Hotel Mylos is also; Convenience store Mylos, Cafe Mylos and Internet Cafe Mylos! Great little rooms that share the same view as all the 5 stars for much less. Spent 90% of my time on the balcony as you dont need to be anywhere else. Grab a couple drinks and snacks from the store and make sure to do it before sunset...DONT MISS the sunset over the caldera. Great views of the water, a volcano and the lovely white buildings crawling up the side of the mountain. It is close to the main town of Thira (10 minute walk) which has great little stores and cafes (watch out for 12 Euro mojitos though!) and also a short bus ride from OIA which is a MUST SEE...also a great sunset place if you walk down to the water for dinner and a swim around the bend..jump off the rocks its fun! Hotel Mylos has pleasant staff and clean comfy rooms (we had the round one up top- #2 but it seems #1 has a private balcony so check that out). Breakfast was bread and butter with jam honey etc and tea or coffee...very light...Nice cheese pies across the street but I would go for their desserts. Breakfast is served to you on the balcony whenever you wake up until 11 I think. Would definitely go back again...they were great people and very accommodating when we loved it so much we wanted to stay two extra nights in high season! You wont be disappointed...and thank to all the reviewers who put us here!

i wanted a caldera view without having to pay with my arm or leg. for this, hotel mylos is a good value as it got a view of the caldera from the balcony. i contacted the hotel directly and got a further reduction in price by paying in cash. the room and bathroom are simple and basic, with aircon, tv, minifridge and utensils. i had a single room and it is very small and can be claustrophobic, but thankfully there is a glass door (and shutter wood door) so i don't feel locked in. i am on the ground floor so the balcony is shared with 2 other guest rooms - but there are enough table and chairs on the balcony to go around. behind the hotel is a supermarket which they owned, there is a side entrance which also served as their reception area. in the morning i would go to this reception area and asked for breakfast, which they will bring to me - it really really basic with bread with butter and jam, instant nescafe and orange cordial.

location; walking along the caldera footpath, it is about 15 mins to fira and to imerovigli/skaros (use the footpath in front of the hotel). the main road between fira and firostefani seemed longer and quite hazardous as there are no pedestrian sidewalks and road is too narrow to fit 2 buses. 3 mins walk to firostefani's main square where there is a bus stop to fira/oia/imerovigli (1.40 euros), a traverna and church, plus a nice lookout area. I walked with my backpack on the main road uphill from fira bus station to the hotel, took me 20-25 mins and since there are no signs, i had to ask for directions as i go along - no problem in finding mylos as there were a lot of helpful greeks.

bus between fira and airport/port is 2 Euros, check bus schedules at fira station for schedules to other parts of the island, and schedules are also published on their website (note: airport schedule can change, so should check fira station for updated schedule). People talked about renting mopeds, i can see how dangerous it can get as the roads are narrow, and in between towns, there are no street lights. it is pretty scary when you are going 35 mph in the dark and behind you, you have a speeding bus that is dying to pass you.

worth seeing - red/black beach, volcano, oia and its sunset, and ancient thira museum. the other museum at fira (by the cable car station) is not worth it (if you have also visited other greek museums).

We were two persons from Sweden decided to spend one week in Santorini and expire what they seen in different description. Both are very experienced world-wide travellers. A perfect combination of factors making my visit very valuable in all the aspects. You don't see the staff which is anyhow there as soon you need them! Rooms are CLEAN! Every peace ion the right place. You sit in the room or outside and have the view you already seen on the wall in travel agency, 24 hrs per day. Close to restaurants and the nature. Easy to hire scooter and park it every time. All famous places reachable with scooter within max 30 minutes. The centre is 10 minutes a beautiful promenade on the edge 300 m above the sea level. Excellent. Great thanks to the family which own the hotel. Vladimir from Sweden

We stayed four nights at Hotel Mylos and were very pleased with the service. It's not all out luxury but it does have caldera views which is a priviledge not cheapy bought. This is one of the few value for money hotels that has a caldera view. Rooms were basic but cosy and the cleaner very thorough. Breakfast was served on the deck every morning and was basic but adequate.
We hired a bike and enjoyed heading out to the beaches during the day but then returning to our hotel for spectacular sunset evenings on the caldera.