THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTORINI HOTELS (Watch this before you book your stay)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- Traveling to Santorini? There are SO MANY hotels but they are NOT created equal. Before you book your Santorini hotel, you'll need to decided everything that's important to you like budget, sunset view, infinity pool, cave pool, oia location and more.
Join us for how to budget Santorini (time, location and money).
IN THIS VIDEO
00:00 THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTORINI HOTELS
01:15 Santorini Luxury Hotel Room Tour - Cave Room
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04:21 Santorini Luxury Hotel Tour
04:30 Santorini Hotel Infinity Pool
05:23 How to search for a hotel room in Santorini
06:21 Book a Santorini Hotel with Sunset View (oops)
08:56 The best Santorini Dinner with a view
10:37 Is a luxury Santorini hotel worth it?
11:30 Santorini on a Budget
11:45 Santorini Budget Hotel Tour
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13:20 Perissa Beach
15:10 Budget Grocery Shopping on Santorini
17:34 Cliff Jumping Amoudi Bay
18:54 Hiking between Oia and Fira
19:45 Sunset at Akrotiri Lighthouse
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so glad you all support greece economy by coming here for vacations.You can watch my shopping vlog and by comparing the prices in our supermarket with the basic salary of 500 euros,you will see what bad politicians have done to us.
Interesting about Santorini: th-cam.com/video/H2bh91MGdDE/w-d-xo.html
I live pretty close to Greece, a few hours drive but this place is not reflecting Greece at all I can tell. I wouldn’t really visit it. I am a big fan of cultures and local people.
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Which place were you staying at Santorini?
While I'm glad for the cash flow it brings, as a greek, I'll never understand the appeal of santorini. Not even good, forget amazing, beaches, overpriced and overcrowded, architecture type not limited to this island. I spent my summers from middle school to highschool sailing the ionian and agean, the price is just not justified. Want amazing sunsets? Corfu, Parga, Lefkada. Amazing beaches and water? Zakynthos, Paxos, Skiros, Milos. Rent your own boat for a day with 60usd and pick your own private beach. And with the price tag on one night here you can get 6 elsewhere with a sunset view and a pool bigger than 500sqft. I appreciate the content, though. If you want to visit Greece again my no 1 recommendation is Parga and surrounding areas
Hi Isabelle, thanks a lot for your advices! I'll keep these in mind.
Since I plan on visiting soon your beautiful country on with my motorcycle (I live in Switzerland), do the islands that you cited have nice roads to enjoy on a bike (like nice scenery, etc.)? Would you have particular recommendations in this regard?
Thanks in advance!
Need to know more about the boat idea; I always wanted to share 8-10 days on a sail boat w 6-8 ppl and do island hoping. At least a skipper +1crew on that sail boat :-) any ideas how to go about it?
Parga and the west coast is beautiful and green. Santorini and Mykonos it’s so dry and baron
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This!!!!
As a Greek, I was sitting at the edge of my seat until @11:40. It is crazy hearing some tourists call Greece expensive and when you ask them where in Greece they've been it's usually along the lines of a 5-star-StealTouristMoney Hotel in Santorini or Mykonos. The reality is you can live big in Greece on just 10-30% of the average budget tourists spend here. All you have to do is either a very basic research on where you want to go and why, or ask someone Greek for advice. Most Greek people can't tolerate staying in Santorini for more than a few days (as a once in a lifetime experience, or once every 10 years), and never in their lifetime even approach Mykonos. There is a good reason for that.
By "tolerate" he means afford*
@@eleftheriosmas By tolerate I mean tolerate. And I said it cause it gets really boring on most small islands after a few days for Greek standards.
What the thing with Mykonos? As a Greek, which destination off the beaten tourist track you would recommend?
@@teodorachasse1121 To be honest there are too many choices for different kind of appetites. Places better for night life, places to chill, places to travel around, good food, and so on, so it really depends on what you're looking. But from my experience only Mykonos and Santorini are over the top priced. Crete for example is a very big island worth visiting, and Chania is very beautiful. But there are also many others.
Totally agree with this. We just stayed in Paros, Naxos and Milos at incredible luxury hotels with sea views for about a quarter of the nightly rate of our Santorini hotel. Santorini is definitely a bucket list item, but once you've seen the caldera, you can opt for the islands that are somewhat less flooded with American and (pre-covid) Chinese tourists.
As someone who lived in Santorini for many years, and owner of a luxury travel management company who deals with the top hotels and villas on the Greek islands, I can say that most tourists wants to stay at the well-known hotels that they see on social media, which are almost always costly. However, my tips for new visitors is just to look for villas which offers amazing views and are situated in incredible locations around the islands...there is everything to suit everyones price range. And i would highly recommend booking 2 or 3 different villas or hotels in different locations for the duration of your stay, as you get to experience more variety of the islands - there are always something new to explore and experience without having to be trampled on at the touristy spots during peak season.
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So you mean 2-3 different places on the same island??
Any recommendation on where I can find this cheaper villas? :)
Where do I find those villas
what hotels/areas of Santorini would you recommend?
This is the first time I’ve come across one of your videos and I’m not even half way through it and already appreciate your very candid review. I love that you aren’t trash talking the location, but simply offering alternative options for comparison. I’m happily now a subscriber and cannot wait to dive in and watch all of your videos!! Santorini or the Greek Islands in general is on my list… so perfect timing!! Thank you
This is really neat to see the comparison of the price points. Totally going with the amazing budget versions and free sunset spots!
When my wife and I were in Nassau, Bahamas. Super expensive. We would wait outside the hotel for the local bus into the city. Two dollars twenty. We would sit in the front of the hotel in a nice parkette with palm trees, and flowers, and just enjoy the views drinking a few local beers. We would take the local bus through the island, and just stop, enjoy the ocean views, buy a few more local beers, or rum, or both, lol and enjoy. We had a great time, mixing in the economy, with middle-class status restaurants. The expensive hotels, are great to visit, or even grab one drink to enjoy the experience
this is the FIRST vid I have come across from you guys! Was amazingly put together! thank you for the raw footage!
You are so correct, exactly three years ago in April I traveled to Greece on a solo trip, I did a few days in Santorini and stayed at a wonderful boutique hotel in imerovigli for less than 100usd per night, nice breakfast included, i loved my stay, and the caldera was steps away and no crowds around my room or the area, hello from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 🇹🇹 😄😄
I love this video for so many reasons but to see you guys went from sleeping in a tent IN A CAVE in Vietnam to this is just amazing!
Absolutely stunning video, like in the old days of your travels, great choice of music, good filming guys.. enjoyed it.
Gosh, I was getting a bit depressed, and then voila budget digs! Thank you for taking care of the rest of us. You guys are so cute and appreciate all the little details and handy info!!
this is my first time here, and I love the authenticity of your reviews. no additional hype, jus the real experiences, thoughts and emotions. Beautiful!!
Loved your video and a different perspective! We were there last month and although we loved it, we got crushed by the hordes of people watching the sunset at Oia! In the busy season, I'd recommend staying in one of the little towns near Fira, like Firostefani. It looked really cute, much less crowded and had some great restaurants!
I work as a seasonist in a very expensive hotel in Imerovigli.
The hotel is owned by a group of hotels that they also provide other services like yachting etc. Exclusivity and quality service as well as a suite curved in the rocks is what makes this kind of vacation pricey. This doesn't mean that a budget stay will ruin your experience, not at all. Thank you for covering this topic, wish you the best.
We just came back from Santorini. I found quiet hotel in Akrotiri, we paid 400€ for two people, for 4 nights (breakfast included). Our hotel was great, location was even better (for us) than Oia/Fira because it wasn't so crowded and that was what we were looking for. We rent a car so we could get to the capital in about 15 min.
I’m so thankful I found this channel!! Awesome video
Hi Tim and Fin!
Another spectacular video! 🤩
And yes, food tastes better when you take it around the world 🌎
I just found y'all and I subscribed half way into video. I like to ball on a budget. I'm all about cheap hotels and spending my money on experiences. Thanks for keeping it 💯
As Greek and working in customer service in Santorini i would have to say some useful tips, if someone is on budget.
1. Stay no longer than 3-4 days.
2. Take a bus from the crowded central station in fyra , ticket costs 1,60 one way to imerovigli oia kamari perisa.
2 euros to port or from , ( be careful , coins only) and the ticket collectors are shouting for the departing bus so pay attention to them.
3. Santorini has a great connection with ferrys
Take a ferry to either Mylos Crete Naxos from Naxos another one to koufonisia donousa skinousa ( for unique Beaches) or to folegandros( great chora) , ios ( party island and also for relaxation)etc ( those islands are in Cyclades ) Greece generally has numerous of habitat or inhabit island s each of them has its ID.
4. Shop from big supermarket chains as like sklavenitis.in fyra .
5. Walk from fyra to imerovigli through fyrostefani , 30 min . From oia to imerovigli walk is about 3 hours. ( Try this route)
Yaghting is up to you, ideal is to go as a group and to book a cruise either from pireaus , Santorini,leros,crete etc or wherever in Greece compare prices make burgains and plan a 20+ day's for experience in most of the islands .
6. Santorini is truly worth visiting once, its a Instagramic island , but you have to know that it doesn't represent local genuine hospitality, smaller and less habitat islands ( touristic) have a sence to it.
Greece is an amazing country but due to luck of knowledge people find themselves trapped into the same destinations , Santorini, Mykonos, mylos, crete, Rhodes, zante, Corfu, chalkidiki, kos, paros.
And don't even know islands as like ,
Koufonisia, paxi, antipaxi, symi, leros, karpathos, anafi, amorgos, astypalaia, nisyros, alonisos, skiathos, and so on .
If youre coming to Santorini is a great experience, but try to visit more gems less touristic.
Thank you so much for this! We are traveling to Santorini for the first time in May. Very helpful. It seemed like you guys were having a lot of fun as well.
Amazing Vid, Can’t wait to go to some of these places! Learn so much from all your vids! Thank You!
Nice comparison between properties and great tip about the sunset ... or lack thereof at the expensive hotel.
I would never have thought of that ahead of time.
New subscribers here. Love your guys' take on travel, budgets, adventures, and mishaps. We pay for all of our travel and feel like it's important to really discuss what's worth it and what's just to say you did it.
I've been in Santorini few years ago and found yours are one of the best (and more honest) videos on TH-cam. Congrats
Absolutely LOVE your videos and adore you guys!
Amazing video guys, I'm preparing my travel to santorini and appreciate this so much.
Just came across your video and it was very helpful for our trip in 2022. Thank you very much for the info! Merry Christmas🎄🎅
We love your videos! So fun. And appreciate the insider budget travel tips!
Amazing idea & great video! Thank you for sharing luxury and budget options!)))
I simply loved watching your video showing those locations and pointing some helpful hints. Great content! Im now a subscriber. Well done!!!
Thanks for this video!
Planning a trip to Santorini this spring/summer. Love the insight.
I went to Santorini a month ago and stayed in Perissa. The cost difference between Oia and Perissa for food and drink is staggering
When you guys popped out the wine on a plastic bottle in an unpretentious place you definitely grabbed my heart ❤️
Loved the video guys, great presentation, high quality production and highly informative! Keep it going :)
this is amazing guys! we have just been in Greece for the first time, couple weeks ago. So we can fully relate. Santorini is such an amazing experience but expensive thats for sure. :)... Love the video guys, gonna follow your guys journey :) we have just started the youtube journey. we have subbed! :D
AMAAAZING video guys! so full of good info, thx!
This is an awesome video and have been making notes, thanks for this great content & us budget travellers appreciate it🤩👌🏾
What an amazing video! Thank you
This was very helpful and your trip looked lovely!
Thank you for this, very well done!
Oh man! This made me so happy to watch! I can't wait to get over there again once Australia opens up. Thanks guys, you rock!
Thank you for your honesty and great pics.
Been to Santorini many times, and always stay in Perissa at The Villa Valvis, between the main road and the beach. It's a 5 minute walk to Tranquillo ( the orange bar in the video) Probably the best bar on the island. The salads are humungous.
Great video, thx for all the info + wonderful images. I agree, Santorini is incredible for a >classic Greek vaycay< with all the lovely architecture, beautiful beaches +the chill out music playing everywhere. Can't wait to visit again😍😍
As someone who lived in Europe for 13 years and has traveled extensively, this was a really good blog...with practical information and tips. Thanks
As always I loved this video.... The ending reminded me of a few of my own travels.. Yup those sweet waffle things are tastey, I think I first got them in Frankfurt... But also seems like they passed them out on Hawaiian airlines for snack time. Can't wait for your next bucket list ideas!! :)
Really liked the video and the way it is informative yet intersting. Made me felt like a part of it!
Nicely done video 👍
Although Santorini is beautiful, it has become much like a brand name. It's like other parts of Greece or Greek islands don't exist and you're only limited to Santorini. There's other Greek islands just as nice, BUT a whole lot cheaper - Chios and Lesvos They are a large islands and have an array of different beaches, restaurants, and places to explore, but without Santorini's price tag. Someone once said, "An educated consumer (traveler) is our best customer."
Love your channel!
I like you guys always keep your audience in the back of your mind. Well done!
very nice and informative video, done in a extremely comfortable pace. Great job. Thanks for the valuable information, appreciate it.
I’m planning next yr thanks for the info love your vlog
Thank you! Such good info on expensive vs budget.....regardless, it’s beautiful!
This was such a beautiful and exciting video. Love the inclusion of costly & affordable places/things
🙏 I used to spend 6 entire months on that gorgeous island back in 2009, working as a tour rep. Happy times, lucky me
🥰 Most certainly one of my top 5 favourite places in the world.
Just to let you know, when one clicks on the link underneath the women's packing list, the men's packing list appears.
Nicely shot . Thank you
Excellent guide! We hope to travel to Santorini soon.
The beauty has no boundaries in this video....
Your upload is irresistible.
My words are less to describe it.
I love how vibrant colors are in your video!!!
Looking Gorgeous and you made my day......
Huge subs from us!!!!
I feel like I’ve just been to Santorini. Thank you so much.
just saw this randomly but actually enjoyed it alot earned a new sub
Thanks for doing this! Wish I had this before my trip, but just knowing that it would be helpful to other people- appreciate y'all! Santorini hotel prices range so widely.
I got the first like finally now I'm going to watch your show I love your channel guys thank you for sharing❤😎😁
This is the first video I watch of you guys. I really like the honest view points.
I'm thoroughly enjoying this, so fun and informative!
Thx for making the video, yes the EURO is important but hell yeah, make it gooooo
Thank you for sharing this video! I can't wait to go in April 2023 😀
Lovely video .. Thank you for the share.
Liked and subbed.
Cheers
You guys have really raised the classic “travel video” to a new level! This series was absolutely outstanding! I am sure it must take a ton of time to produce one episode and I just want to say thank you! Great job.
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Also stayed in Perissa and found it lovely. We splurged for a fancy sunset dinner in Oia without the crowds. There is more to the island than Oia as you can see from the video. Well done. ;)
Cooool vid, good on u guys!!!
Thank you for sharing this video. It's really helpful because we are planning to go to Santorini one day. This place is really gorgeous.
Very nice video! Enjoyed watching all of it :)
Tim and Fin are addictive , we can watch them all day I mean look at the places to where they are taking us . But at the same time we can easily become heartbroken when watching that gorgeous hotel with incredible views where prices range between 800 and 1300 euro . Our immediate thought is always the same - can we ever afford that price in an absolutely picture perfect location ? But on the other hand that second hotel for 67 euro with a swimming pool cheered us up because you just can not go wrong with that price and location in Santorini .Also beautiful sunset on the cliffs was icing on the cake .
You can afford it with points.
@@martinasandoval5326 Not so easy with Marriott points. They are more difficult to earn. Many travel hackers used to accumulate thru CC sign ups. But Marriott now limits people to one card. Besides I don't care for Marriott.
Been there, done that. Santorini is absolutely stunning - whatever your budget, it’s worth every penny!
OMG you guys!!! Doing all the research so we don't have to. Didn't know about Perissa Beach. Awesome. This is on Plan A for 2023
Great video. Nice tunes. Your food looked so good on the beach. Great video. Really informative. Beautiful sunset. New subscriber. Thank you for sharing. Have a great week.
Greece is so amazing and beautiful! And, I LOVE the mythological connections!!
Tranquilo, in Perissa (the little place with the orange furniture) is an amazing restaurant that has a ton of Vegan options. Very unique...and the dogs were so adorable! I loved Perissa.
Absolutely loved staying there. I think I had 3 Mango Margaritas for dinner one night. Vlychada was great too.
I learn alot! I am thinking about travel to santorini this may. Seems like I better study some stuff before I go. Thank you!
I loved your ROBE??? in the first part. Loved your videos and the info you provided… A Great job….thank you.
Amazing video!!! Loved the contrast between luxury and budget. The budget version allows us to live out our dreams! I stayed in Perissa too.
One of my wife and I’s favourite ever holidays was spent in Perissa. Let’s put it this way, we stayed at one end of the road! Yes it is literally one road with buildings either side. It was in a small one room studio, cost less than £90.00 for the week! We had the best time. And the young couple next door were Evertonians! So even the neighbours were great! Mind you my wife saved them after they overslept for their flight back to Liverpool! She sleeps light and was awake very early and knew they were still in their room, so managed to raise them in time!
We’ve also done the ‘cave thing’ and it was great….and expensive!
The budget options is amazing! That's seem to be the way to go!
It always comes down to what you think you can afford. If you can do the six-star mega-resorts, go for it, why not? If you can, do the research, spend three nights instead of seven, maximize your down time, travel time, enjoy the local stores, eat local produce instead of restaurant food, buy local beer, instead of restaurant beer, and think about how locals think. In my travels, most tourists tap out, after five days, just killing time until they return home. So enjoy, and be smart, you'd be amazed how far a few euros can take you, enjoying two beers, and a view from a park, or side bench
We just came back from Santorini yesterday. this video is SPOT ON. Monolithos has alos some great hotels at a very good price.
So good! Either way Santorini looks incredible!
I watched all the "best" travel you tubers. You two are great. But your your Greek series was tops in giving the feel for all of the islands you visited - and how to do it!! Can't wait to see what's next.
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Greek over here... I stayed in Perissa with 150€ per night and didn't regret it at all. And the room was actually big. It was the best choice with those money considering we booked it only 3 months earlier. The Perivolos beach was absolutely amazing. I would definitely stay there again. And everything was cheaper there. I'm never gonna give more money to stay anywhere.
Just wanna let you know, I love watching u guys!
practical and enjoyable vlog. good to have an idea of prices
WOW !!!!!!!!! GETTING A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT I DIDNT KNOW ???????? THANK YOU
Thanks for your good amount of honnesty
Thank you for this!!
The budget portion looked amazing 🤩
I got back from Santorini 2 weeks ago & stayed in Firostefani. My holiday was part of a UK holiday package & so whilst it would seem to be more on the expensive side, it was under £2000 for 7 nights including flights & transfers. The hotel I stayed at didn’t have the sunset views but it did have unobstructed views of the sunrise which was equally as stunning. You don’t have to pay £500 per night hotels to experience the best of Santorini.
@@terrystevens5261 so how was it?
this video was really good and so funny! 🌹🌹🌹🌹thanks
we really enjoy your video! Great tips! Thanks! =)
Omg this is so awesome, I guess I'd go for the more budget friendly option especially when I solo travel. $18 for that massive meal? Insane.
I am so saving up for a trip to santorini. Thank you for this ❤
thank you. great video
I'm currently researching/booking a trip to Greece for my wife's 40th. The cost is adding up fast and I've been diving into the youtubes to find some tips and tricks. After discovering ya'll, I'm looking no further. Your advice on Perissa saved me $100's on Santorini alone...booked our nights in Santorini/Perissa after watching this video AND I loved how you showed me/us how to get around on the moped through your scene showing moto manos!! We are already looking forward to a moped ride to watch the sunset at the lighthouse. Can't thank ya'll enough---great job....have fun wherever ya'll are currently at! -- much love from the Lone Star State.
So great to hear! More Greece tips on our website: www.Timandfintravel.com
wow...so professional and transparent. you've got one more subscriber
Thank you for this video! Was looking at Calilo $$