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Named hotels, restaurants and a summit hike — plus a Crete comparison

This week: six named hotels, five named restaurants, the Profitis Ilias hike, quad-bike routes, honey, a film-locations myth correction, and Santorini vs. Crete.

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Continuing the research-first standard set two weeks ago, this batch names real hotels and restaurants for the first time — the two categories where getting a name wrong, or recommending somewhere that's changed hands or closed, would actually mislead someone.

What's new

  • Stay gained profiles of six established caldera-view hotels (Katikies, Mystique, Andronis Luxury Suites, Grace, Astra Suites, Canaves Oia Suites) and a boutique-vs-chain hotels guide.
  • Food gained profiles of five restaurants consistently recommended for genuinely earning their view premium, plus a Santorini honey guide.
  • Do gained the Profitis Ilias summit hike from Pyrgos, a second coastal walk near Akrotiri, and a quad-bike routes guide.
  • Culture gained a film-locations guide — including a direct correction of the common assumption that Mamma Mia! was filmed here (it wasn't; that's Skopelos and Skiathos) — and a Santorini vs. Crete comparison.

As with the winery and entry-requirements pages, named businesses here were checked against current, independent sources rather than written from memory — and, as always, these details change (ownership, pricing, even whether a place is still open), so treat this as a research starting point. Corrections go to the contact page.


Spotted something out of date, or have a correction? Let us know — we'd rather fix it fast than leave it wrong.