Need to know
Rooms
Three luxuriously appointed villas.
Check–Out
12 noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
More details
Rates usually include à la carte breakfast and a glass of prosecco each on arrival.
Also
The hotel can help with car or bike hire on request and lend out tablets or laptops as needed.
Hotel closed
The hotel closes from November to March each year.
At the hotel
Concierge, laundry service, free WiFi. In rooms: private infinity spa tub, terrace with sunloungers (some villas have two), Bang & Olufsen sound-system, Smart TV, iPod dock, fully-equipped kitchen (with a stove, fridge, cook and tableware, Nespresso coffee machine and tea-making kit, and free bottled water), sun parasols, bathrobes and slippers, Olive Era bath products and individually controlled air-conditioning. Hair straighteners and beach bags are available on request.
Our favourite rooms
Fun fact: each villa (yet-to-be-opened Vita, Omikron, Ro and Alpha) is named after a Greek letter in Vòra’s name, so if you have a corresponding initial you could buddy up. Unfortunately this is the most scientific way we could come up with for choosing between what are equally lovely spaces. Villas Ro and Alpha have the edge for their twin, upper and lower terraces, and Omikron has the largest terrace.
Poolside
Each villa has its own private heated infinity spa tub, which juts out from the cliffside so you feel like you’re floating over the Aegean as you soak. With the caldera stretching out below and the soaring volcanic cliffs either side, it could be the most dramatic hot-tub session you’ll ever have.
Spa
Massages (solo or as a couple) and facials can be carried out in-suite.
Packing tips
Comfy shoes for navigating flights of stairs (those hillside views come at a price), some engrossing books for whiling away afternoons and swimwear to be seen in – the villa terraces are only partially private.
Also
We’d advise vertigo-sufferers to exercise caution – these lodgings are right on the caldera rim.
Children
Precipitous drops and lascivious intentions make this very much an adults-only hideaway.