Santorini, Thira, Stroggili, or Santa Irini, are many diffenent names for the same beautiful island I visited with my wife for our Honeymoon. After reading hundrends 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 flights from Athens to Santorini airport. But the second part.. yes, how to choose the right hotel among hundrends one?

Therefore, I started searching hotels with 5 and 4 stars rating. Guess what? There were still around 100 hundrend 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 is located to one of the cornerstones of the island, about 15min. by car from Fira, 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 this helped.. The answer is simple. While I was reading it I saw an article regarding Santorini island, and the journalist recommended a new family running hotel near Akrotiri!The name of the hotel was Astarte suites.

So I google and found it, it was just perfect for our Honeymoon.

I booked the Junior suite with Private Jacuzzi for 7nights.

Upon arrival to Santorini airport there was a driver from the hotel, who transfered us to Astarte suites. After about 10minutes we were there.

The best view from all the time we were in the car was just infront of the hotel. We went down the steps. The very kind receptionist showed us the way to our suite. As we were going towards the suite, there it was.. The infinity pool with the most relaxing sunbeds ever.

Our suite had a huge bed and a private Jacuzzi with Swarofski stones!!

Then the chef came in and welcomed us with champagne and some fresh fruits. Just perfect. This was like being in Paradise.

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