get enough of the breathtaking landscape, colourful clifftop villages and endless views of the gorgeous blue Aegean Sea. So imagine our reaction when we arrived at the Grotto Villas/Cliff Side Suites hotel in Firostefani to discover that our assigned room — #119 — didn’t even have a window!

That happened back in 2006, but I still remember our surprise and disappointment like it were yesterday. It would be bad enough to be assigned a windowless hotel room anywhere when you’re travelling on vacation. But on Santorini of all islands? There ought to be a law against it! To add insult to injury, the room door had a low frame, and I kept banging the top of my head on it whenever I went in and out. I’m only 5’7, and until I arrived at Grotto Villas/Cliff Side Suites I never expected that I would ever be too tall to walk into a hotel room while standing upright!

 

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a blue gate on Santorini

This blue gate in the Santorini village of Firostefani overlooks Thirasia island (top left) and offers a teasing peek of whitewashed buildings in the village of Oia on Santorini’s northwest tip, partially visible behind massive Skaros Rock (right)

 

 

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Blue Star ferry below Fira on Santorini

Passengers watch from the top deck as a Blue Star ferry sails past the clifftop town of Fira on its way to Athinios port on Santorini

 

 

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seaview terrace in Imerovigli

Lounge chairs on a seaview hotel terrace in the Imerovigli area of Santorini

 

 

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Amoudi Bay below Oia village on Santorini

Walking the coastal path at scenic Amoudi Bay below Oia on Santorini

 

 

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Perissa beach Santorini

Waves break against the dark sands of Perissa beach on Santorini

 

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mini Greek village souvenir

A Greek village souvenir display at a shop in Fira on Santorini

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