Villa Ioli Anastasia

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The Villa looked exactly like the pictures. The view is breathtaking. The villas location is perfect near restaurants and a mini grocery store. In order to reach the villa from the street there are only 20 stair steps which is hardly anything like some properties where you hike down 80 + steps. The walk to Fira is about 15-20 minutes. We had asked for the pool to be heated but didnt realize that meant it would be like a hot tub, so we asked for heat to be turned off and then the temperature was just right a little chilly but refreshing. The cave like bedroom was a neat experience and it was always cool but because of the moisture it kept clothes and bed sheets damp.I would have given the villa 5 stars but there were a few things that missed the mark. It does have a kitchen but they do not have good quality control in that there were things that were essential to cooking that were missing such as no forks, no cooking utensils like pancake turner,large cooking spoon, dish soap,kitchen towel,sponge etc. we did make them aware and they did supply items. But took 2 days to get dish soap and sponge never did get kitchen towels. We also had problem with safe in that would not work. The directions read that after putting in your code to push A button but there was no A button. We mentioned to the staff when he happened by and he told us that you were to push the # button and it was blinking because it needed new batteries. A few days went by but no replacement of batteries so on a whim I tried it and it worked. So obviously he replaced batteries but didnt let us know. It would have been nice to heave mentioned it.They will book excursions and private pickup. The rental car agency they picked was very good and accommodating. They did have wrong car a manual instead of automatic. Not sure whose fault it was, the villas or auto rental but the rental agency fixed it right away. We had a very early flight 6:20 am and so had early pickup which they arranged.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : The villa was perfect for two couples as it was large and arranged like 2 apartments each with their its own entrance. The splash pool was great fun and was heated which we needed as the weather was cooler than usual for this time of year. The nearby restaurants were of a very high standard .
  : the weather as we expected it to be much warmer. in general, we enjoyed the restaurants. But we visited a very expensive one in Imeroviglia which we found to be very poor value both in terms of food quality and price.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Amazing view of the caldera, really breath taking with an infinity pool. The view makes for 90% of the apartments value.
  : Signal from the wifi router only available while sitting next to our neighbors door. Literally. The rest of the room had no wifi signal. Since the property is built within the mountain, mobile signal is also unavailable. Stayed two nights without hot water, despite mentioning this to the staff.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : If youre going to stay in firostefani this is a very good location for both uninterrupted views of the ocean and access to most local attractions within a 15 minute walk. We hired both villas and you should note that one is considerably nicer than the other with a two level lay out including a large cave in which you sleep. The pool is perfect if you have booked both villas but it would be slightly small if the other villa was also occupied and you had to share. The pool is not automatically heated but this was not a problem at all with the temperature being above 30 degrees.
  : By far the biggest draw back is the fact that despite a no entry sign and a rope barrier, tourists are constantly looking over the balcony because this is an excellent spot for photography. However, this is very intrusive if you happen to been in the pool or sunbathing. Two more minor points to note would be that the cave bedroom is actually situated below they alley above and therefore you do hear constant drumming until the early hours. The second observation os the close proximity of the two adjoining hotels with the associated risk of noise.In conclusion we think its fair value if you were booking just the one villa but perhaps slightly on the expensive side of you want the entire property exclusively.