The Top 51 Hotels Near Istoria Hotel

Most Santorini hotels make you pick your view: black sand beach or caldera. Istoria refuses the choice, running two properties at once, a beachside cluster in Perivolos and cave-house suites on the cliffs at Firostefani. The design goes well beyond the island's obligatory white and blue, leaning into earth tones and handmade textures. Each suite comes with a plunge pool or hot tub. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.

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The pool sits close enough to the black volcanic sands of Kamari Beach that it functions as a second Aegean, reflecting the cliffs right back at you. This seasonal villa hotel holds 27 suites that read as a contemporary riff on Cycladic architecture: smooth stucco and curving archways outside, pressed cement floors and built-in low beds within. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key. Cocktails at the outdoor bar are made with organic spirits and local fruit, which sounds like a press release but lands as a good drink.

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A handful of classic Cycladic village buildings in Pyrgos Kallistis, kept low and quiet while the rest of Santorini competes for your attention. This small boutique suite hotel fits out each room with a sea-facing terrace or patio, a kitchenette, and in some cases a private hot tub, so there's less reason than usual to leave. Breakfast arrives daily, a small spa handles the rest, and the hosts will sort you a sailing trip or wine tour if cream-and-white silence starts to feel insufficient.

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Converted from a 15th-century winery, this five-star resort in the quieter medieval village of Megalohori trades caldera views for vineyards, courtyards, and a pace that doesn't require elbowing past tour groups. White villas, spare furnishings, and generous sitting areas make up the rooms. The wine cellar runs regular tastings, and the Canava Wine Bar, two restaurants, and an Elios spa mean staying put feels less like a compromise and more like the plan all along.

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Ten suites perched high above Pyrgos, each with its own pool and a caldera view that unfolds in every direction rather than in close-up. This small, couples-only hotel is run by an owner-architect, so the interiors are quiet but considered. Breakfast arrives to your terrace, dinner is the only moment you meet anyone, and a sundown cocktail with the volcano in the distance turns out to be non-negotiable.

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Breakfast arrives each morning on heirloom china, which is a good indication of how Nelya Suites operates. A small-scale boutique hotel perched on Santorini's caldera cliffs near Megalochori, it has a handful of suites and a standalone villa, all crisp white with Cycladic shapes and private terraces that look straight down at the water. Some have open-air Jacuzzis. The view is the kind that makes you forget whatever you were planning to do today.

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Most Santorini stays hand you a whitewashed ledge and call it a view. Erosantorini is a private estate with enough land to split its infinity pool across three terraced levels, each one looking out over the caldera. Suites come with outdoor Jacuzzis or plunge pools and often get booked together as one sprawling villa. An open-air kitchen and dining pavilion give the whole thing the feel of a house party you planned months in advance.

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The centerpiece is a 50-meter L-shaped infinity pool, and the caldera is nowhere in sight. This minimalist resort in Mesaria trades the cliffside cliché for a village-like cluster of modern buildings that nod to local vernacular without cosplaying it. Rooms and bungalows lean into organic materials and plush bedding, many with private plunge pools. The spa pushes the aesthetic further, and the dining runs from high-end modern Greek to poolside casual.

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Five cave-carved suites tucked into lower Fira's quieter cliffs, each one facing the Aegean, most angled so sunset arrives directly on your private terrace. This is a small, romantic boutique hotel with Michelin's one Key, built into volcanic limestone in the old yposkafa tradition. Whitewashed walls curve around stone and minimalist Cycladic furniture, and breakfast lands at your door each morning. Fira's restaurants are a short walk away, so you're never stranded.

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Perched at the southern tip of the caldera rim near Akrotiri, this boutique hotel sits closer to the red beach and the Minoan ruins than most of its cliff-hugging neighbors. The suites lean loft rather than cave, with clean lines and modern finishes where others lean into whitewash and rustic stone. Every room gets a private terrace, a private pool, and a caldera view, which leaves very little to argue about over breakfast.

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Fifteen suites cut into the caldera cliffs at the southern tip of Santorini's crescent, each with a private terrace and jacuzzi angled toward the volcano. This is a boutique clifftop hotel for adults only, quiet enough that the restaurant is named for the Greek word for "speechless." Hermès amenities, king beds, and a central infinity pool handle anyone the private plunge pools don't. The car service keeps the rest of the island within reach when the view stops being enough.

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Cycladic whitewash and modernist geometry turn out to want the same things, and Grace Hotel makes the case by barely trying. The 23-room boutique property cascades down the cliffs of Imerovigli in terraces, most rooms carrying their own plunge pool and the upper suites adding a private terrace to the arrangement. The infinity pool and the caldera beyond it do most of the selling. A Forbes Four Star and a Michelin Key, adults only, open spring through autumn.

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Whitewashed archways open onto a courtyard with palm trees, bougainvillea, and an antique tiled fountain, which is a strong first impression for a hotel built inside a former monastery. Katikies Garden is a boutique hotel in Fira, holding a Michelin Key, with suites in white, silver, and deep emerald green, all with private patios. A rooftop pool looks out over the village, the sea, and the mountains, in case the courtyard wine bar wasn't enough.

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A cluster of centuries-old whitewashed villas perched above Fira's caldera, Aigialos is a small boutique hotel where the décor skews toward original period antiques rather than the usual linen-and-concrete minimalism Santorini has made its signature. Marble floors, balconies facing the Aegean, and rooms that feel genuinely old because they are. A small shared pool and round-the-clock room service keep it from feeling too much like a museum.

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The only splash of red on Santorini's white caldera rim, this small boutique hotel makes its point early: four suites decorated in warm neutrals and colorful art instead of the obligatory all-white palette, and a French fine dining restaurant on site, which is not something you find everywhere on a Greek island. With just four suites, the pool stays genuinely uncrowded, and two rooms come with private Jacuzzis aimed at the caldera.

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Perched at the lower edge of Firostefani, this boutique hotel sits right on the caldera cliff, and the infinity pool seems to float somewhere between the volcanic rock and the sky. Cave suites have arched ceilings in the classic Cycladic style, and some suites add a private plunge pool. The interiors keep the obligatory white and blue but wear them with unusual restraint. The Michelin Guide selected it among its hotels.

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Dark grey stone and cave-shaped rooms signal that this luxury hotel in Imerovigli isn't just borrowing the caldera view as wallpaper. The volcanic palette deliberately echoes the black sand beaches below, giving the place a moody elegance most whitewashed neighbors skip. Every room, even at entry level, comes with sea views from the bed and an outdoor Jacuzzi. Butler service, an infinity pool, and a Michelin Key round out a place that takes Santorini's drama seriously.

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Five freestanding cliff-top houses above the Aegean, each decorated around a different obsession, from Royal Copenhagen porcelain to original sketches of Rudolf Nureyev. This small hotel in Firostefani is essentially a collection of private mini-museums where you also happen to sleep, surrounded by antique furniture, Byzantine icons, and the occasional Picasso ceramic. Minimalism went the other direction entirely here, and the sunsets are as advertised.

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Only three villas occupy this hillside retreat, each built by hand because no machinery could reach the slope. That constraint became the concept: contemporary minimalism shaped around the caldera view rather than competing with it, earth-tone accents and cloud-white walls keeping the drama firmly outside. Each villa has its own kitchen, veranda, infinity spa tub, and a chef available on request. Intimate doesn't quite cover it.

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Named for the volcanic rock beneath it, Magma Resort sits on Santorini's outer edge facing the Aegean rather than the famous caldera, which means fewer selfie sticks and considerably more elbow room. Suites sprawl to genuinely generous dimensions, most with private hot tubs or plunge pools, and the interiors lean toward warm neutrals over the cave aesthetic that elsewhere passes for charm. A central infinity pool, spa, beach club, and several dining options keep most guests happily on-site.

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Two units. That's it. WeSense Santorini is less a hotel than a very private house-share situation perched in Imerovigli, the village locals call the balcony of Santorini, where the caldera views are among the closest and highest on the island. A cave suite and a cave villa, both modern and uncluttered, each with an outdoor jacuzzi. Breakfast arrives daily; everything else, meaning the restaurants and the sunset crowds, is a short walk away.

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Perched at the highest point of Santorini's caldera rim, this boutique hotel in Imerovigli makes a deliberate choice: let the view win. Rooms are stripped to white, furnishings clean-lined and quiet, so the deep blue beyond the window becomes the only decor that matters. The cliffside pool offers what you'd expect given all that, and the poolside restaurant handles lunch and dinner. Note that children under thirteen can't stay here.

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Carved into the caldera rim at Imerovigli, this boutique cave hotel digs its suites into the volcanic rock face, with polished cement floors, Coco-Mat beds, and private jetted pools cut from the bedrock in the upper categories. An 11-metre saltwater infinity pool bleeds into the Aegean at one end. Each evening a biscuit arrives with a philosopher's quotation, which is either charming or a lot, depending on the day.

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A boutique hotel of just a handful of suites cut into the hillside at Imerovigli, with caldera views that make it difficult to justify leaving your terrace. Each suite comes with its own plunge or private pool, and breakfast arrives to your room since there's no restaurant to bother with. Whitewashed cave-like interiors meet quietly modern furnishings, and the concierge handles everything from dinner reservations to sailing trips for the days you do venture out.

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Every suite at this boutique hotel in Imerovigli faces the caldera, with a private terrace and enough white plaster and sea-glass tilework to make you feel like you've wandered into a very comfortable dream. The loft-style rooms have domed ceilings; step up and you get an open-air plunge pool. The larger pool has a sleek bar beside it, and the restaurant terrace at sunset is, predictably, impossible to leave.

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Perched at one of Santorini's highest points, this caldera-view resort is built around the idea that you should never feel rushed to be anywhere. Every suite comes with a private infinity plunge pool, and the villas stretch to three or four bedrooms without losing the view. The Kallos Spa and the restaurant Throubi fill whatever hours the caldera doesn't claim. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.

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Each of the 29 suites and villas is carved into Santorini's caldera cliffs, with whitewashed cave curves, a private infinity pool or hot tub, and an Aegean view that makes it genuinely hard to unpack. This Forbes Five Star boutique hotel in Oia leans into the romance so deliberately that guests tend to go quiet on arrival, which is probably the point. A cliffside restaurant and a spa tunneled into the rock round out the case for not leaving.

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Ten suites carved directly into the volcanic rock, each one framing its own slice of the caldera, give this Imerovigli cave hotel its name and its whole reason for being. Jacuzzis tuck into open-air terraces or right at the cave mouth, a wellness area burrows deeper underground, and the restaurant climbs back up to the rooftop for the widest possible views. Living inside a cliff turns out to suit a Santorini holiday rather well.

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Whitewashed rooms spill down the volcanic cliffside in Oia, each with a private terrace angled toward the caldera. This boutique hotel holds a Michelin Key and a Forbes Four Star, and the design earns both: spare interiors with antiques and marble kept deliberately modest, so nothing competes with the view. Three infinity pools make it easy to stay planted for the day, with dining options ranging from poolside casual to an open-air terrace restaurant. No one under 13 admitted.

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Every suite comes with a Jacuzzi and a private balcony, and the entry-level option already feels like showing off. This clifftop resort in Imerovigli runs on Cycladic minimalism, white geometry stacked above the caldera, with an open-air pool bar and a signature restaurant that locals treat as a destination on their own. The sister property to a beloved Mykonos hotel, it applies the same formula: effortless exclusivity, a hip young staff, and views that make the sunset feel personal.

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Fourteen cliffside suites cling to the caldera rim in Oia, each with a private veranda where a heated jacuzzi or infinity pool points directly at the Aegean. The whitewashed Cycladic architecture is exactly what you expect, but the elevation here keeps the sunset unobstructed and the postcard view entirely your own. The Black Rock Restaurant leans into the island's volcanic soil with a contemporary Greek menu, and the Harmonia Spa is on hand when the views stop being relaxing. Forbes Four Star.

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Perched on the cliffside village of Imerovigli, this all-suite hotel stacks the Nobu brand's signature minimalism against the caldera views Santorini was made famous by. Every suite comes with a king bed and a private terrace, and many add a plunge pool, which takes the edge off the existential weight of looking at that much ocean. The restaurant does Nobu's Peruvian-Japanese cooking with a nod to the Greek pantry, open-air, facing the view.

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Most hotels in Oia face the caldera; this all-suite resort quietly turns its back on the crowd and looks northwest over the open Aegean instead. The sunsets hold up fine. Every suite comes with a private infinity pool, and the spa, Evexia, runs larger than anything comparable on the island. A Michelin Key recognizes the property. The poolside bar, inexplicably named Pacman, handles cocktails and occasional DJ nights without losing the mood.

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Carved into the cliffs above Oia in traditional Cycladic style, this suite-only hotel holds a Michelin Key and a reputation for doing the quintessential Santorini formula with unusual precision. Every suite has a private veranda, the infinity pool hangs over the Aegean, and the poolside restaurant turns out fresh Greek cooking without competing with the view. Children under 13 aren't welcome, which tells you exactly the pace of life on offer.

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Restored cave dwellings perched into the Santorini cliffs, once stables and fishermen's homes, now a 21-suite boutique hotel with whitewashed vaulted ceilings, arched doorways, and not a television anywhere. The infinity pool at sunset is the kind of thing people move their flights for. The restaurant, a former wine cellar, does candlelit poolside dinners. Perivolas holds a Michelin Key.

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Eight suites perched on the cliffs of Oia, each with handmade furniture, whitewashed interiors, and a balcony pointed squarely at the caldera sunset. This boutique hotel holds a Michelin Key and leans hard into island indulgence: private infinity pools, outdoor hot tubs, and a 69-foot yacht named Alexandros available for charter. For anyone who finds a regular sun lounger insufficiently dramatic, Santorini has found its natural habitat here.

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Cave suites styled like backstage dressing rooms, where makeup chairs face mirrors and linens drape like gowns, set the tone at this adults-only boutique hotel in Finikia, a quieter village just outside Oia's postcard stampede. Part of the Domes Finds collection, it runs sixteen rooms, a sun-washed pool, and a boutique carrying Greek designers and cult resortwear. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.

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Calling itself a summerhouse takes some nerve when every one of the twelve suites looks straight out over the caldera, but Hom Santorini earns the casual confidence. This cliffside hotel in Oia keeps a footwear-optional, drinks-anytime register while delivering marble bathrooms, cave suites carved into volcanic rock, and an infinity pool whose edge lines up with the horizon just enough to annoy the swimmers.

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Plunge pools come standard in every suite here, including the entry-level ones, which the hotel calls "Iconic" with a straight face. Saint is an all-suite luxury boutique hotel perched in Oia, where whitewashed terraces step down the caldera cliff like an amphitheater pointed at a volcano. The interiors lean modernist rather than cave-dark, and a spa, an infinity-pool restaurant, and two yachts for hire round out a property that takes Santorini's greatest hits and turns the dial.

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Thirty-six suites and five villas tumble down a Santorini cliffside in Oia, all of them angled so that every terrace catches the caldera. The layout is a little labyrinthine, by design, which gives the place an odd, pleasantly secretive feel. Some suites come equipped with in-room workout machines, for guests who can resist a volcanic sunset for exactly that long. A poolside bar and a cliff-edge terrace restaurant handle the rest. A predictable honeymoon favorite, and probably the site of a few hastily revised travel plans.

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Every room at this Oia boutique hotel looks straight onto the caldera, which sounds like a given until you realize how many properties fudge it. La Perla leans Cycladic but swaps the predictable blue-and-white for deeper greens, violet, and gray. Entry-level rooms have a veranda and the view; higher tiers add plunge pools or a private infinity pool. A restaurant handles Greek breakfast through seafood-forward Mediterranean dinners without missing a step.

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Each suite comes with a private plunge pool and a caldera view that makes it genuinely difficult to leave the terrace. This boutique clifftop hotel in Oia is carved into the volcanic rock, with whitewashed walls, curving archways, and an infinity pool hanging over the Aegean. The family behind it has been converting cave dwellings into sleek retreats for decades, and the scale stays intimate enough that it never feels like a resort swallowing you whole.

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Cave houses carved into Santorini's volcanic cliffs have been repurposed since the 1980s, and this boutique hotel in Oia is where that particular story started. Four levels of whitewashed Cycladic rooms step down the caldera face, each with a private veranda and views that make it genuinely difficult to leave. An infinity pool with half-submerged loungers faces the sea, and the on-site restaurant is timed, not accidentally, to catch the sunset.

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Suites carved directly into the caldera cliffs at Oia, each with a private infinity pool that disappears into the Aegean below. This boutique hotel sits at the heart of Santorini's most photographed village, yet the rock-cut layout keeps things genuinely secluded, which is a neat trick. Sunset views come without the crowd that gathers at the famous viewpoint a short walk away. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.

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Four suites in a cliffside Oia house with caldera views, no reception desk, and jacuzzis on every terrace. This is a tiny boutique hotel that leans hard into the fantasy: antique woodwork, gilded mirrors, and a baroque decorating instinct that Santorini's usual whitewashed minimalism rarely allows. The scale keeps it from tipping into excess. Seasonal, open March through mid-December, and the kind of place where the view was always going to do most of the talking.

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Eighty-three suites and two villas perched on Oia's northern tip, each with a private heated jacuzzi or pool, because apparently just the Aegean wasn't enough. Santo Pure is a luxury resort that sits just outside town, quiet enough that the island's crowds feel theoretical. Six pools, a spa with hammam and cryotherapy, and a terrace restaurant whose name translates loosely to "the sun that sinks into the sea," which the view does its best to justify nightly.

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While every other hotel in Oia points its terrace toward the caldera like a good tourist, this boutique resort quietly faces the other way, out toward Thirasia and the open sea. A mile from town, it reads more like a private island than a hotel, with stone and gray breaking the usual Cycladic white. Villas start at 45 square meters and every one comes with a plunge pool. The infinity pool and its sea view are the main event.

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Every room at this Oia resort comes with its own private pool, which keeps the peace when you're traveling with children and also when you're not. Rooms run neutral and calm, while bungalows and villas open up for families. The rooftop restaurant is a Thessaloniki outpost with a focus on biodynamic Greek wines. Adults get a spa and indoor pool to themselves; kids get two outdoor pools and a club to disappear into.

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Liostasi has an open-air cinema on its terrace, which tells you most of what you need to know about the ambition here. It's a boutique hotel on Ios, a Cycladic island slightly off the tourist stampede, and every room comes with a balcony view over the harbor. Whitewashed walls meet contemporary art inside, a couple of suites have plunge pools, and there's an Elemis spa for the afternoons when the pool stops being enough.

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Folegandros is the Cyclades for people who find Santorini a bit much, a remote island where the cliffs and the silence do most of the talking. ANEMI is a 44-room boutique hotel in Karavostasis open May through September, with white-walled rooms, large-scale art above the bed, and verandahs over the bay. Kitchens in every room and private pools in some suites make leaving optional. The on-site restaurant, under a trellis beside a saltwater pool, handles the rest.

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Folegandros sits between Santorini and Paros and gets a fraction of the traffic, which is more or less the point. Gundari is a clifftop resort of 27 suites and villas built from rock quarried on the property, low enough that it barely interrupts the skyline. Every suite spills onto a private terrace with an infinity pool and sea views that make leaving feel like a poor decision. The spa, the farm-to-table restaurant, and a swim-up pool are there when the deck eventually loses its appeal.

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