Suites Blue Hotel

“Okay experience -some good points”

Good points: Family run hotel - we usually met the mom, and her two daughters who were at the front desk and they were willing to help and were open to our requests. Swimming pool was very nice and the outdoor area by the pool has been nicely done - lots of seats to enjoy the morning and evening b… more

Good points: Family run hotel - we usually met the mom, and her two daughters who were at the front desk and they were willing to help and were open to our requests. Swimming pool was very nice and the outdoor area by the pool has been nicely done - lots of seats to enjoy the morning and evening breeze. There was a small private hot tub / spa right outside our room. Improvements: Breakfast could be better - there was no fresh fruit sometimes. No bread on one day as the delivery was late. We had reserved a room with an ocean view and they gave us a room with the front door and window facing the parking lot driveway - which was not in the direction of the ocean. The toilet had no seat - it was just the structure. When we first reached the hotel, they asked us if we wanted to pick one of three rooms - the one we stayed in - with one round bed that could sleep three and one twin. Another room that was inland by 5-7 mins walk that was more roomier however with one twin bed in another room and beds for three people one room and that had stairs to get up there, and the third room was in the Blue Suites building, however it was in the back of the building which was not ocean facing at all and no hot tub. We took the first one because of no stairs and we asked them to bring in a roll away twin bed which they did. However it was still not ocean facing and we were too exhausted to argue. We stayed there for three nights. It is a 15 min walk from the hotel up the hill to Fira and the east side of the island which is the scenic slope with the white colored houses. We did not have a car for our stay in Santorini which worked out fine. The buses are AC, and take you to Oia in 20 mins. The bus stop to go to Oia is just behind the hotel (one good thing) and the bus comes every half hour. When you come back from Oia, you have to get off at the main stop in Fira and then walk to the hotel for 15 mins. When we docked at Santorini (we took a ferry from Athens to Santorini), we looked for a shuttle, waited for the shuttle to fill with passengers and it took about 30-45mins to get from the dock to our hotel. We had booked a car initially before we left home, however we realized at the car rental office that the car is manual gear which we are not comfortable driving, so it took time to cancel the car. The car rental rep was upset and angry with us for making him bring the car to the dock. We called the rental company directly and canceled it and there was a minimal charge. So thankfully that went well. If you get a nice room on the east side of Fira facing the caldera, would recomend that for sure. That would get you an amazing view. We booked only a month before our trip and since it was peak time, we booked this hotel as per our needs.

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