"A beautifully restored mansion with stunning views of Santorini's volcanic caldera, located right in the heart of picturesque Oia."
Just a few steps from the main street of the picturesque village of Oia on Santorini, Sea Captain’s House feels more like the smart home of a naval big-wig than a boutique hotel. It consists of three, grand 19th-century houses built in the traditional Santorini style with Renaissance flourishes. The boutique hotel’s labyrinth of steep staircases and corridors lined with books and statues, and the warm welcome offered by the owners and their two friendly dogs will make you feel instantly at ease.
The facilities
Guests at Sea Captain’s House start their day with a ‘lazy’ champagne breakfast which is served any time on the roof terrace. Ambrosia and Ambrosia & Nectar, the two restaurants run by the boutique hotel’s owners, will send over delicious modern Greek dishes for lunch or dinner on request. And if guests get thirsty whilst soaking up the sun beside the roof-top Jacuzzi, there’s an honesty bar and a small wine cellar that they can help themselves to.
The Sea Captain’s House has recently extended its spa, The Caldera Massage Studio. It now offers an impressive range of treatments including massages, mud treatments, manicures, pedicures, saunas and aromatic baths. It also sells the boutique hotel’s new range of organic beauty products, essential oils, shower gels and josticks.
The suites and private apartments
All three suites at the boutique hotel are spacious and opulent with vaulted ceilings, waxed wooden floorboards and antique, four-poster beds piled high with cushions. Large, marble bathrooms and mini bars packed with complimentary mineral water and soft drinks will make you feel right at home. The Captain’s Suite is the most impressive as it has its own small, flower-filled terrace.
As the boutique hotel has proved very popular and is often fully booked, the owners of Sea Captain’s house have bought two additional houses round the corner to cater to long-stay guests. Falling Stars is a cave house typical of Santorini and Memories House echoes the architecture of the main building. Both have the same panoramic views enjoyed by the boutique hotel and have two bedrooms and two bathrooms, sleeping a maximum of five in each. Minimum stay is one week.
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Address: Oia, Santorini, 84702 Greece
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Address: Oia, Santorini, 84702 Greece
Booking info
Arrival:
Sat 30 Aug 2008
Departure: Sun 31 Aug 2008
No. adults: 2
Departure: Sun 31 Aug 2008
No. adults: 2
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Who stays here
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Come for
- Authentic, elegant rooms that are bigger than the traditional cave-house accomodation in most hotel in Oia
- Some of the best views around that include the caldera and the village of Oia
- The excellent, new Caldera Massages Studio
Not suitable for
- Poolside lounging - there isn't one
- Privacy - the building is overlooked by restaurants and apartments
Awards
HotList of Top 50 New Hotels in the World in Conde Nast 04
Children
The Sea Captain's House does not accept children under the age of 13 years old at any time.
Eating in
Ambrosia and Ambrosia and Nectar are considered two of the best restaurants on the island for authentic gourmet food. Both are run by the same owners of Sea Captain's House so they cater to the guests for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
