Ducato Di Oia

This boutique hotel puts you right in the middle of Santorini’s most famous village, with those blue domes, winding lanes and caldera views you’ve seen a million times on Instagram. Step outside and you’re moments from Oia’s boutiques, jewellery shops and cafés, plus cliffside paths where you can wander, snap photos and pretend this is your new normal. The castle ruins and sunset viewpoints are close enough that you can time your stroll for golden hour and be back to your stylish pad in minutes.

Inside the typically whitewashed hotel, it’s all about those terraces and that view. Think quiet corners carved into the cliff, sunbeds to stretch out on and pools where you can drift, daydream and watch boats trace lines across the Aegean below. It’s the kind of place that makes slowing down feel very easy. To fuel up, mornings start with breakfast you can linger over, with the caldera as your backdrop. Later, grab a drink from the bar, then head into Oia for dinner at one of the many tavernas, wine bars and romantic restaurants tucked along the lanes. If you want the full Santorini fantasy – white walls, endless blue and sunset after sunset – this place lines it up beautifully.