Meltemi Village

A fantastic stay in one of the best hotels in Perissa, with lovely friendly staff, particularly Dimitra on Reception who seems to know everything. She has plenty of tips for walks or buses- timetable available. Public transport is cheap. 2.5 euros as ALL buses go to Fira for transfer. To Oia for example would be a further 2 euros. The 'Bus Station' is a chaotic piece of waste ground with a small information desk. The toilet next door is 1 euro for basically a coal bunker with a squat hole -just so you know - go to a café instead! The hotel rooms are all varied. We got a larger room than booked with a small 'whirlpool' in a walled courtyard, sun trap but no view. All very clean with a strong hot shower although no shelves to put toiletries and the hairdryer is not very powerful. The bed was huge and comfy and we had no complaints although our room was pretty basic for a 4 star, we felt. There is a large breakfast room or you can eat outside near the pool with a view of the mountains. A great selection at breakfast, served till 10am and unlimited coffee. The pool is large, clean and no bother getting a sunbed, in May, although these are wooden and tired. The pool is protected from the wind by the stunning palm trees, very restful. Andrei runs the pool bar/café and is a top class guy, playing great music all week too. Check out was 11am but you could use the gym to shower and change if you are later. Check in was a faff as you had to log on to the Wi-Fi to then scan a QR code and then fill in a form and then, queue up to scan your passport and pay the tourist tax. There were at least a dozen people in Reception with all their bags, tired from the flight and transfer and all trying to look for glasses and fill out forms standing up, searching in bags and only Dimitra to sort us oldies out with the tech. Very little seating and no welcome drinks either so this could be improved. I would suggest to not go half board as this entails eating in the same local restaurant, the Atlantis quite near looking out to sea every night, not the Hotel. The food was good and generous but the selection available to the Hotel guests was limited unless you wanted to pay a supplement. (1,2,3 euros etc which was decided on a whim depending what the waiter felt like!) It is not the best value choice as there are loads of different cultural dining experiences along the main beachside street, to suit all budgets. Some restaurants closed at 9pm in May and it was already dark with no streetlights. It did get cooler too. There is a Sand train that travels the full length of the town, beyond the next town and on to the Marina. It was 8 euro return. Regarding the TUI trips, these are very expensive given the cheap buses. The Hotel can provide similar and they give a 20% discount on top so it is worth comparing prices. Some saved 20 euros each on a catamaran trip. We did the Tui 'Simply Santorini' and it was poor, not much to see ,very rushed , bus 30 mins late, although the wine tasting was in a quality establishment. Get the bus to Oia to see the sunset, there is a good view without the crowds from the roadside near the car park, just walk along to the sea view! Be aware that Fira and Oia are totally packed when the cruise ships are in and nowhere is a smoke free zone. Water is bottled but half a euro for 1.5 litres in the supermarket practically next door. The Meltemi cocktail bar is actually next door and has live music and entertainment on certain nights, maybe every night in high season? It has a good atmosphere and the Tui welcome meeting was held there. All in all we had a great time and say thank you to all the staff who kept the place spotless.

Here with Family for a Wedding. Excellent place to stay. Great service. Friendly. Fantastic customer service everywhere. And a special shout out for My Man Andrei. He will always go above and beyond to make you feel relaxed and enjoy your stay. Highly recommend this place.

From arriving at the hotel right through to checkout our stay at the Meltemi was the best experience I've ever received on holiday ever, Me and my partner Caitlin stayed in the past week for both our birthdays (few days apart) and the Lovely staff went above and beyond to make us have a great birthday from putting up banners, balloons and flowers in the room to delivering us free bottles of wine and ice cream to enjoy on our private balcony. The rooms were very clean and quiet and the pool area had plenty of space to sunbath and go for a dip. Special shout out has to go to the gentleman working the pool bar, great character accommodated everything we wanted and gave some lovely recommendations for food and drinks outside the hotel. We will definitely be returning hopefully sooner rather than later

Peaceful resort Staff were super accommodating and friendly. Location was surrounded by all you would need bar/supermarket/bakery. Rooms were clean,modern and well equipped Were cleaned daily. Resort grounds were well maintained and the place had a lovely ambiance and safe feel to it