We stayed at the Ellinon Thea for 3 nights in September. Here's the good and the bad:
Pros:
-very nice location in Firastefani
-"high end" in terms of the linens, sheets, furniture, etc
-extremely helpful and friendly staff
Cons:
-do *not* stay in the "Garden View" room. Not only do you not get a view of the caldera, which is really the only reason to pay extra to be in Firastefani, but the "garden" consists of a bit of dirt outside of the hotel's main entrance in the back. There is zero view of anything but rocks and dirt, and everyone walks right by your room on their way into and out of the hotel. This room is also incredibly small and the balcony was so tight that the two of us could barely get in and out properly. Not a lot of fun considering there is no pool to lounge by, no rooftop garden, etc. We really had nowhere to just hang out.
-the "jacuzzi" is not at all what I was expecting. It was room temperature water, that's it. Like a little pool in your room. It made no sense, and we didn't use it once over the three days
All in all, for the price, I would definitely not stay here again. We payed a lot to be "on" the caldera, when in fact we weren't able to enjoy it at all. What we were paying for the "jacuzzi" was also wasted, since this wasn't a jacuzzi at all.
