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2.5 of 5
Fira 84700, Greece
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Villa Roussa
4.0 of 5 stars 46 Reviews
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Bayan Lepas, Malaysia
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Easy access and Great affordable hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 October 2010

Stay in this hotel on 2nd week of Oct...the room was super clean and very roomy.
The hotel just located next to local bus station, but there is no noise from the station as the room was perfectly seal once all the windows were close. Due to its proximity to bus station, this will be a great base for travelling if you do not want to rent a car/ATV bike. Bus is abt 30mins per run to almost all the Thira/santorini village or tourist area...very convinient indeed.

It is also 2 mins walk to caldera view for sunset....we sits near the Fira Museum almost everyday waiting for the sunset(unfortunately didn't catch any beautiful one, the best still in Maldives... :) ). All the shopping and local restaurants are nearby at the Fira Square and you won't be hungry...highly recommend the Naoussa Taverna and Nikolas Taverna for local greek food(reasonably price and great food).

Bus to Oia leave every 30 mins, so not a problem, but bus schedule are not really accurate and follow by the driver.

Hotel owner seem to have extensive network with his fellow local folks and able to provide free transfer from ferry port to hotel and back to port. Same goes for those flying in to Thira as well. If the owner not able to arrange transport, he even willing to give discount on your checkout for your trouble to use local bus to port. Owner is a nice guy and provide us with basic maps of the area. The tourist info office doesn't provide you free maps as we have expected, however we later found out you can easily get one from the store for ~2 Euro each(but still a bummer...).

Overall, it is a very nice stay and will highly recommend the place for any budget traveler....but you will be surprise with budget $$, you still get a very roomy room for your stay and come with bathtub... :).

We end up paying Euro 150 for 4 nite stays, what a deal indeed.
Will stay there again if i drop by in Fira.

  • Stayed October 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Bangk
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“very good location with good price hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 October 2010
1
person found this review helpful

We were surprise to realize that Villa Roussa is located in Fira city center. It is a very good location as it is surrounded by bus station, post office, local food shops, souvenir shops (please note that one shop nearby sells wide range of souvenir in very good price), minimart, travel agency, pharmacy, and so on. Besides, Mama house (a highly recommended restaurant in Tripadvisor) is just next to this hotel.

This hotel also provides one computer with internet connected, kitchen, and TV in the basement. Hotel owner also offers pick up service from Fira port (i'm not sure about from and to the airport).

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Chicago, IL
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“Very Nice Hotel”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 July 2010
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My wife and I stayed here early in July. It had clean, modest rooms. It was located very close to the main streets of Thira and close to the bus station from which you can get to all of Santorini. High speed internet was included in the room without extra charge. I think in some parts of the hotel, it is wireless internet. In our room you had to use an ethernet cable that the hotel provided. Our stay included free airport transfer. The owner seemed to be there all the time and was quite helpful.

While we thought the place was great, we had two reservations. First, it was a little more modest than we anticipated. Given the fair price, however, our anticipation was probably unjustified. Second, we ended up liking Oia better than Thira because it seemed to have nicer shops and a somewhat less touristy feel than Thira. As a result, if we were to go back, we might end up in Thira even though the Villa Roussa was very nice.

  • Stayed July 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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San Francisco, California
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Wonderful, clean, affordable and very centrally located. Great owners”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 July 2010
2
people found this review helpful

I went to Santorini with my wife and this was one of the only places in Fira that we could stay at for 50 Euro a night. It is right near the bus station and a stone's throw away from the centre where all the restaurants, bars and shops are. The owners are great and even came to pick us up from the port.
What's more, I accidentally left my iPhone in the room and they contacted me, and shipped the phone back to the US free of charge.

  • Stayed June 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Helsinki, Finland
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33 reviews 33 reviews
Reviews in 23 cities Reviews in 23 cities
36 helpful votes 36 helpful votes
“Good Hotel”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 July 2010
1
person found this review helpful

We stayed here for 5 nights.
Our first room on the ground floor was small, but we were given a much larger room with a good size bathroom and small private balcony. The room has a fridge so we ended up doing our own breakfast after having breakfast a few times at mama's next door. The room was kept very clean and the towels and sheet where changed daily. The location is just perfect since the bus station, shops, restaurants and the Caldera view are within 5 minutes walking. I loved the easy accessibility with heavy luggage compared to many of the hotels located down at the Caldera. We also appropriated the hotels plumbing which allows guests to flush the toilet paper (this is not common in Greece). The only minus was that the shower water as well as the wash basin water rose up from the floor drainage, if the water was run for more than a minute without pausing.

  • Stayed June 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Fira 84700, Greece
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