Santo Miramare Beach Resort

This is a beautiful, fairly new resort. It is on the far side (Southeast) of the island of Santorini, away from the hordes of tourists and gift shops in Oia and Thira. Spend a half-day touring Oia and Thira, then come here to escape the crowds, relax, and swim for the rest of your visit. The room was spacious with a small balcony overlooking the courtyard and pool, and a view of the nearby ocean. It's a 3-4 minute walk to reach the beach, which is immediately adjacent to the resort. There are several pools, but the ocean here is beautiful. The bathroom was large with a really nice shower. The tap water on Santorini is non-potable, but large bottles of water were available at the nearby (5 minute walk) mini-mart for 1 Euro per 1.5 liter. We needed about a bottle/day. The mini-mart also has a nice selection of sunscreens, as well as other sundries. The reception staff at the resort were friendly, welcoming, and helpful. The buffet breakfast was varied and excellent. The resort offers a buffet dinner as well, but we preferred to eat (for about the same price) at the row of nearby restaurants along the beachfront. These are only a 2 minute walk from the resort. At the restaurants we had delicious meals of grilled fish and seafood, grilled souvlaki, grilled lamb, traditional Greek salads, and inexpensive Greek wines. The waiters were gracious, friendly, and spoke multiple languages. The resort also offers light fare from the pool bar during the day, and will take and deliver orders to you right on the beach. Christina, who serves the beach area, was gracious and friendly!

Everything was great. Staff was great. Breakfast was very good, but some more fruits would be great. Parking along local street, but there was no problem. Beach with umbrellas and sunbeds free for hotel guests. Overall hotel very nice and clean. Need for car to move around the island.

Excellent setting, great staff, food was also really good quality and plenty of it. The pools were freezing though, but are probably a lot better in the height of summer and there wasn't any restrictions on the very noisy guests who were still making everyone's sleep miserable, at gone 1.00 in the morning! They should have a quiet rule for after 11.00 for the children who need to be in bed and are trying to sleep. It was very clean though and well maintained.

Very friendly and helpful staff, variety of swimming pools, great location right in front of the beach, with a number of restaurants close by.

We arrived late at night and there was a person there to greet us and help us in any way he could. It was a great start to a long trip over. The staff continued to impress for the 3 days we were there. Breakfast was pretty good, not the greatest, but perfectly fine. The pool was great, and the beach across the street was nice too. Location was a little far from Oia and Fira, but just ask the hotel to arrange a taxi and it's so easy. Not crazy expensive either. So, overall, the hotel was great for a family to relax and to also have access to the tourist spots if they choose.